Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/624

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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 476-JULY 2, 1942 55 Stat. 824. Emergency forest- fire control. Ante, p. 239. Non-Federal lands. Limitation on use of funds. 55 Stat. 444. Ante, p. 240; po p. 1001 . Expenses. Ante, p. 126; po p. 796. 40 Stat. 1270. Provisos. Transfers of funds Post, p . 664. Consolidation funds. DIVISION OF EXPENSES The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the respective fiscal years for which sums are provided. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Orchard rehabilitaton loans: Not to exceed $400,000 of the unex- pended balance of the appropriation for "Orchard rehabilitation loans" made available for 1942 in the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1943. FOREST SERVICE Forest-fire control, Department of Agriculture (emergency): The first proviso in the item "Forest-fire control, Department of Agri- culture (emergency)" in the Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, approved April 28, 1942 (Public Law 528, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended to read as follows: "Provided, That there shall not be expended from this appropriation on non-Federal lands in any State any amount in excess of the amount made available by the State, or private agencies, or individuals for the purposes of forest-fire prevention and suppression". FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for administra- tive expenses of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Depart- ment of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $150,000, payable from the funds of such Corporation. Ost, EMERGENCY RUBBER PROJEOT For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of March 5, 1942 (Public Law 473), and in accordance with the provisions thereof, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere (includ- ing alien labor); printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111); purchase of books of reference and periodicals; the purchase (not to exceed $18,500), operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles; the exchange of passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, tractors, and other equipment and parts or accessories thereof, in whole or in part payment for similar equipment; the erection of necessary buildings; the procurement of medical supplies and services for emergency use in the field; and the acceptance of donations of land and rubber-bearing plants, fiscal year 1942, $8,235,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943: Provided, That out of the funds made available herein, the Secretary of Agriculture may, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, make transfers of funds to any bureau or office of the department which is assigned functions under said Act of March 5, 1942, in addition to the transfers author- f ized by the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1943: Provided further, That appropriations heretofore and herein made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said Act of March [56 STAT.