PTUBLIC LAWS-CH. 516-JULY 22, 1942 Total; personal serv- ices. Post, p . 714. 49 Stat. 1491. 49 Stat. 163. Provisos. Cost of buildings. Construction on land not owned by Oovernment. Warehouse main- tenance, etc. Total, salaries and expenses, Agricultural Marketing Service, $6,785,512, of which amount not to exceed $1,651,861 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $163,481 for personal services in the District of Columbia, of the Bureau of Home Economics for conducting either independ- ently or in cooperation with other agencies, investigations of the relative utility and economy of agricultural products for food, cloth- ing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for these purposes, and such economic investigations, including housing and household buying, as have for their purpose the improvement of the rural home, and for disseminating useful information on this subject, $368,890. ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S . C . 1-17a), and as further amended by the Act of October 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 1059), $469,587, of which amount not to exceed $157,525 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES To carry out the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of land resources against soil erosion, and for other purposes", approved April 27, 1935 (16 U. S . C . 590a-590f), which provides for a national program of erosion control and soil and moisture conservation to be carried out directly and in cooperation with other agencies, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books and periodicals, maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger- carrying automobile in the District of Columbia, furnishing of sub- sistence to employees, training of employees, and the purchase and erection of permanent buildings: Provided, That the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same with any such building, shall not exceed $2,500 except where buildings are acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes and except for eight buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building: Provided further, That no money appropriated in this Act shall be available for the construc- tion of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Provided further, That during the fiscal year for which appropria- tions are herein made the appropriations for the work of the Soil Conservation Service shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Soil Conservation Service and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (includ- ing the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured from the appropriations chargeable with [56 STAT.
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