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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 215-JULY 12, 1943 of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, Limitation on or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered: Provided further, tion. ompns That out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compen- sation for any cattle condemned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than $50 for any purebred animal. Eradicating cattle ticks: For the eradication of southern cattle ticks, $220,000: Provided, That, except upon the written order of the Secretary, no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purchase of animals or in the purchase of materials for or in the construction of dipping vats upon land not owned solely by the United States, except at fairs or expositions where the Department makes exhibits or demonstrations; nor shall any part of this appro- priation be used in the purchase of materials or mixtures for use in 'dipping vats except in experimental or demonstration work carried on by the officials or agents of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Hog-cholera control: For the control and eradication of hog cholera and related swine diseases, by such means as may be neces- sary, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and other methods, either independently or in cooperation with farmers' associations, State or county authorities, $100,580. Inspection and quarantine: For inspection and quarantine work, including the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle and dourine in horses, the inspection of southern cattle, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, and the inspection of vessels, the execu- tion of the twenty-eight-hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported animals, including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or addi- tions to buildings thereon; the inspection work relative, to the exist- ence of contagious diseases, and the mallein testing of animals, $661,350. Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat atnd meat food products, including the purchase of printed tags, labels, stamps, and certificates without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, $7,134,079. Virus Serum Toxin Act: For carrying out the provisions of the 37Stat. 832. Act approved March 4, 1913 (21 U. S . C . 151-158), regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, $223,148. Marketing agreements with respect to hog cholera virus and serum: The sum of $30,689 of the appropriation made by section 7Sus. c. 2 12 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933, is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appro- priations are herein made to carry into effect sections 56 to 60 49 stat. 781. inclusive, of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 851-855), entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. In all, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $15,994,995. 402 [57 STAT.