57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS. - CH. 215 -JULY 12, 1943 ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and- mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other con- tagious or infectious diseases of animals, which, in the opinion of the Secretary, threatens the livestock industry of the country, he mai expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere any unexpended bal- ances of appropriations heretofore made for this purpose, not to exceed $305,000, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future pur- chases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations: Provided,That the payment for animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraise- ment based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States Government for any animals shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: Provided further, That the sum of $5,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion of $3,500,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924, for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth disease and other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to enable the Secretary to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry. Total, Bureau of Animal Industry, $15,994,995, of which amount not to exceed $622,520 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $362,740 for personal services in the District of Columbia, of the Bureau of Dairy Industry in carrying out the provisions of the Act of May 29, 1924 (7 U. S . C. 401-404), including investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, cooperative inves- tigations of the dairy industry in the various States, inspection of renovated butter factories, repairs to buildings, and not to exceed $5,000 for the construction of buildings, $755,720. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant industries, and of soils and soil-plant relationships, in cooperation with other branches of the Department, the State experi- ment stations, and practical farmers; for the erection of necessary farm buildings: Provided, That the cost of any building erected, except head houses connecting greenhouses, shall not exceed $,50; and for the employment of persons and means in the city of Wash- 403 Payment of claims. Basis of appraise ment. Eradication of Eu- ropean fowl pest, etc. 43 Stat. 682. 43 Stat. 243 . 7 U. S. C., 8upp. 1, i§ 401-404. Plant and soil inves- tigations. Farm buildings; cost limitation.
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