Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 57 Part 1.djvu/428

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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 215 -JULY 12, 1943 FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal High- way Act approved November 9, 1921 (23 U. S . C . 23), and for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, including not to exceed $59,500 for personal services in the District of Colum- bia, $2,537,168 for forest development roads and trails, representing the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated therefor for the fiscal year 1943 by the Act of September 5, 1940 (54 Stat. 867), together with $1,241,555 from the unobligated balances of previous appropriations for forest highways which is hereby reappropriated for forest development roads and trails; in all, $3,778,723, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $7,500. EMERGENCY RUBBER PROJECT For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to carry into effect the Act of March 5, 1942, as amended (56 Stat. 126-128, 796-797), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 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; purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles; erection of necessary buildings; procurement of medical supplies or services for emergency use in the field; and the acceptance of donations of land and rubber-bearing plants, and furnishing to employees daily transportation between points of assembly and work projects, $13,048,000: Provided, That any proceeds from the sales of guayule, rubber processed from guayule, or other rubber-bearing plants, or from other sales, rentals, and fees resulting from oper- ations under such Act of March 5, 1942, as amended, shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the War Food Administration to perform its functions, including those prescribed by Executive Orders 9280, 9322, 9828, and 9834, inde- pendently or in cooperation (by transfer of funds or otherwise) with public and private agencies and individuals, including not to exceed $10,000 per annum for an Administrator, other personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in accordance with the provi- sions of law applicable to the appointment and compensation of per- sons employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Agency, including not to exceed $50,000 for the temporary employment of persons or organizations by contract or otherwise without regard to the Clas- sification Act of 1923, as amended; printing and binding; the purchase of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; the pur- chase, operation, and maintenance (including two in the District of Columbia) of passenger-carrying vehicles; $25,000,000: Proided, That transfers of funds to other offices or administrative units in the Department with respect to which transfers of funds are otherwise authorized in this Act shall be in addition to, and subject to the same restrictions as, the amounts provided therefor in the Budget scheduleas 415 42 Btat. 218 Buildings for stane of equipment. 7 U. S. C., Spp. IIU, it 171-175. 40 Stat. 1270. Proceeds from sales, etc. 7 .R.10179:8I. R. 3a07 4681, , 14783. 6iV. S. C ., upp. II, 614 note. 42 Stat. 1488 SU.ac. 1661; Supp. I. 661 d so. Transferf funda