452 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 219-JULY 12, 1943 [57 STAT. PETROLEUM CONSERVATION DIVISION For all salaries and expenses necessary for administering and 49 Stat. 30 . enforcing the provisions of the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended 15U. S.C . 715- 715;Supp. n.§ 7151. (15 U. S . C . 15A), and for cooperation with Federal and State authorities in the production and conservation of oil and gas, includ- ing personal services in the District of Columbia; travel expenses; contract stenographic reporting services; stationery and office sup- plies; not to exceed $3,600 for printing and binding; not to exceed $700 for books and periodicals; and the maintenance, operation, and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles, $235,000. SOIL AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION OPERATIONS For all necessary expenses of administering and carrying out directly and in cooperation with other agencies a soil and moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart- ment of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 4Stat. 3. April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), and Reorganization Plan 5U.s. . . 133t Numbered IV, including such special measures as may be necessary to note. prevent floods and siltation of reservoirs; the improvement of irriga- tion and land drainage; the procurement of nursery stock and the establishment and operation of erosion nurseries; the making of con- servation plans and surveys; the dissemination of information; and Personal servies. including departmental personal services including such services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $70,000), and elsewhere; traveling expenses; furniture, furnishings, office equipment and sup- plies; not to exceed $2,000 for the purchase of books and periodicals; purchase (not to exceed $5,000), operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, narehuse mainte- $1,198,200: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for meeting 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 Department of the Interior, and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling), to be reimbursed to the appropriation for soil and mois- ture conservation operations current at the time such reimbursement Nursery-stock is received: Provided further, That any part of this appropriation uns allocated for the production or procurement of nursery stock shall remain available for expenditure for not more than three fiscal years. Fire protection of forests, forest industries, and strategic facilities (national defense) : For all expenses necessary to enable the Depart- ment of the Interior. independently or in cooperation with other agencies, to initiate and augment forest-fire prevention and suppres- sion measures on critical forest, brush, and grass areas under the administration of the Department of the Interior, including not to exceed $7,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia: main- tenance, operation, and repair of passenger-carrying automobiles; travel expenses, including expenses of attendance at training courses and meetings of organizations concerned with the furtherance of the purposes hereof; and purchase in the District of Columbia or else- where of other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropria- tion "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior", $530,000. and in addition thereto, the unexpended balances for this purpose contained in the Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation 56Stat. 241, . Act, 1942, and the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1943, are continued available during the fiscal year 1944.
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