PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 543 -JUNE 19, 1948 33 Stat. 1269; 56 Act (7 U. S. C. 141 -144), the Mexican Border Act (7 U. S . C . 149) s stat. 75. and the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S . C. 147a), authorizing the eradica- tion, control, and prevention of spread of injurious insects and plant pests; including the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase of not to exceed five, and not to exceed $718,350 for personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Insect investigations: For the investigation of insects affecting fruits, grapes, nuts, trees, shrubs, forests and forest products, truck and garden crops, cereal, forage and range crops, cotton, tobacco, sugar plants, ornamental and other plants and agricultural products, household possessions, and man and animals; for bee culture and apiary management; for classifying, identifying, and collecting information to determine the distribution and abundance of insects; for investiga- tions in connection with introduction of natural enemies of injurious insects and related pests and for the exchange with other countries of useful and beneficial insects and other arthropods; for developing methods, equipment, and apparatus to aid in enforcing plant quaran- tines and in the eradication and control of insect pests and plant diseases- and for investigations of insecticides and fungicides, includ- ing methods of their manufacture and use and the effects of their application, $3,019,800. Post,p. 1037. Insect and plant-disease control: For carrying out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress, control, or to prevent or retard the spread of Japanese beetle, sweetpotato weevil, Mexican fruitflies, phony peach and peach mosaic, cereal rusts, and pink bollworm and Thurberia weevil, including the enforcement of quarantine regulations and cooperation with States to enforce plant quarantines 37 Stat. 315. as authorized by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, 1s. .. , Supp. I, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151-167), and including the establishment Establishment off such cotton-free areas as may be necessary to stamp out any cotton-free areas. . . . . v infestation of the pink bollworm as authorized by the Act of Inspection trals- February 8, 1930 (46 Stat. 67), and for the enforcement of domestic it plant quarantines through inspection in transit, including the inter- ception and disposition of materials found to have been transported interstate in violation of Federal plant quarantine laws or regula- 38 Stat. 1113. tions, and operations under the Terminal Inspection Act (7 U. S . C . Restriction. 166), $2,586,200: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees, farm animals, farm crops, State, etc., c oopra- or other property injured or destroyed: Provided further, That, in tion. the discretion of the Secretary, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the control of sweetpotato weevil in any State until such State has provided cooperation necessary to accomplish this purpose, or for barberry eradication until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local authorities, or by indi- viduals or organizations for the accomplishment of this purpose. Foreign plant quarantines: For operations against the introduction of insect pests or plant diseases into the United States, including the enforcement of foreign-plant quarantines and regulations promul- gated under sections 5 and 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 37tat. 316 , 317. 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151-167), the Insect Pest Act of 33 Stat. 129. 1905 (7 U. S . C. 141-144), and the Mexican Border Act of 1942 66 Stat. 40. (7 U. S. C. 149), for enforcement of domestic-plant quarantines as they pertain to Territories of the United States and enforcement of regulations governing the movement of plants into and from the District of Columbia promulgated under section 15 of the Plant 41u tat. 7e. Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, and for inspection 7U. C. and certification of plants and plant products to meet the sanitary requirements of foreign countries, as authorized in section 102 of the a Bat. 736. Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 147a), $2,212,000. 518 [62 STAT.
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