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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . II. CH. 227. 1929 . Pay of employees. industry ; to employ and pay from the appropriation herein made as many persons in the city of Washington or elsewhere as he may deem necessary ; to purchase in the open market samples of all tuberculin, Tuber culi n, serum s, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic « etc • manufac ture, wh ich are sold in the Unit ed State s, for t he detec tion, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, to test the same, and to disseminate the results of said tests in such manner Purchase and de- as he may de em best ; to purchase and destroy diseased or exposed struct ion of diseased j animals.
animals, including poultry, or quarantine the same whenever in his udgment essential to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, contagious poultry diseases, or other diseases of animals from one State t o anothe r, as fol lows Chief of Bureau, and For necessary expenses enses for general administrative
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purposes, ing the salary of chief of bure au and o ther per sonal se rvices i n the Distric t of Col umbia, $ 182,900 . Inspection and Quay- amine work . For inspection and quarantine work, including all necessary expenses for the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle, the inspec- tion of southern cattle, the supervision of the transportation of live- stock, and the inspection of vessels, the execution of the twenty-eight hour law , the in spection and quar antine o f import ed anima ls, incl ud- ing the est ab lis hm ent and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to buildings thereon ; Balance available . the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, Vol.44, p. 982 . and the mallein testing of animals, $768,600, together with $15,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 . Tuberculosis, etc ., of animals.
For investigating the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis . Investigating, etc ., of ani ma ls for their co ntr ol and eradication, for the tuberculin f or co ntrol , er adica tion,
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testing of animals, and for researches concerning the causes of the diseases, their modes of spread, and methods of treatment and pre- App lication of fund . vention, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and such other means as may be necessary, either independently or Balance a vailable. in cooperation with farmers' associations, or State, Territory, or Vol.44,p. 982.
county authorities, $6,061,000, together with $300,000 of the unex- pended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 192 8, of wh ich $1,1 90,000 sh all be s et aside for adm inistrat ive Provisos. and operating expenses and $5,171,000 for the payment of indem- Payment for con - nities of which $257,000 shall be immediately available
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however, That payments from the appropriation of May 16, 1928, for t his pu rpose for animal s con demne d afte r the date of th e app roval Reimbursing owners of this Act shall be upon the same basis as herei nafter prov ided fo r an imals des troye d . Provided further, That in carrying out the purpose of this appro- priation, if in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture it shall be necessary to condemn and destroy tuberculous or paratuberculous animals, if such animals have been destroyed, condemned, or die aft er condemnation, he may , in his discretion, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere such sums as he shall determine to CooperationofStates, be neces sary, wi thin the limitati ons abov e provid ed, for the paym ent etc., required . of indemnities, for the reimbursement of owners of such animals, in cooperation with such States, Territories, counties, or municipalities, as shall by law or by suitable action in keeping with its authority in the matter, and by rules and regulations adopted and enforced in pur- su ance the reof, pr ovide in spection of tube rculous or parat uberculo us Restriction on pay- animals and for compensation to owners of animals so condemned, ments . but no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in com- pensating owners of su ch animals except in cooperation with and supplmentary to payments to be ma de by State, Te rri to ry, county, or mu nici pali ty w here con demn atio n of suc h an imal s sh all take place, nor shall any payment be made hereunder as compensation
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