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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 421 -JUNE 25, 1940 Total; personalerv- ioes. 49 Stat. 1491. 7U.8.o., Supp.V 1 1-17a. relative utility and economy of agricultural products for food, cloth- ing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for these purposes, and such economic investigations, including housing and household buying, as have for their purpose the improvement of the rural home, and for disseminating useful information on this subject, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $291,310. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Home Economics, $323,045 of which amount not to exceed $286,599 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S . C. 1-17a), $575,000, of which amount not to exceed $207,840 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES a and - For all necessary expenses, for chemical apparatus, chemicals, and supplies, repairs to apparatus, gas, electric current, official traveling expenses, telegraph and telephone service, express and freight charges, for the employment of such assistants, clerks, and other per- sons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary for the purposes named, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in con- ducting investigations; collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such investigations; and for rent outside the District of Columbia for carrying out the investigations and work herein author- ized, as follows: Adminitative ex- General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- ens. eral administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of administration and other personal services in the District of Colum- bia, $100,802. nedoeralFood, Drug, Enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: For and Cosmetic Act. 2 Stat. 1040 . enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provi- v.21 US192., SUpp sions of the Act of June 25, 1938, entitled "An Act to prohibit the movement in interstate commerce of adulterated and misbranded food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, and for other purposes", as Revion of U. s . amended (21 U. S . C . 301-392); to cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the revision of the United States Pharmaco- poeia and development of methods of analysis, and for investigating the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and for inspecting the same before shipment when desired by the shippers or owners of these products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before the said products are allowed to be sold Preoutside .s . therein, $2,328,080: Provided, That not more than $4,280 shall be used for travel outside the United States. Nava Stores ct. Naval Stores Act: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions ol the Naval Stores Act of March Insecticide Act. 3, 1923 (7 U. S. C . 91-99), $34,700. BStat.331. Enforcement of the Insecticide Act: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of April 26, 1910 (7 U. S . C . 121 -134), entitled "An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded [54 STAT.