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1006 SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 178. 1918. such vehicles shall be used onl for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shui not prevent the continued use for oflicial service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia: Pro- ,u§‘e‘;§’°" °’ °X¥’°“d" veiled further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, on the first day of each regular session of Congress, make a_ report to Congress showing the amount expended under the provisions of this para- _ _ grziph uring the preceding fiscal year. °,§‘;‘,g*g;“’ d’S°“°’ RADICATION or 1·*oo·r-AND-mourn AND OTHER. coNrAGxoUs msfirgerzepcy rggpro- BASES or ANIMALS: In case of an emergency arising out of the ex- E,r§e€§ °' ° °°t' istence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens the live-stock industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise apipropriated, the sum of $1,000,000, which sum is hereby appropriate , or so much thereof as he determines to be necessary, in ,0fm °;,c°l°ig“; the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the pay- swyed. " ment of claims growing out of past and future purchases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, an such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or PTM substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied ,rpp,,Z,?ém¤¤t,,;v,;. with all lawful quarantine regulations: Provided, That the payment °°°· for animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal s all exceed three times its meat or_ dairy value, and except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by e Secretary of Agn- Umxwmdwm culture, the payment by the United States Government for any m$mgw.d_ °°° animal shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisementsz Pro- 39 I‘f,,6;_P· ms? V°’— mdedfurther, That so much of the appropiriation o $2,500,000 made ’ by the agricultural appropriation Act of arch fourth, nineteen hun- · dred an Efteen, for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the arrest and eradication of foot-andmouth disease, rinderpest, contagious plueropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals, as remains unexpended at the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby reappropriated and made available for exglenditure during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun ed and nineteen, for the objects mentioned in said approgiation Act, including necessary investigations to determine whe er said diseases have been com- _ plete y eradicated in districts where they previously existed. ,,,,l`}‘““’°"“°"° °'°°t‘ ERADICATION or rmx BoLLwon.M: To enable the Secretary of A°‘- ,0§BT$jgg°:g¤¤¤¤ riculture to meet the emergency caused by the existence of the plrili ' bollworm of cotton in Mexico, and to prevent the establishment of such insect in the United States by the employment of all means necessary, including rent outside of the District of Columbia and the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and _ elsewhere, as fol ows: t,·;,`:iy5§;5,1g':§‘3’&`é To revent the movement of cotton and cotton seed from Mexico

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United States of railway cars and other vehicles, and freight, express, baggage, or other materials from Mexico, and the inspection, cleaning, m¤;$r5»;•;m%f rigeipts an disinfection thereof, $50,000; any moneys received in payment g’ of charges fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture on account of such cleaning and disinfection at plants constructed therefor out of any appropriation made on account of the pink bollworm of cotton to be _ _ covered into the Treasiuy as miscellaneous receipts. uf§§g’°g§;}V§¤°,§*€§',F§gj To make surveys to determine the actual distribution of the pink ’ ’ bollworm in Mexico and to exterminate local infestations in Mexico