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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 119. 1921. 2].7 aivspgagle, and $50,000,000 of which shall become available January Sec. 21. That so much not to exceed 2 er centum of all m Mml“l’"““°“·°'”·· hereby or hereafter appropriated for eziplenditure uiider theolplilii algetgdsls to be del visions of this Act, as the Secretary of Agriculture ma deem necessary for administering the provisions of this Act and, for carrying on necessary highway research and investi ational studies independently or in cooperation with the State ghighway departments and other research agencies, and for publishing the results thereof, shall_ be deducted for such pur oses, available until ex nded. A Within sixty dzis after the cl)ose of each fiscal year tif: Secretary u¤e£§Pgnitdgiiui»?ii¤wgi of Agriculture sh determine what art, if any, of the sums theretofore deducted for such Egizxgoses not be needed and apportion such part, 1f any, for the year then current in the same manner and on the same basis as are other amounts authorized by this Act apportioned among all the States, and shall certif such apportiongient to the Secretary of the Treasury and to tlyie State highway e artments. . The Secretary of Agriculture, after making the deduction author- mgi?i° M appmwi ized by this section, s all apportion the remainder of the appropriation made for expenditure under the provision of the Act for the iilseal T., ,,,,,_ year among the several States in the following manner: One-third in the ratio w ich the area of each State bears to the total area of all the Topcpumm States; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State ` bears to the total population of all the States, as shown by the latest _ available Federal census; one-third in the ratio which the mileage of ,f§,°{0",{Z§s°,‘§.]'}]'6°,{,{,'}”° rural delivery routes and star routes in each State bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in all the States at the close of the next precedinghfiscal year, as shown by certificate of the Postmaster General, whic he is directed to make and furnish annually to p,.,.,;,,.,,, the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That no State shall receive _{‘§'}·§,’:{j{;‘· mr Sm less than one-half of 1 per centum of each year's allotment. All ceeiingym. moneys herein or hereafter appropriated for expenditure under the provisions of this Act shall be available until the close of the second Appomomm, `m_ succeedin fiscal year for which apportionment was made: Provided dg fyrmerlnws nvmfurther, Tgat any sums agiportioue to any State under the provisions ° V°01?r3il§)dg6?:SV0l. of the Act entitled "An ct to provide that the United States shall ‘°;,¥;;’°*w aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other ’p' ' p1n·poses," approved July 11, 1916, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be available for expenditure in that State for the purpose set forth in such Acts until two years after the close of the respective fiscal years for which any such sums become Umxpendea be 1- available and an amount so a portioned remaming unexpended at ggg°jd ‘gw§§di;¤P°{,; ¤ Y . . . . . z the end of the period during whic it is available for excgielnditure under same laws. the terms of such Acts shall be reapportioned accor lg the provisions of the Act entitleld "An Act to proitpde gliat tlie nésted Sgaées shall aid the States in the construction o rur os roa an or Rgpporummmo, other purposes,” approved July 11 , 1916: provided, further, nggggléeed b¤1¤¤¤¤S That any amount ekpplortioned under the_provisions_of this Act unexpended at the end 0 the period during which 1t is availablefor expenditure under the terms of this section_shall be reapportioned within sixty days thereafter to all the States in the same manner and on the same basis, and certified to the Secretary of the Treasury and the State highway departments in the same way as if it were being apportioned under this Act for the first time. _ Cemncsu 9,, gf Sec. 22. That within sixityldays after the approval of this Act the e*:¤gg;g;gr¢¤¤¤ Secretary of Agriculture sh_ certify to the Secretary of the Treasury and to each o the State highway departments the sum he has estimated to be deducted for adm1n1Steri§ the provisions of this Act and the sums which he has apportion to each State for the year ending June 30, 1922, an on or before January 20 next preceding