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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. Cii. 572. 1928 . Purchase to replace vehicles transferred from War Department for roads, etc. Limit for mainte- nance, upkeep, etc . Report to Congress . Exchanges author- ized for new vehicles . Travel expenses . Allowance for, by motor vehicles . Seed-grain loans . European corn borer . Sum authorized for special research work, in meeting infestation of, available for fiscal year 1929. Vol. 44, p. 1177. of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend, from the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal High- way Act of November 9, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 212) not to exceed $40,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles to replace such vehicles heretofore acquired and used by the Secretary of Agriculture in the construction and maintenance of national-forest roads or other roads constructed under his direct supervision which are or may become unserviceable, inc luding the r eplace ment o f not to exc eed two such vehicl es for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District of Columbia : Provi ded f urthe r, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garag e rent, p ay of ope rator, ti res, fuel, and lub ricant s, on any on e vehi cle us ed by the Dep artmen t of A gricul ture shall not exceed one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case not more than $500 : Pro- vided 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 paragraph during the preceding fiscal year : Provided further, That the Secre- tary of Agriculture may exchange motor-propelled and horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, road equipment, and boats, and parts, accessories, tires, or equipment thereof, in whole or in part payment for vehicles, tra ctors, road equipm ent, o r boat s, or parts, access ories, tires, or equ ipment of su ch veh icles, tract ors, r oad equ ipment, or b oats, pur- chased by him. MILEAGE RATES FOR MOT OR VEHICLES Whene ver, d uring the fi scal y ear en ding Ju ne 30, 1929, the S ecre- tary of Agriculture shall find that the expenses of travel, including travel at official stations, can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual operating expenses, under such regulations as he may pre- scribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile, used for necessary travel on official business . COLLECTION OF SEED-GRAIN LOANS Collection expenses.
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b 42, p. 467; Vol. 43, p. United States on account of loans made to farmers under the seed- 110;Vol.44,p.1251. grain loan provisions of the Act of March 3, 1921, the Seed Grain Loan Act of March 20, 1922, the Seed and Feed Loan Act of April 26, 1924, and the Florida seed and fertilizer loans approved by the Act of February 28, 1927, $15,000, of which amount not to exceed Services in the Dis- $10,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of trict . Columbia. SPECIAL CORN-BORER RESEARCH Not to exceed $150,000 of the $10 .000,000 appropriated by the joint resolution making an appropriation for the eradication or control of the European corn borer, approved February 23, 1927, is hereby made available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct special research work, not otherwise provided for, with a view to meeting any situation arising out of the infe stat ion of the Eur opean corn bore r, i ndepe ndent ly or in coo peration with agri cultural colleges or other agencies, includ-
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