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74TH CO NGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 131. MAY 17, 1935. Market news service : For collecting, publishing, and distributing, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise, timely information on the market supply and demand, commercial movement, location, disposition, quality, condition, and market prices of livestock, meats, fish, and animal products, dairy and poultry products, fruits and vegetables, peanuts and their products, grain, hay, feeds, tobacco, and seeds, and other agricultu ral products, i ndependently an d in cooperati on with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the production, transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, $1,076,492 . Cotton grade and staple statistics : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton ", approved March 3, 1927 (U . S . C., Supp . VII, title 7, sees . 471-476), $224,517 . Tobacco stocks and standards : To enable the Secretary of Agri- culture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provi de for the col lection and pub lication of sta tistics of tobacco by the Department of Agriculture ", approved January 14, 1929 (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 7, sees . 501-508), including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $17,187 . Perishable agricultural commodities Act : To enable the Secretary of Ag ricult ure to carry into e ffect the pro vision s of t he Act entit led "An Act to s uppress unfair and fraudulent practices in t he market- ing of perishable agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce" (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 7, sees . 551-568), $131,466 . United States Cotton Futures and United States Cotton Stand- ards Acts : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, as amended March 4, 1919 (U . S . C ., title 26, sees . 731-752), and to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Stand- ards Act, approved March 4, 1923 (U . S . C ., title 7, sees . 51-65), including all expenses necessary for the purchase of equipment and supplies ; for travel ; for the employment of persons in the city of Was hin gto n a nd el sew her e ; and for al l other expens es, including rent outside the District of Columbia, that may be necessary in Effectu ating menuas to stand ards, executing the provisions of these Acts, including such means as may et c., in foreign coun- be necessary for effectuating agreements heretofore or hereafter tries. made with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organ izatio ns in f oreign count ries, for the adopt ion, u se, an d obse rv- ance of uni versal standa rds of cotto n class ificat ion, f or the arbit ra- tion or set tlement of di sputes with respect there to, an d for the pr ep- aration, dis tribution, ins pection, and pr otection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements, $477,111 . United States Grain Standards Act : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act, including rent outside the District of Colum- bia and the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $708,941 . United States Warehouse Act : To enable the Secretary of Agri- culture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Ware- house Ac t, including th e payment of s uch rent outsid e the District of Columbia and the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary in the city of Wash- ington and elsewhere, $316,665 . Market news service . Collecting, publish- ing, etc. Cotton statistics . Vol. 44, p. 1372. U.S.C.,p.146. Tob acc o stocks and standards . Vol.45,p.1079. U.S.C ., p. 152. Perishable Agricul- tural Commodities Act. Vol. 46, p. 531. U. S. C.,p. 148. Cotton Fut ures Act . Vol. 39, p. 476; Vol . 40,p.1351. U.S. C.,p. 1130. Cotton Standards Act . Vol.42,p.1517. U. S. C., p. 112. Gra in Sta nda rds Ac t, enforcement . Vol. 39, p. 482. U. S. C., p. 114. warehouse Act , ad- ministration expenses . Vol . 39, p. 486; Vol . 42, p. 1282; Vol.46,p. 1463 . U.S.C.,p.131 .
