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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SES SIOAT -CH . 40 4-JUNE 29, 1937 appropriation shall be expended for control of screwworms in any St ate un til su ch Sta te or organi zation , or in dividu als th erein, have made provision for cooperation satisfactory to him : Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed . Total, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, $5,711,398, of which amount not to exceed $841,693 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $35,125 shall b e ava ilabl e fo r the purc hase of m otor- prope lled and horse -dra wn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia . BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For sala ries and emplo ymen t of labor in the c ity o f Was hing ton and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, including the purchase of bags, tags, and labels printed in the course of manufacture, traveling, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carrying out the work of the Bureau, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, as follows General administrative expenses : For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $110,000 . Food habits of birds and animals : For investigating the food h abits and econ omic value of N orth Amer ican bird s and anim als in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, including methods of conserving beneficial and controlling injurious birds and animals, $68,140 . Fur-resources investigations : For investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and cooperation in connection with the production and utilization of animals the pelts of which are used commercially for fur, including the erection of necessary buildings and other str uctures, $66,000 . Biological investigations : For biological investigations, including the relations, habits, geographic distribution, and migration of ani- mals and plants, and the preparation of maps of the life zones, and inc luding $30,7 38 for inves tigati ons of the re lation s of w ild an imal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (U. S. C., title 16, sec . 581 d), an d for invest igatio ns, ex perimen ts, and demonstrations in the establishment, improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry and of musk oxen and mountain sheep in Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $171,149 . Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents : For investiga- tio ns, de monstr ations , and cooper ation in dest roying anima ls inj uri- ous to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game ; and in protecting stock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies and other diseases in predatory wild ani- mals ; and for construction, repairs, additions, and installations in and about the grounds and buildings of the game-management supply dep ot and labor atory at Poc atello , Idah o, incl uding purcha se, tr ans- portation, and handling of supplies and materials for distribution fro m said depot to ot her pr ojects , in a ccordan ce wit h the provis ions of the Act approved June 24, 1936 (U . S. C., Supp. II, title 16, sec. 667), $612,000 . 419 No pa yme nt for property destroyed, etc . Services in the Dis- trict . Vehicles . Biological Survey Bureau . General expenses . Salaries, supplies, etc . General administra- tive expenses. Food habit s of bi rds and animals . Fur- resour ces inv es- tigations . Biological investiga- tions . 45 Stat.701. 16U.S.C.°581d. Reindeer, mu sk oxen, etc ., in Alaska. Predatory, etc., ani- mals, control . Pocatello, Idaho, de- pot and la borator y . 49 Stat. 1913. 16 U.S.C., Supp.IL ° 667.