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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 [55 STAT. 414 45 Stat. 711. Cooperative sion work. 63 Stat. 589. 49 Stat. 438 . 45 Stat. 1256 . 49 Stat. 1554 . 60 Stat. 881. Poet, p. 831. 38 Stat. 372 . Exhibits, motion pictures, etc. Cooperation with other bureaus, etc. Investigations, ex- periments, etc. ost, pp. 749, 750, 831. Administration and coordination of extension work: For the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, approved May 8, 1914 (7 U. S . C. 341-348), and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, and to coordinate the extension work of the Department and the several States, Territories, and insular possessions, $550,000. Extension information: For the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for the development, prep- aration, distribution, and display by the Extension Service of exhibits, motion pictures, sound recordings, and other educational and informational media and for the dissemination of information, designed to increase the effectiveness of the cooperative extension work of the Department and the land-grant colleges in agriculture and home economics; and to cooperate with other bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture and with Federal, State, county, municipal, and other agencies, including State, interstate, interna- tional, and other fairs held within the United States, in such devel- opment, preparation, distribution, and display of such educational and informational material, $240,000. In all, salaries and expenses, $790,000, of which amount not to exceed $667,756 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Extension Service, $14,948,918. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Salaries and expenses: For acquiring and diffusing useful informa- tion among the people of the United States, for conducting investiga- thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture", approved May 22, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 343a, 343b), $1,480,000. exten- Extension work, Act of April 24, 1939: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work", approved April 24, 1939 (7 U. S. C . 343 c-l), as amended, $555,000. Extension work, section 21, Bankhead-Jones Act: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of section 21, title II, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 343c), $12,000,000. Alaska: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska", approved February 23, 1929 (7 U. S . C. 386c), $13,918; and the provisions of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1936 (7 U. S . C. 343e), $10,000; in all, for Alaska, $23,918. Puerto Rico: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico", approved August 28, 1937 (7 U. S . C . 343f-343g), $100,000. In all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico for agricultural extension work, $14,158,918. SALARIES AND EXPENSES