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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 269-JULY 1, 1941 40 Stat. 886. 42U. .c. . 25a- 25e. Vehicles. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 4 81. Proviso. Ante, p. 471 . 46 Stat. 586 . Lexington, Ky., and Fort Worth, Tex. 45 Stat. 1065 . demics, or scientific work of the character provided for under the appropriations which follow. Quarantine service: For maintenance and ordinary expenses, exclu- sive of pay of officers and employees of United States quarantine stations, including the exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motortrucks and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work and not to exceed $5 000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles $240,000. Prevention of epidemics: To enable the President, in case only of threatened or actual epidemic of infectious or contagious disease, to aid State and local boards or otherwise in his discretion, in prevent- ing and suppressing the spread of the same, and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may be then in force, $380,000. Interstate quarantine service: For cooperation with State and mu- nicipal health authorities in the prevention of the spread of conta- gious and infectious diseases in interstate traffic, including the pur- chase and exchange, not to exceed $1,300, and maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles, $27,300. Biologic products: To regulate the propagation and sale of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, including arsphenamine, for the preparation of curative and diagnostic biologic products, includ- ing personal services of Reserve commissioned officers and other per- sonnel, $47,800. Division of Venereal Diseases: For the maintenance and expenses of the Division of Venereal Diseases, established by sections 3 and 4, chapter XV, of the Act approved July 9, 1918 (42 U. S . C . 24, 25), and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of May 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 439440), including rent and personnel and other services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; items other- wise properly chargeable to the appropriations for printing and bind- ing, stationery, and miscellaneous and contingent expenses for the Federal Security Agency and Public Health Service; purchase of reports, documents, and other material for publication and of reprints from State, city, and private publications; purchase, including exchange (not to exceed $1,500), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use in field work; trans- portation; travelng expenses, including attendance at public meet- ings when directed by the Surgeon General; and the packing, crating drayage, and transportation of personal effects of commissioned off- cers and other personnel of the Public Health Service upon permanent change of station, $6,250,000, of which not to exceed $129,580 may be transferred to the appropriation "Pay, and so forth, commissioned officers, Public Health Service": Provided, That $36,000 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Traveling expenses, Federal Security Agency", and $23,500 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Printing and binding, Federal Security Agency". Division of mental hygiene: For carrying out the provisions of section 4 of the Act of June 14, 1930 (21 U. S. C . 196, 225); for maintenance and operation of the United States Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, and the United States Public Health Service Hospital of Fort Worth, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of January 19, 1929 (21 U. S . C . 221 -237), including personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $34,820) and elsewhere; traveling expenses; firearms and ammunition necessary supplies and equipment; reimbursement to the working capital fund for articles or services furnished by the 482 [55 STAT.