PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 516 -JULY 22, 1942 45 Stat. 1256 . 49 Stat. 1554 . 50 Stat. 881. 38 Stat. 372. Cooperation with other bureaus, etc. TotaL Investigations, ex - periments, etc. Provisos. Adjustments in amounts. 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), $13,950; and the pro- visions 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, $23,950. Puerto Rico: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the bene- fits 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, $14,158,950. SALARIES AND EXPENSES 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, including cooperation with other bureaus and offices of the Department, and Federal, State, county, and other agencies, in the development, preparation, and distribution of educational material designed to increase the effective- ness of cooperative extension work as conducted by the Department in cooperation with land-grant colleges, $646,458, of which amount not to exceed $552,710 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Extension Service, $14,805,408. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Salaries and expenses: For acquiring and diffusing useful infor- mation among the people of the United States, for conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, and for aiding in formulating programs for authorized activities of the Department of Agriculture, relative to agricultural production, distribution, land utilization, and conservation in their broadest aspects, including farm Imanagement and practice, utilization of farm and food prod- ucts, purchasing of farm supplies, farm population and rural life, farm labor, farm finance, insurance and taxation, adjustments in production to probable demand for the different farm and food products; land ownership and values, costs, prices and income in their relation to agriculture, including causes for their variations and trends, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, either independently or in coop- eration with public agencies or organizations. $528.798, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the fiscal year 1943 for such salaries and expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof as may be determined by the Secretary. not exceeding a total of $2.178,372 shall be transferred to and made a part of this appro- priation, of which total appropriation not to exceed $1,893,928 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia, including the salary of the chief of bureau at $10,000 per annum: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of such appropriations or authori- zations for the fiscal year 1943 shall at any time exceed or fall below 672 [56 STAT.
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