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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 516 -JULY 22, 1942 675 value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade ani- mal or more than $50 for any purebred animal. Eradicating cattle ticks: For the eradication of southern cattle ticks, $276,000: Provided, That, except upon the written order of the of p , - Secretary of Agriculture, no part of this appropriation shall be used mas, materials, etc. for the purchase of animals or in the purchase of materials for or in the construction of dipping vats upon land not owned solely by the United States, except at fairs or expositions where the Department of Agriculture makes exhibits or demonstrations; nor shall any part of this appropriation be used in the purchase of materials or mixtures for use in dipping vats except in experimental or demonstration work carried on by the officials or agents of the Bureau of Animal Indus- try: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 of the amount herein Purchase of beef for made available may be used to purchase and supply beef to the seminoleIndians, Fla. Seminole Indians of the Big Cypress Swamp area, Hendry County, Florida, during the time that deer infested with cattle ticks are being removed from said area and until such area is restocked with deer: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture, his agent or Tick eradication, agents, in cooperation with the duly constituted authorities of the ervatlon, Fla. State of Florida, is authorized to conduct tick eradication on the Seminole Indian Reservation in the State of Florida under the provi- sions of the laws of that State. Hog-cholera control: For the control and eradication of hog cholera and related swine diseases, by such means as may be neces- sary, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and other methods, either independently or in cooperation with farmers' associations, State or county authorities, $102,000. Inspection and quarantine: For inspection and quarantine work, including the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle and dourine in horses, the inspection of southern cattle, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, and the inspection of vessels, the execu- tion of the twenty-eight-hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported animals, including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to buildings thereon; the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, and the mallein testing of aninals, $666,000. Meat inspection: For expenses in carrying out the provisions of at . P lo001. 34 Ltat. 674, 12W; 41 the Meat Inspection Act of June 30, 1906, as amended by the Act stat. 2 8 A; 48s tat. of March 4, 1907, as extended to equine meat by the Act of July 24, 12 a;62 tat . 236 1919 (21 U. S . C. 71-96), as authorized by section 2 (a) of the Act of June 26, 1934 (31 U. S. C. 725a), and as further amended by the Act of June 29, 1938 (21 U. S . C. 91), including the purchase of printed tags, labels, stamps, and certificates without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, $6,147,000. Virus Serum Toxin Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (21 U. S. C. 151-158), regulating the 37 Stat. 83 preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, $223,718. Marketing agreements with respect to hog cholera virus and serum: The sum of $30,708 of the appropriation made by section 12 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933, is hereby 4 3stat. 3s. made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to carry into effect sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the