PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 17--MAR . 18 , 1943 Purchase of lands, D.C. 55 Stat. 823. Property transfer. Transfer of funds. 52 Stat. 344 . Post, p . 444. 5 Stat. 49. Pb, p. 444. HIGHWAY FUND, GASOLINE TAX, AND MOTOR-VEHICLE FEES The appropriation of $1,424,000 for grading, paving, repaving. surfacing, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, and roads, and so forth, in connection with the improvement of the approaches to the Potomac River bridges, contained in the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, is hereby made available in an amount not to exceed $93,000 for payment to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission as reimbursement for the purchase price paid by such Commission for the lands in the District of Columbia described in House Document Numbered 47 of the Seventy-eighth Congress; such sum to be expended by such Com- mission in accordance with the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482): Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, for or on behalf of the United States of America, is hereby directed upon receipt of such payment by such Commission to transfer to the District of Columbia all of the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to such lands: Provided further, That the transfer of funds herein authorized shall constitute full and final reimbursement of the United States by the District of Columbia for the acquisition of such lands. DIVISION OF EXPENSES The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the respective fiscal years for which such sums are provided. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES Fighting forest fires: For an additional amount for fighting and preventing forest fires, fiscal year 1943, $1,719,300. IIUREAUT Or ENTOMOLOI,(Y AND PLANT QUARANTINE Control of incipient and emergency outbreaks of insect pests and plant diseases: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of and for expenditures authorized by the joint resolu- tion approved May 9, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 148-148e), including surveys and control operations in Canada in cooperation with the Canadian Government or local Canadian authorities, and the employment of Canadian citizens, fiscal year 1943, $3,722,000, to remain available until June 30, 1944. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Office force: For an additional amount for personal services, Coast and Geodetic Survey, fiscal year 1943, $30.000. Office expenses: For an additional amount for office expenses of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, fiscal year 1943. including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropria- tion Act, 1943, $86,000. Aeronautical charts: For an additional amount for compilation and printing of aeronautical charts, fiscal vear 1943, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropria- [57 STAY.
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