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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 215-JULY 12, 1943 37 Stat. 315. Cotton and cotton- seed from Mexico. Control investigations: For developing equipment or apparatus to aid in enforcing plant quarantines, eradication and control of plant pests, determining methods of disinfecting plants and plant products to eliminate injurious pests, determining the toxicity of insecticides, and related phases of insect-pest control, $66,585, of which not less than $10,000 shall be used for methyl bromide investigations. Insecticide and fungicide investigations: For the investigation and development of methods of manufacturing insecticides and fungi- cides, and for investigating chemical problems relating to the com- position, action, and application of insecticides and fungicides, $113,820. Transit inspection: For the inspection in transit or otherwise of articles quarantined under the Act of August 20, 1912 (7 U. S . C . 161, 164a), as amended, and for the interception and disposition of materials found to have been transported interstate in violation of quarantines promulgated thereunder, $38,940. Foreign plant quarantines: For enforcement of foreign plant quar- antines, at the port of entry and port of export, and to prevent the movement of cotton and cottonseed from Mexico into the United States, including the regulation of the entry into the United States of railway cars and other vehicles, and freight, express, baggage, or other materials from Mexico, and the inspection, cleaning, and disin- fection thereof, including construction and repair of necessary build- ings, plants, and equipment, for the fumigation, disinfection, or cleaning of products, railway cars, or other vehicles entering the United States from Mexico, $682,900: Provided, That any moneys 'received in payment of charges fixed by the Secretary on account of such cleaning and disinfection shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Certification of exports: For the inspection, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, of domestic plants and plant products when offered for export and to certify to shippers and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious plant diseases and insect pests according to the sanitary requirements of the foreign countries affected and to make such reasonable charges and to use such means as may be necessary to accomplish this object, $29.180: Proided, That moneys received on account of such inspec- tion and certification shall be covered into the Treasury as miscella- neous receipts. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, $4,767,340, of which amount not to exceed $620,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAUI OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING SALARIES AND EXPENSES For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations hereinafter authorized, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Department, other departments or agencies of the Federal Gov- ernment, States, State agricultural experiment stations, universities, and other State agencies and institutions, counties, municipalities, business, farm, or other organizations and corporations, individuals, associations, and scientific societies. including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and else- where; and for erection, alteration, and repair of buildings outside the District of Columbia at a total cost not to exceed $15,000, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $102,044. 408 [57 STAT.