58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -CH. 296-JUNE 28, 1944 EXTENSION SERVICE PAYMENTS TO STATES; IAWAII; ALASKA; AND PUERTO RICO For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico for cooperative agricultural extension work as follows: Capper-Ketcham, Bankhead-Jones, and related Acts: Capper- Ketcham Act, the Act approved May 22, 1928 (7 U. S . C. 343a, 343b), $1,480,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, section 21, title II, of the Act approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 343c), $12,000,000; additional extension work, the Act approved April 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 589), $555,000; Alaska, the Act approved February 23, 1929 (7 U. S. C . 386c), extending the benefits of the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska, $13,950, and section 3 of the Act approved June 20, 1936 (7 U. S. C. 343e), extending the benefits of the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, $10,000, in all, for Alaska, $23,950; Puerto Rico, the Act approved August 28, 1937 (7 U. S. C . 343f-343g) extending the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico, $140,000; in all, Capper-Ketcham, Bankhead-Jones, and related Acts, $14,198,950. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Administration and coordination of extension work: For the employment of persons and means in the Distict of Columbia and elsewhere to enable the Secretary 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 educa- tional material designed to increase the effectiveness of cooperative extension work as conducted by the Department in cooperation with land-grant colleges, $748,843, of which amount not to exceed $632,610 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR Salaries and expenses: For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Administrator, including the salary of the Administrator at $9,200 per annum, and personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $136,656. SPECIAL RESEARCH FUND, DEPARTME'NT OF AGRICULTURE For enabling the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 427, 427b, 427c, 427f); for administration of the provisions of section 5 of the said Act, and for special research work, including the planning, programing, coordination, and print- ing the results of such research, to be conducted by such agencies of the Department as the Secretary may designate or establish, and to which he may make allotments from this fund, including the employ- ment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and else- where, $1,226,364, of which amount $742,315 shall be available for the maintenance and operation of research laboratories and facilities 431 Cooperative agri- cultural extension work. 45 Stat. 711. 49 Stat. 438. 7U.S.C.§343c-1. 45 Stat. 1256 . 49 Stat. 15&5. 50 Stat. 881. Post, p. 862. 38 Stat. 372 . Cooperation with other bureaus, etc. 49 Stat. 436. 437. 7 U.S . C. j427d. Post, p. 735.
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