58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 296-JUNE 28, 1944 tagious or infectious diseases of animals, which, in the opinion of the Secretary, threatens the livestock industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere any unexpended bal- ances of appropriations heretofore made for this purpose, not to exceed $305,000, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future pur- chases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations: Provided, That the payment for animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States Government for any animals shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: Provided further, That the sum of $5,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $3,500,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924, for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth disease and other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to enable the Secretary to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $410,345 for personal services in the District of Columbia, of the Bureau of Dairy Industry in carrying out the provisions of the Act of May 29, 1924 (7 U. S . C . 401404), including investigations, experi- ments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, for carrying out the applicable provisions of the Acts of May 9, 1902 (26 U. S . C. 2325, 2326 (c), 2327 (b)), and August 10, 1912 (26 U. S. C. 2327 (c)), relating to process or renovated butter, and the Act of May 23, 1908 (21 U. S . C . 94 (a)), insofar as it relates to the exportation of process or renovated butter, repairs to buildings, and not to exceed $10,000 for the construction or alteration of buildings, $812,958. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, SOILS AND AGRICULTURAL ENOINEERING SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous. fiber, and other plants and plant industries, of soils and soil-plant relationships, and of the application of engineering principles to agriculture, in coopera- tion with other branches of the Department, the State experiment stations, and practical farmers; for the erection or alteration of neces- sary farm buildings and buildings at the National Arboretum: Pro- vided, That the cost of erecting any one building, except head houses connecting greenhouses, shall not exceed $2,500, and the cost of altera- tions to any one building shall not exceed $500 or 2 per centum of the cost of the building as certified by the Secretary, whichever is greater, but in no event to exceed $2,500; and for the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations herein authorized, as follows: 435 Payment of claims. Basis of appraise- ment. Eradication of Eu- ropean fowl pest, etc. 43 Stat. 682. 43 Stat. 243. 7 I. S. C., Supp. III, §S 401-104. 32 Stat. 193. 37 Stat. 219. Renovated butter. 36 Stat. 254 . Plant and soil in- vestigations. Farm buildings; cost limitation.
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