PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 109-MAY 5, 1945 bursed (by advance credits or reimbursements based on estimated or actual charges) from applicable appropriations, to cover the charges, including handling and other related services, for equipment rentals (including depreciation, maintenance, and repairs); for serv- ices, supplies, equipment and materials furnished, stores of which may be maintained at the Center, and for building construction, alteration, and repair performed by the Center in carrying out the purposes of such applicable appropriations and the applicable appro- priations may also be charged their proportionate share of the neces- sary general expenses of the Center not covered by this appropriation: Buildings and im- Providedfurther, That the several appropriations of the Agricultural provements. Research Administration shall be available for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements: Provided,how- Limitation on con- ever That unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one tctionetc., . building (excepting headhouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $5,000, the total amount for construction of buildings costing more than $2,500 each shall be within the limits of the estimates sub- mitted and approved therefor and the cost of altering any one build- ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed $2,500 or 2 per centum of the cost of the building as certified by the Research Administrator, whichever is greater. SPECIAL RESEARCH FUND, DEPARTMENT OF AoGICuvrTRE 49 Stat. 436. 7U..C. 427d; Supp. IV, § 427d. 7 .s.0. 8. 427c. 24 Stat. 440 . 34 Stat. 63. 43 Stat. 970. 49 Stat. 436. 7 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, I 427d. 45 Stat. 671 . 45 Stat. 1256 . 49 Stat. 1556 For enabling the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and prin- ciples relating to agriculture and to provide for the further develop- ment of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more com- plete 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, programming, coordination, and printing the results of such research, to be conducted by such agencies of the Depart- ment as the Secretary may designate or establish, and to which he may make allotments from this fund, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; $1,088,000, of which amount $662,894 shall be available for the maintenance and operation of research laboratories and facilities in the major agricul- tural regions provided for by section 4 of said Act. OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico to be paid quarterly in advance, to carry into effect the provisions of the following Acts relating to agricultural experiment stations: Hatch, Adams, Purnell, Bankhead-Jones, and related Acts: Hatch Act, the Act approved March 2, 1887 (7 U. S . C . 362, 363, 365, 368, 377-379), $720,000; Adams Act, the Act approved March 16, 1906 (7 U. S . C. 369), $720,000; Purnell Act, the Act approved February 24, 1925 (7 U. S . C . 361, 366, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382), $2,880,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, title I of the Act approved June 29, 1935 (7U.S.C.427 - 4 27g), $2,663,708; Hawaii, the Act approved May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386-386b), extending the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii, $90.000; Alaska, the Act approved February 23, 1929 (7 U. S . C. 386c), extending the benefits of the Hatch Act to the Territory of Alaska, $15,000, and the provisions of section 2 of the Act approved June 20, 1936 142 [59 STAT.
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