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79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 109-MAY 5, 1945 (7 U. S . C . 369a), extending the benefits of the Adams and Purnell Acts to the Territory of Alaska, $27,500; in all, for Alaska, $42,500; Puerto Rico, the Act approved March 4, 1931, as amended (7 U. S . C . 386d-386f), extending the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to Puerto Rico, $90,000; in all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, $7,206,208. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Administration of grants and coordination of research with States: For salaries and expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia, necessary to enable the Secretary to enforce the pro- visions of the Acts approved March 2, 1887, March 16, 1906, Febru- ary 24, 1925, May 16, 1928, February 23, 1929, March 4, 1931, and June 20, 1936, and Acts amendatory thereto (7 U. S . C . 361-363, 365-383, 386-386f), relative to their administration and for the administration of an agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, $153,600, of which not to exceed $143,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; and the Secretary shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, coordinate the research work of the State agri- cultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said Acts with research of the Department in similar lines, and make report thereon to Congress. Federal Experiment Station, Puerto Rico: To enable the Secretary to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, including the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, $99,375; and the Secretary is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the employment of persons and means in the District of Colum- bia and elsewhere, including not to exceed $591,004 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, for carrying out, inde- pendently or in cooperation with public or private agencies, including individuals, the provisions of the Act, as amended, establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and related Acts, and for investigations concerned with the livestock and meat industries, as follows: Animal husbandry: For investigations and experiments in animal husbandry and animal and poultry feeding and breeding, and for cooperation with State authorities in the administration of regu- lations for the improvement of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries, $840,000. Diseases of animals: For scientific investigations of diseases of animals, and necessary expenses for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $708,900. Eradicating tuberculosis and Bang's disease: For the control and eradication of the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tuberculosis, and Bang's disease of cattle, $5,048,000, together with not to exceed $800,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation for the fiscal year 1943: Provided, That no part of the 46 Stat. 1520. 24 Stat. 440; 34 Stat. 63; 43 Stat. 970; 46 Stat. 571, 1266; 46 Stat. 1520; 49 Stat. 1553 . 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, i 367. Sale of products. 23 Stat. 31. 7U. S.C. i391-394; Supp. IV, ii 391-396. 66 Stat. 74 . 59 STAT.] 143