62 STAT.] 0SrH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 543-JUNE 19, 1948 Diseases of animals: For scientific investigations of diseases of animals, and for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $1,055,000. 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, $6,250,000: Provided, That no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of cattle except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, Territory, county, or municipality where condemnation of cattle shall take place, nor shall any payment be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal if at the time of inspection or test, or at the time of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered: Providedfurther, That out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compensa- tion for any cattle condemned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county2 and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than $50 for any purebred animal. Inspection and quarantine: For inspection and quarantine work, including the control and eradication of hog cholera and related swine diseases, southern cattle ticks, scabies in sheep and cattle, and dourine in horses, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, the inspec- tion of vessels, the execution of the twenty-eight-hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported animals in accordance with the Act of August 30, 1890 (21 U. S. C. 102), and the Act of July 24, 1946 (Public Law 522), and the inspection work relative to the exist- ence of contagious diseases, $1,225,000: Provided,That service shall be maintained at all stockyards having such service during the current fiscal year. Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and meat-food products, $11,500,000: Provided That the unobligated balance remaining in the "Meat inspec- tion fund" established by the Department of Agriculture Appro- priation Act, 1948, shall be carried to the general fund of the Treasury. Virus Serum Toxin Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (21 U. S. C . 151-158), regulating the preparation, sale, barter exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum toxin, or analogous product manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, $365,000. Marketing agreements, hog cholera virus and serum: The sum of $43,000 of the appropriation made by section 12 (a) of the Agricul- tural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933 (7 . S . C. 612), is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to carry into effect sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the Act approved August 24,1935 (7 U. S.C. 851-855), including personal services in the District of Columbia ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTHl AND OTTER CONT'AOIOUE DIRKA?8B fW ANIMAla For expenses necessary, including personal services in the District of Columbia, in the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or im- fectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar dis- 515 Compensation of cattle owners, restric- tions. Limitation on amount of payment. 26 Stat. 416. 60 Stat. 633. 21U.S. .. 133. Service at stock- yards. Meat Inspection fund. 61 Stat. 631 . 37 Stat. 832 . 48 Stat. 38. 49 Stat. 781.
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