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 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. sms. III. Ch. 144. 1915. 1115 animal products as cease to be needed in the work of the department and all moneys received from the sale of such animals or products or as a bonus in the exchange of the same shall be deposited m the Treasiuy of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. NAVAL sroans INVESTIGATIONSZ For investigating the grading, i;¥,Y$t'§,°{f,?g md. weighing, and  of naval stores and preparation of definite *¤8·°*°· type samples thereof, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the cit of Washington and elsewhere, $5,000. That not to exceed, $55,000 of the lump-sum a propriations herein ii[ii°Sr»::lii1‘$1:°’1iii’i¤ made for the Department of Agriculture shall he available for the {?sP·{g¤ °PP*°P**¤·· purchase, maintenance, repair, and oppration of motor-propelled ` and horse-drawn passenger-carying ve `cles and motor boats necessar·y in the conduct of the iiel work of the Department of Agriculture outside the District of Columbia: Promkled, That not to exceed §{g·ggk“um,m_ $5,000 of this amount shall be expended for the purchase of such vehicles and boats, and that such vehicles and boats shall be used onli for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this sh not pfevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia: Promkied further, That the  °' °‘P°°“’ retary of Agriculture shall, on the first day of each regular session of Congress, make a report to Congress showing_ the amount ex- ‘ ended under the provisions of this paragraph during the preceding Escal ear. In gase of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and-  ‘u‘°°“' mouth disease, rinderpest, contopgious pleuropneuinonia, or other pd*j`*gg•;8}gy¥m;gy{·§ contagious or infectious disease o animals, which m the qprmon of ew. ’ the Secretaryx of Agriculture threatens the live-stock in using of the country, e may eaiend in the city of Washington or elsew ere, out of any money m e Treasury not otherwise_appropr1ated, the sum of $2,500,000, which sum is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as he determines to be necessary, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the piayment of claims growing d,§’,‘{.{,*,§,,,,:"“f,",,;’, **,,1 out of past and future Eurchases and estruction, in cooperation¤¤i¤¤¤¤ with the States, of anima affected by or wd to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such ase, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all quarantine regulations, and said sum shall be immediately availab e for the purposes specified: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture {,’{';",§,;'§;,, ,0, sho, IS authorized to pay not more than one-half of the expenses mcurred ggttéri up H¤wt1>¤r¤¤ by the owners of a certain herd of show cattle now in quarantine °r ’ at Hawthorne Park, near Chicago, Illinois, such expenses being incident to and on account of the quarantine of such cattle b the Govemment, but the total expense shall not exceed one-hall the beef or dairy value of such catt e. _ _ _ CM mum mm The unexpended balance on June thirtreth, nineteen hundred and mmaézwmm. fourteen, remaining to the credit of the approprration authorized mgsimm }§*;mp°g;; in the Agricultural a propriation Act approved arch fomjth, nine- regplsrgpmtgigg teen hundred and thirteen, for the exgenses of a commission to ’°’ ‘ investigate and report to Congress on uropean cooperative landmortgage banks and r1u·al-credit unions, is hereby appropriated and made available for the Hscal years nineteen hun ed and fifteen and nineteen hundred and sixteen, including expenses mcurred since the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, for the p1u· oses set forth in said Act, to be paid out on the audit and P mf ts order of the chairman of said commission; and such audit and °;.,§.{,'§§{°,§S;mf‘”°“° order shall be conclusive and binding upon all departments as to the correctness of the accounts of such commission under this_approriation and under the appropriation made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen.