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 SIXTY-FOURTH oonennss. sm. II. oa. 179. wu. 1167 Agriculture outside the District of Columbia: Promkled, That not to *"°"'°•,,m,,,~ mm exceed $l3,000 of this amount shall be expended for the purchase of such vehicles  boats, and that such vehicles and boats shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for odicial service of motor trucks Report at .;,1.. in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the Secretary of ”· Agriculture shall, on the first day of each regular session of Congress, make a. report to Congress showing the amount expended under the provisions of this para£·aph during the preceding fiscal year. E M _,_ That hereafter the cretary of Agriculture ma exchange motor-1¤w$h°°°°°’ " propelled and horse-drawn plassenger-carrying vehicles in partpay- ment for new motor- rope ed or horse-drawn passenfgerlcarrying vehicles authorized to he purchased b him, to be used or the Samb D I n mum ,0 purposes as those proposed to be exchanged and shall, on the first c¤¤g»¤. ’ ay of each regular session of Congress, make a re rt to Congress for the fiscal year last closed showing, as to each excggnge hereimder, the make of the vehicle, the period of its use, the allowance therefor, and the vehicle, make thereof, and price, including exchange value, _ paid, or to be paid, for each vehicle procured through such exchange. www cmu EKADICATION or FOOT·AND-MOU'1'H nm Umm: ooxrmorous ms- ounimna. mens or mmns: In case of an emergency arising out of the exist- ,,,?§{,‘;°”,,,$",,.,§P,’;l?.§,_Yf' ence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious Bpgeuropneu- •*°· monia, or other contagious or infectious disease of anim which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens the live-stock industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000, which sum is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as he determines to be necessary, in the arrest and ,,·y,uw·,ms,“m_ eradication of any such disease, including the payment of claims xmu¤a»¤¤y¤a,•i¤. growing out of past and future purchases and destruction, in cooperation with the States of animals affected by or exposed to, or o ma- ' terials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under ike or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful ,, I quarantine regulations: Promklcd, That the payment for animals here- ippraasmwitryeafter 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 anima shall exceed three times its meat or da` value, and exceg; in case of an extraordinary emernc, to bdldretermined by the cretary of Agriculture, the payment S; the United States Government for any ammal hall not exceed Unexpended tuone-half of any such appraisements: Provided {urther, That so much •¤¤·¤*••¤¤¤>1¤*·*~<*· of the appropriation 0 $2,500,000 made by the agricultural appro- v¤1.ss,p. ins. riation Abt of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, for the 4·•*·»1»4¤¤~ Escal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rmderpgsg, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or mfectious ase of animals, as remains unexpended at the close of the_£scal year nmeteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby reapprofpgated and_ made available for expenditure during the fiscal year en g dune tlnrtieth nineteen hundred and eighteen, for the objects mentioned in said a propriation Act, inclucin necessary investigations to determine wihether said diseases haveazieen completely eradicated in districts where they previously existed. _ Total carried by this bill for the Department of Agriculture, 25 929 113. 5 That to rovide, durin the Escal year nineteen hundred and eight- i°°.iZ een, for allipexsons emp§>yed under the Department of Agriculture g{g';' including on the lum um rolls only those persons who are  nn an ¤.¤¤¤ • thereon at the close ol?-lhs fiscal year ending June thirtieth, mneteen Y"' hundred and seventeen, increased compensation at the rate of ten