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 1048 SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 212. 1918. mP’°d°*°'Y °“*’”“1S»keepi.ngé $15,000; destruction of prairie dogs, gophers, and ground ` squrrre, $100,000; destruction of predatory animals, $125,000; Prom, {special work in crop estimating, $234,5j10; in all, $1,105,980: Pro- - b,,?j$,’§”gZiu§§?gm pi; vuled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, for the official ggggfggccggwgégf purposes of the Department o Agriculture, and within the limits of the appropriations for rent made by this_or any other Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, to requisition the use of, and take possession of, any building or any space m any build- _ ing, and the appurtenances thereof which are now or heretofore have wQ,’t§d°}"”gSr °*”·· °"‘ been used for such purposes, in the District of Columbia, other than a dwelling house occu ied as such or a building occupied by any other branch of the United States Government; and he s all ascertain and syurrimror. t pay just compensation for such use. If the amount of compensation Ss ¢lei¤y°in°`m im` so ascertained be not satisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid sevent -five (per centum of such amount, and shall be entitled to sue the {Tuite States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amouértdas) will be just comgensation for sgch use in th; “'°· manner rovi e y section twenty- our, aragr·a twenty, an V°l`36’i?p`w93°m6 section ohe hundred and for\ty—five of the rlirdicial lllode. 1Ii°f?s°ir]$°§){>rrrrs pro- Sec. 2. That under such r es, regulations,_ and bonds as the Secg¤¤g$¤gg},fitQj‘{°bg retary of the Treasury may prescrrbe, distilled spirits or alcohol rriarzsrriaruses. produced prior to October third, mneteen hundre and seventeen, from products the growth of the island of Porto Rico may be admitted from said island into the United States for industrial purposes in the ,,,,§{§f""“°’°g“‘°" arts and sciences. Such alcohol or distilled spirits shall not be used for beverage purposes nor in the production of any article used as a beverage. ,,,,1;,§‘,{‘§"“°“° '°‘ "*‘* Any person violating the rovisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and? upon conviction, shall be fined not more Double m M BW than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years. Ijle shall, 111 sions. addition, be hable to double the tax evaded, together with the tax, Tickimswd mm to be collected by assessment or on any bond given. pmasnrowisgaarpré- Sec. 3. That the Act entitled "An Act to provide further for the §{§‘,;g§‘,§Q?§;,;‘,§§?,§{“°° national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facili- %d4M¤»¤-275,¤¤¤¤d· tating the distribution of icultural products," approved August ` tenth, nineteen hundred anacflseventeen, be, and the same hereby _1s, amended so as to strike out, in section nine, after the words “Carrbbean Sea/’ the following: "into those parts of the United States below the southern cattle quarantine line at such rts of entry as may be designated by said joint regulations and aE)o," so that the Camo (Humane section as amended will read as follows g _ regyraum mourned. _ "S1·:c. 9. That the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ,dl°"2°·”"‘**““‘°“‘*` mnety, entitled ‘An Act roviding for an ins tion of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of aclirillilerated articles of food or drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes’ (Twenty-sixth Statutes at L8.rge,_page four hundred and ourteen), is hereby amended so as to authorize tlre_ Secretary of Agriculture, within his discretion and Mmmm of mh under such joint regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary master nrrmrsmrm. of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasur, to permit the ’“°°"“°“°“g““'· admission into the United States for immediate sliau hter at p01‘tS __ of entry to be designated in said joint regulations of tick-infested C”“‘”°‘°“°’· cattle which are otherwise free from disease and which have not been vol 26 pp M 417 exposed to the infection of any other disease within sixty days next ` ''’' be ore their exportation from Mexico, South and Central America, the islands of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, subject to P,,,,,,0_,_ the provisions of sections seven, eight, nine, and ten of said Act of wgwgapigitrwjggth dis- August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety: Provided, That the P ‘ importation of trckanfested cattle from any country referred to in this section in which foot-and-mouth disease exists, which existence