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 SIXTY-SIXTH coxennss. sm. 1. os. ze. 1919. 269 the field work of the Department of Agriculture outside the District of Columbia: Provided, hat not to exceed $15,000 of this amount ; ,etc.,1imshall be expended for the purchase of such vehicles, and that such mdvehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the istrict of Columbia: Promkledfurther, That the Secretary of Agniculture shall, on the first day of each regular ,,§gP°" °‘ °‘P°°*’*· session of Congress, ma e a report to Congress showing the amoimt • gipended under the provisions of this paragraph during the preceding ca year. Enanrcxrron or FOOT-AND—MOU’l`H AND orrnnre. ooN·rAo1oUs ms- ¤: §l°° mm nasns or humans: In case of an emergency arising out of the exist- ,E‘{§§{,8°}};Y ogggz ence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious leuropneu- ii1e.¤w· monia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals 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 m 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 Payment 0, ,,8,,,,,, and eradication of any such disease including the payment of claims ;<&¤¤i¤·¤l¤ ¤¤¤¤¤y¤¤. growing out of past and future purchases and destruction, in coopera- ° tion with the States of animals affected by or exposed to, or 0 ma» terials contaminated by or exposed to, anyksuch disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under e or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful P,,,,,,,,,_ quarantine regulations: Provided, That the payment for animals ¤é+pv¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤*¤!v¤¤· hereafter pure ased 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 anim shall exceed times its meat or dairy value, and except in case of an extraordinary emergenc, to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, the payment by by the United States Government for any animal shall U not exceed one-half of any such appraisementsz Provided further, mfprggtllml in. That so much of the appropriation of $2,500,000 made by the Agn- °‘· **-***5- cultural Appropriation Act of March 4, _191§, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rindedrpsest, contagious pleuropnenmoma, or other contagious or infectious ease of animals, as remains unexgended at the close of the fiscal ar 1919, is hereby reappropriate and made available for expendisure during the Bscal year ending _June 30, 1920, for the objects mentioned in said approrgiatxon Act, mcluding necessary invest' ations to determine what er said diseases have been completdly eradicated in districts where they previously existed. · mk mwum d Enamcnrrox or rmx BoLLwo1m: 0 enable the _Secretai? of mgm mmm Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the existence 0 the rwklggg. pink bollworm of cotton m Mexico, and to prevent the establishment of such insect in the United States ng  employment of all means necessary, including rent outside of _ e District of Columbia and the employment of persons and means m the city of Washington and elsewhere, $595,800, as follows: _ P,,,,,,,,,g_,,,,_,,,,. To revent the movement of cotton and cotton seed from_ Mexico sy or seg-aiigigt. into tllie United States, includmgi the regulation of the entry unto the United States of railway cars an other velncles,    exsress, baggage, or other materials from Mexico, and the inspection, eau- Dopod, M mma ing, and disinfection thereof, $148,560; any montnys received in pay; :¤rs¤¤¤c,¤a. ment of charges iixedllgy the Secretary of Agnc ture on account of such cleaning and dis` ection at plants constructed therefor out o any) appropriation madlgr on account nf the {gn; bellgs;>t1:n of cotten ` aslllty 8.8 r . wTd idlake mrliigysthtg deicrmnne the actual distribution of the pink x.&@liK,i.fiY‘g§. bollworm in Mexico and to extermmate local infestations in Mexico