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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 217. 1920. 729 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 $50,000, which sum is hereby appropriated, or so much_ thereof as he determines to be necessary, in the arrest and eradication of any uch disease, including the pay- Payinm or enum ment of claims growinglout of past and future purchases and destrue- {,“,',1_““'“"'“ °°“°'°’°d· tion, in cooperation wit the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with _ all lawful quarantine regulations: Provided, That the payment for {',Y$$°§;,,m.,,,t,,; animals hereafter purchased may be made on argpraisement based on “**“°S· the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case 0 appglaisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal l exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and excegtéin case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the cretary of Agriculture, the payment by the United States Government for an; animal shall not U M bam exceed one-half of any such appraisements: P ézgrdter, That so  °° much of the appropriation 0 $2,500,000 made by Agricultural °‘· ·P·““· Appro riation Act of March 4, 1915, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, for the arresfand eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contszgious or infectious disease of animals, as remains unexpended at e close of the fiscal ear 1920, is hereby reapproprrated and made available for expenshture during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, for the objects mentioned in said Aplprplpnatron Act, including necessary investigations to determine w e er said diseases have been completely eradicated in districts where they previously existed. P_ ml 0, Enanrcarroix or rmx BoLLwor.M: o enable the Secret of mail}? wm Agriculture to meet the emeggency caused by the existence by the ,,,§’_,'}‘g§f,';$’°‘P°““ pink bollworm of cotton in exico, and to prevent the establishment of such insect in the United States by the employment of all means necessary, including rent outside of the District of Columbia and the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $488,560, asfollows: To prevent the movement of cotton and cotton seed from Mexico ,,,?§'§§§§§,§*§§3*c$,'§I into the United States, including the regulation of the entry into *¤¤ =••¤"°¤¤ “°°¤*°°- the United States of railway cars and other vehicles and freight, express, baggage, or other materials from Mexico, and the inspection _ cleaning, and disinfection thereof, $148,560; any moneys received ;,§,§’£?“,§§;§§,§¥§Yi’°" in payment of charges fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture on account of such cleaning and disinfection at plants constructed therefor out of any appropriation made on account of the pink bollworm of cotton to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts;. C five extermi- To make surveys to determine the actual distribution of the pink mril3i,°°$i¤.,mh»¤a¤. bollworm in Mexico and to exterminate local infestations in Mexico near the border of the United States, in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $10,000; In, ti hr To investigate in Mexico or elsewhere the pink bollworm as a basis m.,J,,°E°g" °°° for control measures, $5,000; S im To conduct surveys and inspections in Texas or in any other State s;c$rsli°i:iaix§i°§t¤mZ to detect any infestation and to conduct such control measures, including the establishment of cotton-free areas, in cooperation with the State of Texas or other States concerned, as may be necessary to stamp out such infestation, to establish in cooperation with the States concerned a zone or zones free from cotton culture on or near _ the border of ang State or States adjacent to Mexico, and to 009P- , ,,*§,°i‘f, {;°§,§,’§f erate with the fexican Government or local Mexican authorities, or otherwise, by undertaking in Mexico such measures for the extermination of the pink bollworm of cotton as shall be determmed to 4·i28l°—2l——48