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 1220 SEVE NTIET H C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 227 . 1929 . duct additional research work, with a view to meeting any situation ar ising out of the i nfesta tion o f the Europea n corn borer, inde pend- ently or in cooperation with agricultural colleges or other agencies, including the employment of persons and means in the city of Wash- Proviso. ington and elsewhere, and other necessary expenses : Provided, That services in the Dis- trict. the expenditures for personal services in the District of Columbia shall not exceed $58,000. Leaf hopper. SPECIAL LEAF HOPPER RESEARCH Emergency for spe- ci al To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency research for control y etc ., of. caused by the prevalence and continued spread of the disease of curly-top of sugar beets and other important agricultural crops by enlarging investigations now under way with a view to more general information issued annually or more frequently regarding the prob- able severity of insect and curly-top infection ; to increase supplies of seed of strains of beets or other crops more resistant to the curly- top disease than strains now commonly grown ; to make investigations leading to a better understanding of the disease ; and to establish practical methods of control, including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere and other neces- sary expenses, $230,000, of which amount $20,000 shall be immedi- Proviso. atel available : Provided, That the expenditures for personal serv- vioes in the Dis- trict. ices in the District of Columbia shall not exceed $34,000. South Carolina Ex- peri ment S tation. Cooperation with, in dairying and livestock experiments. Vol.44,p.1397. Prorisos. Apportionment Sta tes, etc. Payment of incurred obligations. Vol. 39, p. 358. U. S. Code, p.422. Vol.42,p. 219. AGRICULI UI4AL INVESTIGATIONS IN COO PER ATI ON WITH SOUTH CAROLINA EXPERIMEN T STATIO N To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled "An Act authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secre- tary of Agriculture to cooperate with the South Carolina Experi- ment Station," approved March 3, 1927 (44 Stat ., p . 1397), including the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agri- culture may deem necessary, $40,000. Federal Highway Act FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS . Roads and trails in forests. For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Vol. 42, pp. 218, 65o. Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U . S . C., p . 668, sec . 23), U.S. Code, p.668. including not to exceed $52,400 for departmental personal services Vol. 44, pp. 530, loos . i n the District of Columbia, $8,000,000, which sum is composed of $3,945,000, part of the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appro- U. S. Code, Supp. I, priated for the fiscal year 1929 by the Act approved June 22, 1926 p' 117 Ante, p. 750. (U. S. C., Supp. I, p. 117, sec. 23), an p d $4,055,000, art of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1930 by the Act to approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat ., p . 750) : Provided, That the Sec- retary of Agriculture shall, upon the approval of this Act, appor- tion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year Approved projects ending June 30, 1930, by the Act approved May 26, 1928 : Provided deemed Federal obliga- further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall incur obligations, approve projects, or enter into contracts under his apportionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof : Provided further, That the appropriations heretofore, herein, and hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 8 of the Act of July 11, 1916 (U. S. C., pp. 422, 423, see. 503), and of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, and Acts amenda- tory thereo f and supple mental there to, sha ll be consid ered a vailab le for the purpose of discharging the obligations created thereunder

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