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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 278. 1931. 1269 Market news service : For collecting, publishing, and distributing Market news service. I Collecting, etc ., in- by telegraph, mail, or otherwise, timely information on the market for mation of li vestoc k, supply and demand, commercial movement, location, disposition, pou agriculture, etc ., quality, condition, and market prices of livestock, meats, fish, and a nimal prod ucts, dairy and poultr y pro ducts, frui ts an d vege table s, peanuts and their products, grain, hay, feeds, tobacco, and seeds, and other agricultural products, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the produc- tion, transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, $1,498,020. Cotton statistics : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry Cotton. of grade into effect the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of and staple lengths . Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton," approved March 3, 1927 (U . S . C ., Supp. III, Vol . ,p .1517 . 1517 . IV, title 7, sees . 471-476), $420,000. p.48. Tobacco stocks and standards : To e nable the Secretary of A ri- Tobacco stocks and culture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled 'rAn standards. Act to provide for the collection and publication of statistics of U. S. 45, p. 1079. C., Supp. IV, tobacco by the Department of Agriculture," approved January 14, p .49 . 1929 (U . S . C ., Supp . III, title 7, sees . 501-508), including the Services in the Dis- em ployment o f persons and means in the c ity of Was hington an d trict . elsewhere, $25,000. Perishable agricultural commodities Act : To enable the Secre- Perishable Agricul. tary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act tnPo0ommoaftiesAct. entitled "An Act to suppress unfair and fraudulent practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce," $350,000, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available . In all, salaries an d expenses . $5 ,731 ,33 6 . ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COTTON FU TURE S ACT AND UNITED STATES COTTON STANDARDS ACT To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, as amended March 4, 1919 (U . S . C ., title 26, sees . 731-752), and to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Standards Act, approved March 4, 1923 (U . S . C ., title 7, sees . 51-65), including all expenses necessary for the purchase of equipment and supplies ; for travel ; for the employment of persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere ; and for all other expenses, including rent outside of the District of Columbia, that may be necessary in executing the provisions of these Acts, including such means as may be necessary fo r effectua ting agre ements her etofore o r hereafte r made wit h cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries, for the adoption, use, and observance of uni- versal standards of cotton classification, for the arbitration or settlement of disputes with respect thereto, and for the preparation, distribution, inspection, and protection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements, $236,560. ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act, including rent outside of the District of Columbia and the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $860,040. Cotton Futures and Cotton Standards Acts. Enfo rcem ent ex- penses. Vol. 39 p. 476; Vol. 40,p.1351. U.S. C.,p.788. Vol. 42, p. 1517, U.S.C.,p .90. Agreements to effect the use of standards, arbitration of disputes, etc ., in foreign coun- tries. Grain StandardsAct. Enfo rceme nt ex- penses. Vol. 39, p. 482.

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