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 426 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 341 . 1930 . Vol S4 ., p. 1397. Supp IV, Station," approved March 3, 1927 (U . S . C ., Supp . III, title 7, sets . p.44. 385, 385a), including the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, $40,000 . National Arboretum, NATIONAL ARBORETUM D. C. nTaintenan io build- ing construction, etc . For the maintenance of the national arboretum established under Vol. cp. 142 22. IN, the provisions of the A ct entitled "An Act authorizi ng the Secretary p .297 . of Agriculture to estab lish a national arboretum, an d for other pur- poses," approved March 4, 1927 (U . S. C ., Supp . III, title 20 2 sees . 191-194), including the erection of buildings, salaries in the city of Washing ton and elsewhere, travel ing expe nses of employees and advisory council, and other necessary expenses, $30,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be expended by contract or otherwise for the services of consulting landscape architects without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or civil-service rules . Federal Highway Act . FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS Roads and trails in For carrying out the provisions of secti on 23 of the Federal High- f orests . Vol. 42, pp . 218, 500. way Act approved November 9, 1921 (U . S. C., title 23, sec . 23), 15.S. C.,p. 668. including not to exceed $53,563 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $7,500,000, which sum is composed of $1,445,000, part of the sum of $7,500 000 authorized to be appropri- ated for the fiscal year 1930 by the Act approved May 26 2 1928 (45 Vol. 45, p . 750. Stat., p . 750), and $6,055,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriate d for the fi scal year 193 1 by the Act approved May 26. Provisos. 1928 : Provided That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the Apportionment to 7 S tates, etc. approval of this Act, apportion 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 aut horized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, by the Act approved May 26, deemed Federal projects 1928 : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall incur gations. obli gati ons, app rove pro ject s, o r en ter into con trac ts u nder his ap por- tionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a c ontractual ob ligation on t he art of the Federal Gove rnment for th e payment of the cost ther eof: P r ov id e d Limits to any State fur th er That the total expenditures on account of any State or Terri- or Territory. I 3r tort' shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment : Provided Storagebuildings,etc. further, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $1,500
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r oad for vided further, That there shall b e available from this appropr iation no t to exceed $15,000 for the a cquisition by purchase, conde mnation, ift, grant, dedication, or otherwise of land land and not to exceed Building. 9120,000 for the acquisition by purchase or construction of a building or buildings for the storage and repair of Government equipment for us e in the construction and mai ntenance of roads. Federal-aid highway system. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM Cooperation with States in constructing For carryin g out the pro visions of th e Act entitl ed "An Act to rural post roads . provide th at the United States shall ai d the States in the construc- 40Vol139,;vo55; Vol. tion of ru ral post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 660, 1157; Vol. 43, p. 1916 (39 Stat ., pp . 355-359), and all Acts amendatory thereof and 889 ; Vol. 44, pp. 760,1398; Vol. 45, p. 750. supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the pro- Post, pp. 805, 1173 . visions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $454,900 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia,

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