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 72d CONGR ESS. SESS. I. CH. 443. JULY 7, 1932. 635 Road and bridge flood relief, Georgia and South Carolina : To Carolina, o flood mou th enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of the State of Georgia Vol. 48, pp . 388, 489. for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929," approved May 27, 1930, and the Act entitled " Ail Act for the relief of the State of South Carolina for damage to and destruc- tion of roads and bridges by floods in 1929," approved June 2, 1930, the unexpended balances of the appropriations for these purposes Vol. 48, p. 872 contained in the Second Deficiency Act, 1930, shall remain available until June 30, 1933. Relief of the State of Alabama : The unexpended balance of the Alabama, flood relief. appropriation of $1,660,000 contained in the First Deficiency Act, Vol.49,p.99, fiscal ye ar 1930, for carry ing out t he provis ions of t he Act en titled Balance reappropri- "An Act for the relief of the State of Alabama for damage to and $vol.48, p.84. destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929," approved March Post, p.1457. 12, 1930, shall remain available until June 30, 1933. The appropriation of $3,000,000 for roads on unappropriated sttuction eon eunapcpoo- or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth, prlated, etc., Indian contained in the Act entitled "An Act making supplemental ap,_ro- lendst pr iation s to p rovide for e mergen cy con structi on on certai n publ ic ]Balance available . works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment,' approved December 20, 1930, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1933, and not to exceed $4,760 may be used for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia . Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $100,000,000 . BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SALARIES AND EX ENBES Agricul tural Engi- neering Bureau . General expenses . For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, offi ce Chief e of buur u and including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Clumbia, $39,800 . For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations involving Investig ations, etc, the application of engineering principles to agriculture, independ- ently or in cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other public agenci es or with f arm bu reaus, organ ization s, or indivi duals ; for investi gating and r eporti ng upo n the utiliza tion o f wate r in f arm irrigation and the best methods to apply in practice, the different kinds of power and appliances, the flow of water in ditches, pipes and other conduits, the duty, apportionment, and measurement ot~ irrigation water, the customs, regulations, and laws affecting irriga- tion, a nd the drain age of farms and o f swamp s and other wet la nds which may be made available for agricultural purposes ; for pre- paring plans for the removal of surplus water by drainage ; for developing equipment for farm irrigation and drainage ; for inves- tigating and reporting upon farm domestic water sup ly and drain- age disposal, upon the design and construction of farm buildings and their appurtenances and of buildings for processing and storing farm products, upon farm power and mechanical farm equipment, upon the engineering problems relating to the processing, trans- portatio n, and st orage of perishabl e and ot her agric ultural p roducts, and upon the engineering problems involved in adapting physical cotton ginning. charac terist ics of farm land t o the use of modern farm machin ery ; for in vestig ations of co tton g inning under the Ac t appr oved A pril Vol. 46, p. 248. 19, 1930 (U . S, C ., Supp . V, title 7, secs. 424, 425) ; for giving expert 62 u. s. o., supp. V, p. advice and assistance in agricultural engineering ; for collating, reportin g, and il lustratin g the res ults of investiga tions and prepar-