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 74m C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 49. FEBRUARY 11, 1936. 1 117 printing and binding in addition to allotments under existing law, and such other expenses as may be necessary for the accomplish- ment of the purposes of this appropriation. No part of the sums Rest ric tio n. appropriated herein shall be used for rental or benefit payments in connection with adjustment contracts entered into on or after January 6, 1936, and as to those contracts entered into prior to January 6, 1936, no part of the sums appropriated herein shall be used for rental or benefit payments in connection with adjustment contracts unless there has been partial performance by the farmer : Provided, That such funds shall be available for rental and benefit Provi so. payments in an amount that the Secretary determines to be fair R en t and benefit hts . and equitable to farmers who have applied for contracts, and who prior to January 6, 1936, have in good faith made adjustments in acreag e and othe rwise sub stant ially comp lied with the r equir ement s of the Secr etary of A gric ultur e in conne ction with a cr op pr ogram , regardless of whether contracts have been signed. Funds herein Allotments to Gov. made available for administrative expenses shall be available for ernment agencies' allotment to the bureaus and offices of the Department of Agri- culture and for transfer to such other agencies of the Federal or State Governments as the Secretary of Agriculture may request to cooperate with or assist in the administration of the work under this appropriation or of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as investi gations. amended, including necessary investigative work. The 1935 Cotton Price Adjustment Payment Plan : So much as Cotton Price Adjust- may be necessary of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 1s 35t Payment Plan, endin June 30, 1936, by section 32 of the Act approved August 24, Ant d pav74 .ab1e. 1 935 ( 49 Sta t . 774), is hereby made avai lable, to remain available Payments. until expen ded, to en able the Secre tary of Ag ricul ture to ma ke th e payments provided for in the 1935 cotton price adjustment pay- ment plan (set forth in the printed forms issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, designated forms numbers C . A . P . 1 to 5 and forms supplementary thereto) to the persons and in the amounts and in the manner prescribed in said plan, except that the provi- vo Cooperative p l a n sions of said plan which condition the making of payments upon the producer undertaking to cooperate in the 1936 cotton adjust- ment prog ram formu lated un der the A gricultu ral Adjus tment Act shall be of no force and effect, and to pay the necessary adminis- Administrative ex- trative expenses incurred and to be incurred in connection wi th the penses. making and auditing of the payments hereby authorized by the Department of Agriculture, the Treasury Department, and the Gen- eral Accounting Office, including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in accordance with said plan : Provided, That applications for and the payments Provisos. Co nditions disre- thereon are hereby authorized and such forms may be employed girded. wi thout alte ratio n and paym ents made witho ut re gard to an y ref er- ences to any undertaking to comply with the 1936 cotton adjust- ment program formulated under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended : Provided further, That payments payable hereunder Producers not cov- to cotton producers who in 1935 operated on a farm which was not eyed by crop reduction contracts, etc. in 1935 covered by a 1934 and 1935 cotton acreage reduction con- tract or which in 1935 -was covered by such a contract which was not complied within' in 1935 shall be made as soon as may be with- out delaying payments to producers who in 1935 operated on a farm covered by such -a contract which was complied with in 1935 : Provided further, That during the fiscal years 1936 and 1937 in Pur chases of agricut- carrying out clause 2 of said section 32, the Secretary of Agriculture tural commodities, etc. m a y, if he finds tha t the purp oses of sa id section will be a ccomplishe d 'So in original .