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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 489. JUNE 4, 1936. all ot her expen ses nece ssary in conductin g invest igations and carrying out the work of the Bureau, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, as follows : General administrative expenses : For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $95,000 . Food hab its of bi rds and animals : For investigating the food habits and economic value of North American birds and animals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, including methods of conserving beneficial and controlling injurious birds and animals, $60,640. Production of fur-bearing animals : For investigations, experi- ments, demonstrations, and cooperation i n connection with the pro- duction and utilization of fur-bearing a nimals raised for meat and fur, in the U nited St ates and Alaska, i ncluding not to e xceed $21 .500 for the purchase of the Fur-Animal Experiment Station at Saratoga Springs, New York, and the erection of necessary buildings and other structures thereon, $77,612. Biological investigations : For biological investigations, including the relations, habits, geographic distribution, and migration of animals and plants, and the preparation of maps of the life zones, and including $15,738 for investigations of the relations of wild animal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (U . S. C., title 16, sec . 581d), and for investigations, experi- ments, and demonstrations in the establishment, improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry and of musk oxen and mountain sheep in Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings, and other structures, $138,149. Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents : For investi- gations, demonstrations, and cooperation in destroying animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game ; and in protecting stock and other domestic animals thr ough the s uppre ssion of r abies and other dise ases in pr edato ry wild animals, $600,000. Protection of migratory birds : For all necessary expenses for enforcing the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (U . S . C ., title 16, sees . 703-711), to carry into effect the treaty with Great Britain for the protection of birds migrating between the United States and Canada (39 Stat . pt. 2, p . 1702), and for coo perat ion w ith l ocal autho ritie s in the p rotec tion of mi grato ry birds, and for necessary investigations connected therewith, $300,000 Pro'vided, That of this sum not more than $29,000 may be used for th e enforce ment of s ections 241, 242, 243, an d 244 of the Act approved March 4, 1909 (U . S . C ., title 18, sees . 391-394), entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States", as amended by title II of the Act approved June 15, 1935 A 49 Stat., pp. 380-381), and for the enforcement of section 1 of the ct approved May 25, 1900 (U. S. C ., title 16, sec. 701), entitled "An Act to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, pr ohibi t the tran sport ation by i nters tate comme rce o f gam e kil led in viol ation of l ocal laws and f or ot her p urpos es", inclu ding all necessary investigations in connection therewith . Enforcement of Alaska game law : For the enforcement of the provisions of the Alaska game law, approved January 13, 1925 (U. S. C ., title 48, sees. 192-2'11), and as amended by the Act of February 14, 1931 (46 Stat. pp. 1111-1115), $130,798 . Vol .45,p.701. U.S.C.,p.672. 1445 General administra- tive expenses. Fo od habits of birds and animals . Fur-bearing animals . Investigatingproduc- tion, etc. Purchase of station at Sa rato ga S prin gs, N .Y. Biological inv estiga, tions. Reindeer, musk oxen, and mountain sheep in A laska . Control of pre datory, etc., animals . Migratorre bi rd pr o- tection. Vol .40,p.755;U.S. C., p . 886. Vol.39,p.1702. Cooperation with local authorities. Proriso . Traffic i n injurious, etc ., birds. Vol.35, p. 1137 Avl e, p. 380. U.S.C.,p.753. Carrreing illegally killed game . Vol.31,p.187. U.S.C.,p .886. Enforcing Alaska game law . Vol. 43, p. 739; Vol. 46,p.1111. U.S.C.,p.2119.