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 1488 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 541. JUNE 8, 1936. June 8, 1936 . [H.R. 12120.] [Public, No. 673.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vocational educ a- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That for the p ur- tion. Appropriation au- pose of providing for the further development of vocational edu- ed for fu rthe r development, cation in the several States and Territories there is hereby authorized fi scal year 1938, and there- to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and after . Provisos . annually thereafter, the sum of $12,000,000 : Provided, That the Al lotments ; match- ing by S tate or lo cal several States and Territories shall be required to match by State or funds, etc. local funds or both 50 per centum of the appropriations authorized under the provisions of this section until June 30, 1942, 60 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1943, 70 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1944, 80 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1945, 90 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1946, and annually thereafter 100 per centum of the appropriations authorized under the provisions of this section. One-third of this sum each year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their farm popula- tion bears to the total farm population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of tea chers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects in such States and Terr itor ies. One-third of the sum appropriated for each fiscal ye ar shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their rural population bears to the total rural population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is to be made, and shall be used for the salaries and travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of home-economics subjects in such States and Territories. One-third of the sum appropriated for each fiscal year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their nonfarm population bears to the total n onfarm population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is to be made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of trade and industrial subjects, in such States and Territories Provided fwther, That the allotment of funds to any State or Territory for each of the three purposes enumerated in this s ection shall be not less than a minimum of $20,000 for any fiscal ye ar, 50 per centum of which shall be matched by State or local funds or both, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $175,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section. SEC. 2 . In addition to the sum authorized to be appropriated by section 1 hereof, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, and required to be matched in the same proportions as such sum, the sum of $1,200,000, to be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their total population bears to the total population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is made, and shall be used for the salaries and nec essary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of, and main- tenance of teacher training in, distributive occupational subjects in Bases of apportion- ments. Fa rm po pulat ion. Rural population. N onfar m pop ulati on. M inim um allo t- ment. State or local cooper- ation. Teacher traini ng in distributive oc cup a- tional subjects; allot- ments to, and coopera- tion by, States and Ter- ritories. [CHAPT ER 541 .] AN ACT To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories.