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 53 STAT.] 76mT CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 253 -JUNE 30, 1939 cooperation with the State agricultural experiment stations and other agencies, including repairs and additions to and erection of buildings absolutely necessary to carry on the experiments, $802,880, including $12,500 for livestock experiments and demonstrations at Big Spring or elsewhere in Texas, to be available only when the State of Texas, or other cooperating agency in Texas, shall have appropriated an equal amount or, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall have furnished its equivalent in value in cooperation for the same purpose during the fiscal year 1940: Provided, That of the sum thus appro- priated $243,957 may be used for experiments in poultry feeding and reeding, of which amount $45,000 may be used in cooperation with State authorities in the administration of regulations for the improve- ment of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries. Diseases of animals: For scientific investigations of diseases of animals, including the construction of necessary buildings at Belts- ville. Maryland, and necessary expenses for investigations of tuber- culin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $462,000: Provided, That of said sum $78,182 may be used for researches concerning the cause, modes of spread, and methods of treatment and prevention of the disease of contagious abortion of animals. Eradicating tuberculosis and Bang's disease: For the control and eradication of the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tuberculosis, and Bang's disease of cattle, $8,300,000 together with the unobligated balances of the funds reappropriated under this head for the fiscal year 1939 by the Agricultural Appro- priation Act for that year from unobligated balances of funds made available by the Act of May 25, 1934 (48 Stat. 805), and section 37 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612b): Provided, That in car- rying out the purpose of this appropriation, if in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture it shall be necessary to condemn and destroy tuberculous or paratuberculous cattle, or cattle reacting to the test for Bang's disease, and if such animals have been destroyed, con- demned, or die after condemnation, he may, in his discretion, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere such sums as he shall deter- mine to be necessary for the payment of indemnities to owners of such animals but, except as hereinafter provided, no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of such cattle except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, Territory, county, or municipality where condemnation of such cattle shall take place, nor shall any payment be made here- under as compensation for or on account of any such animal if at the time of inspection or test, or at the time of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or cor- poration to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the pur- pose of being slaughtered: Provided further, That out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compensation for any cattle con- demned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than $50 for any purebred animal: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount herein made available may be used for con- tinuation of scientific experimentation in diseases of livestock as authorized by section 37 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 612b). 949 Texas, cooperative demonstrations, etc.; conditions. Proviso. Poultry feeding and breeding. Animal diseases, in- vestigations. Beltsville, Md., sta- tion. Proviso. Contagious abortion of animals. Eradicating tuber- culosis and Bang's disease. Unobligated bal- ances reappropriated. 52 Stat. 720; 48 Stat. 805; 49 Stat. 775. 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612b. Provisos. Indemnities for de- stroyed animals. State, etc., coopera- tion. Compensation, lim- itation. Experimentation. 49 Stat. 775 . 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612b.

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