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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 253-JUNE 30, 1939 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the employment of persons and means in the city of Washing- ton and elsewhere, including the purchase of printed bags, tags, and labels, without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carrying out the work of the Bureau, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organ- izations, or individuals, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $118,000. Food habits of birds 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 con- serving beneficial and controlling injurious birds and animals, $68,140. Fur resources investigations: For investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and cooperation in connection with the production and utilization of animals the pelts of which are used commercially for fur, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $91,000. 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 $30,738 for investigations of the relations of wild animal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S . C . 581d), and for investigations of the wildlife resources of the Territory of Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $186,000. Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents: For investiga- tions, demonstrations, and cooperation in destroying animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game, as authorized by the Act of March 2? 1931 (7 U. S . C . 426426b); and in protecting stock and other domestic animals through the sup- pression of raldies and other diseases in predatory wild animals; and for construction, repairs, additions, and installations in and about the grounds and buildings of the game-management supply depot and laboratory at Pocatello, Idaho, including purchase, transportation, and handling of supplies and materials for distribution from said depot to other projects, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved June 24, 1936 (16 U. S . C . 667), $700,000. Protection of migratory birds: For all necessary expenses for enforcing the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, as amended by the Act of June 20, 1936 (16 U. S . C . 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, 1702), and the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mam- mals; for cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migra- tors birds. and for necessary investigations connected therewith; for the enforcement of sections 241, 242, 243, and 244 of the Act approved March 4, 1909 (18 U. S . C. 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 (18 U. S. C. 392-394), and for the enforcement of section 1 of the Act approved May 25, 1900 (16 U. S . C. 701), entitled "An Act to enlarge the powers of the Depart- ment of Agriculture prohibit the transportation by interstate com- merce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other pur- 963 Salaries and ex- penses. General administra- tive expenses. Food habits of birds and animals. Fur resources inves- tigations. Biological investiga- tions- 45 Stat. 701. 16 U.S. C. §581d. Predatory animals and injurious rodents, control. 46 Stat. 1468 . 7 l.S.C. §§ 426-42l>. Pocatello, Idaho, depot and laboratory. 49 Stat. 1913. 16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 667. Protection of migra- tory birds. 40 Stat. 755; 49 Stat. 1556. 16U. .C.§§703- 711; Supp. IV, §§ 703- 709a. 39 Stat. 1702. Cooperation with local authorities. Traffic in game and other wildlife. 35 Stat. 1137; 49 Stat. 380. 18 U. . C.. § 391- 394; Supp. IV, § 392- 394. Preservation of game and wild birds. 31 Stat. 187. 16U. S .C. §701.

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