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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 851 -OCT. 10, 1940 (m) Bureau of Mines-to any purchase or service rendered in the investigation of domestic sources of mineral supply, when the amount involved does not exceed $500. (n) Bureau of Reclamation-to the purchase of supplies and equip- ment or the procurement of services for the Bureau at the seat of government and elsewhere made in the open market in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate payment for the purchase or the service does not exceed $300 in any instance. SEC. 3. (a) Materials and equipment for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insects, pests, or grass diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs, may be procured with any sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered 91, approved May 9, 1928, without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended and the transportation thereof may be under such conditions and means as shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be most advantageous. (b) When the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $300, section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any purchase or service for which expenditures are incurred from funds allocated to Government agencies for obligation under the Act of June 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 319), relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps. (c) All contracts for labor or supplies necessary for the carrying on of operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation pursuant to the Act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), as amended, shall be exempt from the requirements of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. SEC. 4. (a) The sections or parts of sections of the Statutes at Large heretofore covering the provisions consolidated in this Act are hereby repealed insofar as they are incorporated in the United States Code, 1934 Edition and Supplements thereto, as shown by the appended table: Provided, however, That any rights or liabilities existing under such repealed sections or parts of sections shall not be affected by their repeal. (b) The last paragraph under the heading "Board of Mediation" in the Independent Offices Act of 1928 (44 Stat. 1072; U. S. C., title 45, sec. 164) is hereby repealed. (c) The last paragraph of the Act of February 13, 1923, chapter 72 (42 Stat. 1244; U.S . C., title 41, sec. 6), is hereby repealed. (d) The last proviso of section 1 of the Act of February 15, 1934, chapter 13 (48 Stat. 351; U. S . C., title 41, sec. 6), is hereby repealed. 1111 Bureau of Mines. Bureau of Reclama- tion. Insect, pest, and plant disease control. 52 Stat. 344. 7U.S.C.,Supp.V, §148. 41 .S.C.§5. Civilian Conserva. tion Corps, expendi. ture not exceeding $300. 16 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 584. Menominee Indian Reservation. Repeal of certain sec tions, etc., of Statutes at Large. Proviso. Rights or liabilities. Provisions repealed. Board of Mediation. Veterans' Bureau. Federal Civil Works Administration. Statutes at Large Act Apr. 6, 1937, ch. 69, sec. 3, as amended May 9, 1938, ch. 192, 52 Stat. 344- Act Feb. 27, 1893, ch. 168, 27 Stat. 485 --- Act Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title III, 45 Stat. 1119; Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title III, 46 Stat. 198; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, title III, 46 Stat. 1334; July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title III, 47 Stat. 502; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title III, 47 Stat. 1393; Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title III, 48 Stat. 551; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, sec. 1, 49 Stat. 90; May 15, 1936, ch. 405, sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1336; June 16, 1937, ch. 359, sec. 1, title III, 50 Stat. 287; Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title III, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 273; June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title III, 53 Stat. 909 -- --- --- -- --- -- United States Code Title Section 7 10 15 148b 1203 198

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