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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.- CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 U. S. C. 118a): Provided further, That with the approval of the Sec- retary of Agriculture employees of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad may enter into leases for official quarters, for periods not exceeding one year, and may pay rent, telephone, subscriptions to publications, and other charges incident to the conduct of their offices and the discharge of their duties, in advance, in any foreign country where custom or practice requires payment in advance: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same: Provided fur- ther, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for laboratory investigations to determine the possibly harmful effects on human beings of spray insecticides on fruits and vegetables. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE For stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment, freight, express, and drayage charges, advertising, communication service, postage, washing towels, repairs, and alterations; for the maintenance, repair, and operation of one motorcycle and not to exceed three motor-pro- pelled passenger-carrying vehicles (including one for the Secretary of Agriculture, one for general utility needs of the entire Department, and one for the Forest Service) and purchase of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle at not to exceed $1,800, including the exchange value of one such vehicle, for official purposes only; for official travel expenses, including examination of estimates for appro- priations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the Depart- ment; and for other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department, which are authorized by such officer as the Secretary may designate, $99,341: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail- able for the payment of salaries of employees engaged in the mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor-transport vehicles, and that this appropriation shall be reimbursed from the appropriation made for any bureau or office for which such service is performed, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1922 (5 U. S . C. 543): Pro- vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture, during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made, may maintain stocks of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials sufficient to meet, in whole or in part, requirements of the bureaus and offices of the Department in the city of Washington and elsewhere, but not to exceed in the aggregate $200,000 in value at the close of the fiscal year and the appropriations of such bureaus, offices, and agen- cies available for the purchase of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials shall be available to reimburse the appropria- tion for miscellaneous expenses current at the time supplies are allotted, assigned, or issued, or when payment is received; for trans- fer for the purchase of inventory; and for transfer pursuant to the provisions of section 601 of the Act approved June 30,1932 (31 U. S. C. 686): Provided further, That the appropriations made hereunder shall be available for the payment of salaries and expenses for pur- chasing, storing, handling, packing, or shipping supplies and blank forms, and there shall be charged proportionately as a part of the cost of supplies issued an amount to cover such salaries and expenses, and in the case of blank forms and supplies not purchased from this appro- priation an amount to cover such salaries and expenses shall be 409 Payments for rent, etc., in advance. Employees predict- ing, etc., future prices of cotton. Laboratory investi- gations. Proviso. Maintenance, etc., of vehicles; reimburse- ment. 42 Stat. 508 . Maintenance of sta- tionery, etc., stocks. Reimbursement. 47 Stat. 417. Purchasing, etc., supplies.

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