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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 267--JULY 1, 1941 and Ouachita National Forests in Arkansas, Act of March 5, 1940 (54 Stat. 46), $150,000; Angeles National Forest, California, Act of June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 299), $35,000; Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County, California, Act of June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 297-298), $6,000; Sequoia National Forest, California, Act of June 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 402), $35,000; in all, $316,000. Total, Forest Service, $18,589,609, of which amount not to exceed $56,405 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia, and in addition thereto there is authorized for expenditure from funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S . C . 21, 23), not to exceed $10,232 for the purchase of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Forest Service in the construction and maintenance of national-forest roads. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal High- way Act approved November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 23), including not to exceed $59,500 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $9,990,165, of which $34,665 shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics", which sum is a part of the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941 by the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635), to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appro- priation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and sup- plies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $7,500: Provided further, That there shall be available from this appropriation not to exceed $5,000 for the purchase of land and $45,000 for the construction of a building at Missoula, Montana, for the storage and repair of Government equip- ment for use in the construction and maintenance of roads. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING SALARIES AND EXPENSES For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations hereinafter authorized, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Department of Agriculture, other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, States, State agricultural experiment stations, universities, and other State agencies and institutions, counties, municipalities, business, farm, or other organizations and corporations, individuals, associations, and scientific societies, including the employ- ment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and for erection, alteration, and repair of buildings outside the District of Columbia at a total cost not to exceed $15,000, 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, $105.200. Agricultural chemical investigations: For conducting the investiga- tions contemplated by the Act of May 15, 1862 (5 U. S. C. 511, 512), relating to the application of chemistry to agriculture; for the biologi- 425 Total. Vehicles. 42 Stat. 217. 42 Stat. 218 . Ante, p. 414. 54 Stat. 549 . Promsos. Storage of equip- ment. Building at Mis- soula, Mont. Post, p. 832. Post, p. 749. 12 Stat. 387.

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