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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 Construction on land not owned by Government. Warehouse mainte- nance, etc. Reproduction of aerial photographs, etc. Proviso. Transfer of funds. Ante. p. 414. Proviso. Nursery stock, avail- ability of funds. Proviso. and except for eight buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building: Provided further, That no money appropriated in this Act shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Providedfurther,That during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made the appro- priations for the work of the Soil Conservation Service shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Soil Conservation Service and for sale and distribution to other Gov- ernment activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured from the appropriations chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equip- ment: Provided further, That reproductions of such aerial or other photographs, mosaics, and maps as shall be required in connection with the authorized work of the Soil Conservation Service may be furnished at the cost of reproduction to Federal, State, county, or municipal agencies requesting such reproductions. the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $510,334: Provided, That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for expenditure if any emergency appropriations are made available for administra- tive expenses in administering the funds provided in regular appro- priations to the Soil Conservation Service. Soil and moisture conservation and land-use investigations: For research and investigations into the character, cause, extent, history, and effects of erosion, soil and moisture depletion and methods of soil and moisture conservation (including the construction and hydro- logic phases of farm irrigation and land drainage); and for con- struction, operation, and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, plots, and installations, $1,500,000. Soil and moisture conservation and land-use operations, demonstra- tions, and information: For carrying out preventive measures to conserve soil and moisture, including such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs, and including the improvement of farm irrigation and land drainage, the establishment and operation of erosion nurseries, the making of con- servation plans and surveys, and the dissemination of information, $23,516,775, of which $58,425 shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricul- tural Economics": Provided,That any part of this appropriation allo- cated for the production or procurement of nursery stock by any Federal agency, or funds appropriated to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperating States for the production or procurement of nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more than three fiscal years. Emergency erosion control, Everglades region, Florida: For research and demonstration work in soil conservation control meas- ures, including research and demonstration work in fire control and irrigation construction work to eliminate fire hazards, in the Ever- glaes region of Florida, $75,000: Provided, That no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum at least equal to such expenditures shall have been made available by the State of Florida, or a political subdivision thereof, for the same purposes. 434 [55 STAT.

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