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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 Total, salaries and expenses, Soil Conservation Service, $25,602,109, of which not to exceed $1,652,294 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $200,000 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. CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U. S. C . 590g-590q), and the provisions of the Agri- cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U. S . C . 1281-1407) (except the making of payments pursuant to sections 303 and 381 and the provisions of titles IV and V), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; not to exceed $50,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States; purchase of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers; and not to exceed $1,200, including the exchange value of one such vehicle, for the replacement of one passenger-carrying automobile for official use of the Administrator in the District of Columbia, $499,388,671, of which $467,451 shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics", to remain available until June 30, 1943, for compliances under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1941 programs carried out during the period September 1, 1940, to December 31, 1941, inclusive: Provided, That no part of such amount shall be available for carrying out the provisions of section 202 (f) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and not to exceed $3,500,000 shall be avail- able under the provisions of section 202 (a) to 202 (e), inclusive, of said Act, including research on food products of farm commodities: Provided further, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1942, for salaries and other administrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1942: Provided further, That such amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1942 programs or plans now or hereafter authorized under section 7 or 8, or both, of said Act of February 29, 1936, or under said provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this item: Providedfurther, That such amount shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials, or any soil terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary of Agri- culture in the 1941 and 1942 programs under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended; for the reimbursement of any Federal, State, or local government agency for fertilizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials, or any soil terracing services, furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants including all or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof: Provided further, That the funds provided by section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment 435 Total; personal serv- ices. Soil conservation. 49 Stat. 1148. 52 Stat. 31 . Exhibits at fairs. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 414. Provisos. Restriction on use of funds. 52 Stat. 37. 7U.S. C. 1292. Use after June 30, 1942. Availability for 1942 progrars. 49 Stat. 1148, 1149; 52 Stat. 31 . 16 U. S. C. §§590g- 590h; 7 U.S.C. ch. 35 . Transfer of funds. Purchase of seeds, etc. Administrative ex- penses. 49 Stat. 774.

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