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 PUBLIC LAWS-OCH. 516 -JULY 22, 1942 Establishment of new nurseries, restric- tion. 49 Stat. 1363 . Loans and purchase of property. 49 Stat. 1364, 1365. Increase of RFC obligations. Ante, p. 176. Total. Limitation. 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: Provided further, That in carrying into effect the provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, no part of this appropriation shall be used to establish new nurseries or to acquire land for the establish- ment of such new nurseries. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, approved May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S . C . 901-914), as follows: Salaries and expenses: For administrative expenses and expenses of studies, investigations, publications, and reports including the salary of the Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, and other personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase and exchange of books, lawbooks, books of reference, directories, and periodicals; not to exceed $300 for newspapers; financial and credit reports, $3,500,000. Loans: For loans in accordance with sections 3, 4, and 5, and for the purchase of property and costs and expenses incurred in connec- tion therewith in accordance with section 7 of the Rural Electrifica- tion Act of May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S . C. 901-914), $10,000,000, which sum shall be borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of said Act and shall be considered as made available there- under; and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby author- ized and directed to lend such sum in addition to the amounts hereto- fore authorized under said section 3 (a) and without regard to the limitation in respect of time contained in section 3 (e) of said Act; and the amount of notes, bonds, debentures, and other such obliga- tions which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to issue and to have outstanding at any one time under existing law is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions hereof. Total, Rural Electrification Administration, $3,500,000. BELTSVILLE RESEARCH CENTER For general administrative purposes, including maintenance, opera- tion, construction of necessary buildings at a cost of not to exceed $7,500 for any one building, repairs, and other expenses, $105,855; which appropriation may be augmented, by transfer of funds or by reimbursement, from applicable appropriations, to cover the charges, including handling and other related services, for equipment rentals (including depreciation, maintenance, and repairs); for services, sup- plies, equipment and materials furnished, stores of which may be maintained at the Center, and for building construction, alteration, and repair performed by the Center in carrying out the purposes of such applicable appropriations and the applicable appropriations may also be charged their proportionate share of the necessary general expenses of the Center not covered by this appropriation. INTERCHANGE OF APPROPRIATIONS Not to exceed 7 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the mis- cellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expendi- 698 [56 STAT.

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