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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 215-JULY 12, 1943 packer, or owner of, or the agent thereof, or dealer in, livestock, hides, skins, meat, or other animal products, may in his discretion, make t tions at other inspections and examinations at places other than the headquarters of inspectors for the convenience of said applicants and charge the applicants for the expenses of travel and subsistence incurred for such inspections and examinations, the funds derived from such charges to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation from which the expenses are paid; collect and dis- seminate information concerning livestock and animal products; prepare and disseminate reports on animal industry; purchase in the Reports. open market samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, test the same, and disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best, and purchase and destroy diseased or exposed animals, including poultry, Prchase ,adde struction of diseased or quarantine the same whenever in his judgment essential to prevent animals. the spread of pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, contagious poultry diseases, or other diseases of animals from one State to another, 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, $165,575. Animal husbandry: For investigations and experiments in animal husbandry; for experiments in animal feeding and breeding, includ- ing cooperation with the State agricultural experiment stations and other agencies, including repairs and additions to and erection of buildings necessary to carry on the experiments, $800,000: Provided, breredng f adnts That of the sum thus appropriated $240,935 may be used for experi- ments in poultry feeding and breeding, of which amount $44,080 may be used in cooperation with State authorities in the administra- tion of regulations for the improvement of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries. Diseases of animals: For scientific investigations of diseases of animals, including the construction of necessary buildings at Belts- Beltsville, Md., " on. ville, Maryland, and necessary expenses for investigations of tuber- tco culin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $706,463: Provided, agl.' ft'e for dli That fees shall be charged for all diagnoses in connection with rabies, except those performed for agencies of the United States Government, in such amounts as the Secretary shall prescribe, and such fees shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Eradicating tuberculosis and Bang's disease: For the control and eradication of the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tuberculosis, and Bang's disease of cattle, $5,983,800: Provided, That in carrying out the purpose of this appropriation, stroyednimals r de if in the opinion of the Secretary it shall be necessary to condemn and destroy tuberculous or paratuberculous cattle, or cattle reacting to the test for Bang's disease, and if such animals have been destroyed, condemned, or die after condemnation, he may, in his discretion, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may pre- scribe, expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere such sums as he shall determine to be necessary for the payment of indemnities to owners of such animals but, except as hereinafter provided, no part State, etc., c oope of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating tion. owners of such cattle except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, Territory, county, or municipality where condemnation of such cattle shall take place, nor shall any payment be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal if at the time of inspection or test, or at the time 81077 PT. I -2

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