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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 215 -JULY 12, 1943 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION Salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $4,500,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation in carrying out its activities as authorized by law, including personal services in the Travel expenses. District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act 44s. 688 . upp I, of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C . 821-833); printing and 823. binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $400 for periodicals, maps, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equip- ment, and services; rent in the District of Columbia; and all other epedministrative necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a con- tract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in con- nection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadminis- Accounting. trative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That none of the fund made available by this paragraph shall be obli- gated or expended unless and until an appropriate appropriation account shall have been established therefor pursuant to an appro- priation warrant or a covering warrant, and all such expenditures 31U. S.C 1;Snpp. shall be accounted for and audited in accordance with the Budget II,§,16 ete. t and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended: Provided further, That Sales at less than parity price. none of the fund made available by this paragraph shall be used for administrative expenses connected with the sale of Government- owned or Government-controlled stocks of farm commodities at less than parity price as defined by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 49 tat. 3; 55 Stat. 1938 or the comparable price as provided by section 4 (a) of the 157U. S.c, Act of July 1, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 147, Seventy-seventh 713a-s8(a). Congress): Provided further, That the foregoing shall not apply to the sale or other disposition of any agricultural commodity sub- stantially deteriorated in quality or sold for the purpose of feeding, or the extraction of peanut oil, or commodities sold to farmers for corn for f"" eat r seed or for new or byproduct uses: Provided further, That no wheat or corn shall be sold for feed at a price less than the parity price of corn at the time such sale is made: Provided further, That in making regional adjustments in the sale price of corn or wheat the minimum price need not be higher in any area than the United States average parity price of corn. CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES Soil conservation. To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 16 U.St. C1Spp. 1, Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U. S . C . 590g- 5 9 0q), i5at90h3. and the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 12 Stat. 3 .s 7U.S .C .. upp.II. amended (7 U. S. C . 1281-1407) (except the making of payments Ane, p. 69. 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 law- books, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, $400.000 .000, to remain available until June 30, 1945, for compliance with programs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and the [57 STAT.
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