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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 81, 82-APR. 29, 1943 Deduction for ex- penses. SEC. 4. The Administrator may withhold from the funds received for the return or sale of any such vessel the expenses incurred by him in such return or sale, and shall pay over the balance of such receipts to the department or agency by which such vessel was made available. Approved April 29, 1943. [CHAPTER 82] April 29, 1943 [H. J. Res. 96] [Public Law 45] Supply and distri- bution of farm labor for 1943. Appropriation. Post, p. 643. 8 F. R. 3807, 5423. JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution of farm labor for the calendar year 1943. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $26,100,000, to remain available until December 31, 1943, to be expended by the Administrator of Food Production and Distribution (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator"), appointed pursuant to Executive Order Numbered 9322, dated March 26, 1943, for assisting in providing an adequate supply of workers for the production and harvesting of agricultural commodities essen- tial to the prosecution of the war, as follows. PAYMENTS TO STATES Apportionment on SEC. 2. (a) For the purpose of assisting in providing an adequate supply of workers for the production and harvesting of agricultural commodities within the several States, the Administrator shall appor- tion among the several States, on the basis of need, not less than Expenditure by ex- $9,000,000 and not more than $13,050,000 of the sum appropriated by tension services. section 1 and the sums so apportioned shall be available for payment to such States for expenditure by the agricultural extension services of the land-grant colleges in such States in accordance with such agreements as may be entered into by the Administrator and such extension services and subject to the supervision of the Administrator. Purposes. The purposes for which such funds may be expended by such exten- sion services shall include, among other things, (1) the recruiting, placement (including the placement of workers as tenants or share- croppers), and training of such workers; (2) transportation, super- vision, subsistence, protection, health and medical and burial services, and shelter for such workers and their families and necessary personal property; (3) lease, repair, alteration, and operation of labor supply centers and other necessary facilities and services, including former Civilian Conservation Corps camps; (4) advancing to workers of sums due from employers within the United States who are under contractual obligation to reimburse such extension services for such advances; (5) employment of personnel and other administrative expenses; and (6) payment to or reimbursement of other public or private agencies or individuals for furnishing services or facilities for such purposes. Such extension services may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies and individuals and utilize the facilities and services 6f such agencies and individuals in carrying out the purposes of this section. Cpaetition and (b) The Administrator shall certify to the Secretary of the Treas- ury, from time to time, the amounts to be paid to each State under this section and the time or times such amounts are to be paid; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Administrator, the amounts so certified. 70 [57 STAT.

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