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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 16 -FEB. 14, 1944 57 Stat. 70. 50 U.S. C., Snpp. m, app. §§ 1351-13556 50 U.S. C., Supp. III, app. 601 note. Apportionment on basis of need. Expenditure by ex- tension services. Purposes. Construction of la- bor supply centers. Assistane with re- spect to deferment of agricultural labor. Certification and payment. Expenditure by Ad- ministrator. Recruiting and transportation of workeras etc Health services. etc. sum, together with the amount appropriated in the Act of April 29, 1943 (Public Law 45), shall be merged into one fund, to remain avail- able until December 31, 1944, and to be expended by the War Food Administrator (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator"), appointed pursuant to Executive Order Numbered 9334, dated April 19, 1943, as follows: PAYMENTS TO STATES 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 ap- portion among the several States, on the basis of need, not less than $14,000,000 and not more than $18,500,000 of the sum appropriated by section 1 (including apportionments heretofore made) and the sums so apportioned shall be available for payment to such States for ex- penditure 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. The purposes for which ch h funds may be expended by such extension services shall include, among other things, (1) the recruiting, placement (including the placement of workers as tenants or sharecroppers), and training of such workers; (2) transportation, supervision, sub- sistence, 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, and not to exceed $100,000 for the construction of labor supply centers and other necessary facilities and services (not to exceed $20,000 for any one center) (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 adminis- trative expenses; (6) payment to or reimbursement of other public or private agencies or individuals for furnishing services or facilities for such purposes; and (7) rendering assistance with respect to the deferment of agricultural labor, including among other things the furnishing of information on the contribution that individuals sub- ject to selective service are making to agricultural production. Such extension services may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies and individuals and utilize the facilities and services of such agencies and individuals in carrying out the purposes of this section. (b) The Administrator shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, 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. EXPENDYruRE O OFOTHE FUND SEC. 3. (a) The funds appropriated by section 1 and not appor- tioned by the Administrator among the several States pursuant to section 2 shall be available for expenditure by the Administrator. The purposes for which such funds may be expended shall include, among other things, (1) the recruiting and transportation of workers and their families and necessary personal property, within the United States and elsewhere; (2) furnishing, by loans or otherwise, of health and medical and burial services, training, subsistence, allow ances, protection, and shelter for such workers and their families, [58 STAT.

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