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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 296-JUNE 28, 1944 together with such amounts from other appropriations or authoriza- tions as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the fiscal year 1945 for such salaries and expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceed- ing a total of $750, shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation, of which total appropriation not to exceed $369,070, may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of such appropriations or authorizations for the fiscal year 1945 shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the Budget for 1945, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appropriation and the amount which may be expended for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Depart- ment, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or increases in such appropriations or authoriza- tions: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to make copies of bibliographies prepared by the Department library, micro- film and other photographic reproductions of books and other library materials in the Department and sell such bibliographies and repro- ductions at such prices (not less than estimated cost of furnishing same) as he may determine, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS For the employment of persons and means in the District of Colum- bia and elsewhere, either independently or in cooperation with public agencies or organizations, including not to exceed $2,160,552 for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia, including the salary of Chief of Bureau at $10,000 per annum, and not to exceed $1,000 for the pur- chase of books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers, as follows: Economic investigations: For acquiring and diffusing useful information among the people of the United States, for conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, and for aiding in formulating programs for authorized activities of the Department, relative to agricultural production, distribution, land utilization, and conservation in their broadest aspects, including farm management and practice, utilization of farm and food products, purchasing of farm supplies, farm population and rural life, farm labor, farm finance insurance and taxation, adjustments in production to probable demand for the different farm and food products; land ownership and values, costs, prices and income in their relation to agriculture, including causes for their variations and trends, $2,375236, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the fiscal year 1945 for such salaries and expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $245,377 shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of such appropriations or authori- zations for the fiscal year 1945 shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the Budget for 1945, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appro- priation and the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or 429 Adjustments in amounts. Sale of bibliogra- phies and reproduc- tions. Adjustments in amounts.

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