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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 296-JUNE 28,1944 State, etc., coopera- tion. Limitation on amount of compensa- tion. 37 Stat 832. 48 Stat. 38 . 7U.S.0.1612; Supp. III, i 612 note. 49 Stat. 781. Washington or elsewhere such sums as he shall determine to be neces- sary for the payment of indemnities to owners of such animals but, except as hereinafter provided, no part of the money hereby appro- priated shall be used in compensating 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 of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered: Provided further, That out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compensation for any cattle condemned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than $50 for any purebred animal. Hog-cholera control: For the control and eradication of hog cholera and related swine diseases, by such means as may be necessary, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and other methods, either independently or in cooperation with farmers' asso- ciations, State or county authorities, $115,440. Inspection and quarantine: For inspection and quarantine work, including the eradication of southern cattle ticks, scabies in sheep and cattle, and dourine in horses, the inspection of southern cattle, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, and the inspection of vessels, the execution of the twenty-eight-hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported animals, including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improve- ments, or additions to buildings thereon; the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, and the mallein testing of animals, $1,003,130. Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and meat food products including the purchase of printed tags, labels, stamps, and certificates without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, $9,359,124. Virus Serum Toxin Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (21 U. S. C. 151-158), regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, $279,228. Marketing agreements with respect to hog cholera virus and serum: The sum of $38,444 of the appropriation made by section 12 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933, is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to carry into effect sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C . 851-855), entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other pur- poses", including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. ERADiICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUT'H AND OTrIER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and- mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other con- 434 [58 STAT.

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