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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 296-JUNE 28, 1944 CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES 449 Post, p. 919. For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to carry into Soil conservation. effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conser- 16 U. S. c., Supp. vation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as II"5O90h37 amended (16 U. S . C . 5 90g-590q), and the provisions of the Agri- s2tat. 31 cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U. S . C . 1281-1407) I, ch. 3 S (except the provisions of sections 201, 202, 303, 381, and 383 and the A p. 136 . provisions of titles IV and V), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; not to exceed $6,000 for the prep- aration and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States; pur- chase of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, $290,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 1945, for compliance with pro- grams under said provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pur- suant to the provisions of the 1944 programs carried out during the period July 1, 1943, to December 31, 1944, inclusive, and, in addition, veattgof seeds. $12,500,000 for making additional payments on an acreage and pound basis for harvesting seeds of grasses and legumes determined by the War Food Administrator to be necessary for an adequate supply of such seeds: Provided, That, excepting the foregoing item of $12,500,000, Jcentv, ptcd- no part of said appropriation or any other appropriation in this Act shall be used for incentive or production adjustment payments, except for soil-conservation and water-conservation payments and payment of acreage allotment commitments on commodities as defined in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and as enumerated and set forth in the "1944 Agricultural Conservation Program" bulletin, dated February 9, 1944: Providedfurther That not to exceed Administrativex- $24,250,000 of said amount shall be available until June 30, 1945, for penses' salaries and other administrative expenses for carrying out such pro- grams; but not more than $7,917,360 of the $8,667,360 provided in the schedule in the Budget hereunder for 1945 for transfer to the appro- priation account, "Administrative expenses, Agricultural Adjustment Agency", shall be so transferred: Provided further, That none of plnfoI'atlon e"'- the funds herein appropriated or made available for the func- tions assigned to the Agricultural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the Executive Order (.No. 9069) of February 23, 1942, shall be F ur 1 . S.', SHpp. used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information I, app.§6W0note. employees or any State or county information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of infor- mation to individual farmers: Provided further, That such amount bro, o'tc.Pf ,ra shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in tices. connection with the formulation and administration of the 1945 pro. grams of soil-building practices and soil- and water-conservation practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, and programs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, the total expenditures of which, including administration, shall not exceed $300,000,000, including the value of seeds, fertilizers, and other con- servation materials remaining on hand at the close of the 1944 pro- gram and to be used as grants under the 1945 program; but the pay- conditions. ments or grants under such program shall be conditioned upon the utilization of land with respect to which such payments or grants are to be made, in conformity-with farming practices which will encourage and provide for soil-building and soil-and-water-conserving practices in the most practical and effective manner and adapted to conditions in the several States, as determined and approved by the State Commit- 93650--45 --PT. -29

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