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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 109-MAY 5, 1945 49 Stat. 163. 16 U. S. C., Snpp. IV, § 590t. Cost of buildings. Construction on land not owned by Government. Central State agen- cy, Missouri. Demonstration projects. Everglades region, Fla. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE To carry out the provisions of "An Act to provide for the pro- tection of land resources against soil erosion, and for other purposes", approved April 27, 1935 (16 U. S . C . 590a-590f), which provides for a national program of erosion control and soil and water conservation to be carried out directly and in cooperation with other agencies, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere (but not to exceed $870,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia), purchase of books and periodicals, maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger- carrying automobile in the District of Columbia, furnishing of subsistence to employees, training of employees, operation and main- tenance of aircraft, and the purchase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings: Provided, That the cost of any building pur- chased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same with any such building, shall not exceed $2,500 except where buildings are acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes and except for eight buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building: Providedfurther, That no money appropriated in this Act shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Providedfurther, That in the State of Missouri where the State has established a central State agency authorized to enter into agreements with the United States or any of its agencies on policies and general programs for the saving of its soil by the extension of Federal aid to any soil conservation district in such State, the agreements made by or on behalf of the United States with any such soil conservation district shall have the prior approval of such central State agency before they shall become effective as to such district, as follows: Soil conservation research: For research and investigations into the character, cause, extent, history, and effects of erosion, soil and moisture depletion and methods of soil and water conservation (in- cluding the construction and hydrologic phases of farm irrigation and land drainage); and for construction, operation, and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, plots, and installa- tions, $1,063,000. Soil conservation operations: For carrying out preventive measures to conserve soil and water, including such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs, and including the improvement of farm irrigation and land drainage, the establishment and operation of conservation nurseries, the making of conservation plans and surveys, and the dissemination of information, $28,636,800: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation operations in demonstration projects. Erosion control, Everglades region, Florida: For research and dem- onstration work in soil conservation control measures, including research and demonstration work in fire control and irrigation con- struction work to eliminate fire hazards, in the Everglades region of Florida, $54,500: Provided, That no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum at least equal to such expenditures shall have been made available by the State of Florida, or a political subdivision thereof, for the same purposes. [59 STAT.

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