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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 445-JUNE 22, 1946 Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be con- demned; 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. Pod, p.f7. Inspection and quarantine: For inspection and quarantine work, including the control and eradication of hog cholera and related swine diseases, southern cattle ticks, scabies in sheep and cattle, and dourine in horses, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, the inspec- tion of vessels, the execution of the twenty-eight-hour law, the inspec- tion and quarantine of imported animals in accordance with the Act 2stat.416. of August 30, 1890 (21 U. S. C. 102), and the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, $1,125,000. Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and meat food products, $9,160,000. Virus Serum Toxin Act: For carrying out the provisions of the 37stat.s3. 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, $300,000. Marketing agreements, hog cholera virus and serum: The sum of $37,300 of the appropriation made by section 12 (a) of the Agricultural 7 utat. . 012; Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933, is hereby made available Supp. V,§ 612 note. during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to carry into effect sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the Act approved 49Stat.781. August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 851-855), entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER 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- tagious or infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, which, in the opinion of the Secretary, threatens the livestock or the poultry industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere any unexpended bal- ances of appropriations heretofore made for this purpose, not to exceed $305,000, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, Payment of clairm including the payment of claims growing out of past and future pur- chases and destruction of animals (including poultry) affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied esis of appraise with all lawful quarantine regulations: Provided, That the payment for such animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, egg-production, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any such animal shall exceed three times its meat, egg-production, or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States Gov- ernment for any such animals shall not exceed one-half of any such otryp apprais for appraisements: Provided further, That poultry may be appraised in groups when the basis for appraisal is the same for each bird. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY P ot,p. 67. Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $497,032 for personal services in the District of Columbia, 278 [60 STAT.

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