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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 543 -JUNE 19, 1948 PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES 525 For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to carry into effect Soil conservation. Ante, pp. 409, 411, the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation si1. and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended 49 Stat. 1148 16 U.S. C.,Supp. I, (16 U. S . C. 590g-590q), and the provisions of the Agricultural Adjust- §59Oq. ment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1281-1407) (except the pro- 52 Stat. 31. visions of sections 201, 202, 303, 381, and 383 and the provisions of 7U.S . C., Supp. I , titles IV and V), including personal services in the District of Colum- Post,p.120. bia; not to exceed $6,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, 70,72.St 46667 including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs 17 U 0 S C §§S1', within the United States; $150,000,000, to remain available until 1401-1407, 1I1i-1518; Supp. I, § 1381 et seq. December 31, 1949, for compliance with programs under said pro- Post, pp. 859, 1255. visions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1948 programs carried out during the period July 1, 1947, to December 31, 1948, inclusive: Provided,That not to exceed $24,500,000 peniistratve ex- of the total sum provided under this head shall be available during the current fiscal year, for salaries and other administrative expenses for carrying out such programs, including the tobacco and peanut-market- ing quota programs, the cost of aerial photographs however, not to be charged to such limitation; but not more than $7,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation account, "Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Providedfurther, 52 stat. 69. That payments to claimants hereunder may be made upon the certifi- Payments to caim- cate of the claimant, which certificate shall be in such form as the Sec- ants. retary may prescribe, that he has carried out the conservation practice or practices and has complied with all other requirements as conditions for such payments and that the statements and information contained in the application for payment are correct and true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, under the penalties of the Act of March 4, 1909, as amended (18 U. S . C. 80): Providedfurther,That none of the funds 35 Stat. 109.. herein appropriated or made available for the functions assigned to pos t ' 803. the Agricultural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the Executive Order Numbered 9069, of February 23, 1942, shall be used to pay the salaries 5ou.s.c. pp. oi01 or expenses of any regional information employees or any State or note. county information employees, but this shall not preclude the answer- ing of inquiries or supplying of information to individual farmers: Providedfurther,That such amount shall be available for salaries and Programs of soil- other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and bildig pra te et administration of the 1949 programs (amounting to $262,500,000, including administration, and formulated on the basis of a distribu- tion of the funds available for payments and grants among the several States in accordance with their conservation needs as determined by the Secretary: Providedfurther, That the proportion allocated to any Allocations to State shall not be reduced more than 15 per centum from the 1946 dis- States. tribution and that no participant shall receive more than $750) of soil-building practices and soil- and water-conservation practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, and programs under 49Stat. 1148;52tat. the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended; but the pay- 31S6. S.C. §§ 590g- ments or grants under such program shall be conditioned upon the 5 9oq; Supp. §iJ591 7U.S.C.if1281- utilization of land with respect to which such payments or grants are 1518; Supp. I, 1334 to be made, in conformity with farming practices which will encour- d'o, p. 8, 1250 age 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 committee appointed pursuant to section 8 (b) of the Soil Con- 49Sat. 1 o servation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended for the respective b).

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