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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 255-257-JUNE 28, 1949 Allotment of moneys. Appropriation au- thorized. June 28, 1949 [H. R. 3444] [Public Law 133] as may be necessary, and the extension of technical advice and assist- ance to settlers in matters of farm practice, soil conservation, and efficient land use: Provided,however, That the total reimbursable cost of the land development and settlement features of the project shall be not less than $373,000 for the project of twenty thousand irrigable acres with proportionate adjustment, if necessary, based on the actual irrigable area as determined upon completion of the project. SEC. 3. To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are hereby authorized to allot any moneys available from appropriations heretofore made to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, respec- tively, for "water conservation and utility projects" and "water con- servation and utilization projects", and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, respectively, such sums of money as may be necessary to complete the project. Approved June 28, 1949. [CHAPTER 256] AN ACT To provide for the collection and publication of cotton statistics. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cotton statistics. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 13U.s.c.§ . the Act of April 2, 1924 (43 Stat. 31), be amended to read as follows: "That the statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned shall show the quantity ginned from each crop prior to August 1, August 16, Sep- tember 1, September 16, October 1, October 18, November 1, Novem- ber 14, December 1, December 13, January 16, and March 1: Provided, That the Director of the Census may limit the canvasses of August 1 and August 16 to those sections of the cotton-growing States in which cotton has been ginned. The quantity of cotton consumed in manu- facturing establishments, the quantity of baled cotton on hand, the number of active consuming cotton spindles, the number of active spindle-hours, and the statistics of cotton imported and exported shall relate to each month, and shall be published as soon as possible after the close of the month. The Director of the Census shall furnish to the Department of Agriculture, immediately prior to the publication of each report of that Department regarding the cotton crop, the latest available statistics hereinbefore mentioned, and the said Department of Agriculture shall publish the same in connection with each of its reports concerning cotton." Nonworkday. SEC. 2 . That the last sentence of section 6 of the Act of April 2, 43Stat.32. 1924 ( StStat. 31), be amended to read as follows: "When such date of release falls on Sunday, a legal holiday, or other day which pur- suant to statute or Executive order is a nonworkday in the Depart- ment of Commerce at Washington generally, the reports shall be issued at 11 o'clock antemeridian of the next succeeding workday." Approved June 28, 1949. [CHAPTER 257] June 28, 1949 [H. R. 3967] [Public Law 134] Day nurseries and nursery schools, D. C . Continuation. AN ACT To continue a system of nurseries and nursery schools for the day care of school- age andund er-school-age children in the District of Columbia through June 30, 1950. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the Board of Public 278 [63 STAT.

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