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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 280-JUNE 29, 1949 of the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said Acts with research of the Department in similar lines, and make report thereon to Congress. Federal experiment station, Puerto Rico: For expenses necessary to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, including the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and not to exceed $12,500 for construction of a processing and storage building, $146,400. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary, including not to exceed $1,321,000 for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia, for carrying out the provi- sions of the Act, as amended, establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and related Acts, and for investigations concerned with the livestock and meat industries and the domestic raising of fur-bearing animals, as follows: Animal husbandry: For investigations and experiments in animal husbandry and animal and poultry feeding and breeding, and for carrying out the purposes of section 101 (b) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 429) authorizing cooperation with State authorities in the administration of regulations for the improvement of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries, $1,302,000, including not to exceed $50,000 (which shall be available for additional personal services in the District of Columbia) for liquidation of the Agriculture Remount Service, on or before December 31, 1949, which amount shall remain available for care of the real property until the Department of Agri- culture is relieved of responsibility therefor, the livestock to be sold by bid, public auction, or through negotiated sales with preference in negotiated sales to the persons having custody of the animals or to others in the same locality: Provided further, That the authority of section 3 of the Act of April 21, 1948, shall be continued until December 31, 1949. Diseases of animals: For scientific investigations of diseases of ani- mals, and for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $1,073,000. Eradicating tuberculosis and Bang's disease: For the control and eradication of the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tuberculosis, and Bang's disease of cattle, $6,229,000: Provided, That no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of cattle except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, Territory, county, or municipality where condemnation of cattle shall take place, nor shall any payment be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal if at the time of inspection or test, or at the time of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered: Provided further, That out of the money hereby appro- priated no payment as compensation for any cattle condemned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; 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. 331 23 Stat. 31. 7U.S.C.§§391- 394; Supp. II, § 391 note. 58 Stat. 734. Liquidation of Agri- culture Remount Serv- ice. 62 Stat. 197. 7 U.S. C ., Supp. II, §438. Compensation of cattle owners, restric- tions. Limitation on amount of payment.

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