440 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Suse. I. C11. 266. 1924. L 674 as amended b the Act of March 4, 1907 (Thirty- §·r¤ig¤¤gfi fmiuili Laillge, pagey 1256), and as extended to equine °' ’°' meat by the Act of J y 24, 1919 §Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 241), including the purchase o tags, labels, stamps, and certificates printed in course of manufacture, $1,071,150. Total, Biueau of Animal Industry, $7 ,523,916. ,,,§,'f"‘ I"""""’ B"' BUREAU OF PLAN T INDUSTRY. sananms. ,_0f,’,§§{'·““‘* °“°° *’°" For chief of bureau and other personal in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and for personal services in the field, $589,920. "°""'°‘°‘”°'“°* · onunnan nxrmrsns, Burman or PLANT mnusmr. I“"”**¥°"°'“·°*"· For all necessary expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant industries in cooperation with other branches of the department, the State ex- - periment stations, and practical farmers, and for the erection of f}'$§;,,,,,,¤d,,,gs_ necessary farm buildin : Provided, That the cost of any building erected shall not exceeds $1,500; for field and station expenses, in-. cluding fences, drains, and other farm improvements; for repairs in _ _ the District of Columbia and elsewhere; for rent outside_of the ¤§",§‘sf’}§§§8,,§‘Q_;?§f,§j District of Columbia; and for the employment of all investigators, local and special agents, agricultural explorers, experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, and all labor and other necessa expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere required for ge investigations, e erimentspn demonstrations herein authorized, as follows: P‘*‘°*‘“’°*“°S·°*°· xlior investigations of plant diseases and patholo 'cal collections, _ including the maintenance of a plant—disease survey,%181,000; °'°‘”*“"““‘*·°‘°· For the investigation of diseases of orchard and other fruits inch nm cluding the diseases of the pecan, $120,355; smr5?s°d¤¤,ém. For conducting such investigations of the nature and means of communication o- the disease of citrus trees known as citrus canker, and for applying such methods of eradication or control of the disease as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including the payment of such expenses and the employ- ment of such persons and means, in the city of Washington and ,,,§g¤"°“'° °‘°°°"‘ elsewhere, and cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem Limmtolm ew necessary to accomplish such purposes, $57,560, and, in the discrewummnoss. ’ * tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least ual to such expenditures shal have been appropriated, subscribeed, or contributed by Promo State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations No paytordestroyed for the accomplishment of such purposes: Provided, 'I`hat no part of "°°’-°‘°· · the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or Tm shrubs em value of trees or other property injured or destroyed; Chmgmt mg bm For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees dismeetc- and shrubs, including a study of the nature and habits of the arasitic fungi causing the chestnue—tree bark disease, the white- ine blister rust, and other gpidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods o control and applying methods of eradication or WH 1 by te control already discovered, $91,115; nm, "f’ Em ’·‘ _For applying such methods of eradication or control of the white- ,!jg1<;;g1¤,;;g{¤¤¤d ¢·>¤· pine blister rust as in the Judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including the payment of such ex enses and the employment of such persons and means in the city of Vlgashington
