SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 266. 1924. 459 cluding the establishment of cotton-free areas, in cooperation with the State of Texas or other States concerned, as may be necessary to stamp out such infestation, to establish in cooperation with the States Egngernegl a zoge or zonses free (from cottoiili culture op or near the C tb th r er 0 any tate or tates a jacent to exico, an to coo rate °°*’°": ° ."* with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authoritigst; or ehifgdrriri-iaiiiggmwstu otherwise, by undertaking in Mexico such measures for the extermination of the pink bollworm of cotton as shall be determined to be practicable from surveys showing its distribution, $368,050, of which N od cm dm sum not to exceed $200,000 may be available for reimbursement to burstisxinpdntdl M ` cotton-growing States, for expenses incurred by them in connection with losses due to enforced nonproduction of cotton in certain zones in the manner and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Senate Joint Resolution Numbered 72, approved August 9, 1921: Provided, V°’•‘“•*’· m That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to (pay ,,,§i°d§§,Z,,§§f °'°*’°· the cost or value of crops or other property injured or destroye . nuanroarron or rmi rannaronm nam scam. P¤*¤'¤*¤ dm we- To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emer nc ,,:·° °"{°"““ caused by the existence of the Parlatoria date scale in Califgiinid; um Arizona, or any other State, and to provide means for the extermination of this insect in California, Arizona, or elsewhere in the United States, in cooperation with the States concerned, $19,440. MILEAGE BATES FOR MUIOR VEHICLES. Travel expenses. ` Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, the Secre— m,,·*”°"$“°° ‘f"· by tary of Agriculture shall find that the expensesof travel, includ- W wm ing travel at official stations, can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual operating expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cerélgper mile for motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile, for necessary travel on official business. cmrmn Mauxm, nrsrarcr or oomwmzam. <‘¤¤¤¤ M¤rk¤¢·D·¤· ration and Mana ement: To enable the Secreta of A icul- tuglm in ca out tie provisions of the Act of llyarch gr 1921 "°'·”·P·*“*· (Forty-lirst Statutes at Large, page 1441), to pay for ice, electricity, gas, fuel, travel, stationery, printing, telegrams, telephones, labor, supplies, materials, equipment, misce laneous expenses, necessary repairs and alterations, to be reimbursed by any person for whose Pwd gcccount any inch eizpenditure maly be made: Provialed, 'lgat the ;;.,,,,;,'§'%,ti,,§uw,,§,y ` cretary o gricu ture ma purc aee necessa supp ies an ui - **3* $1** _ lip ment for use at Center Market, without regaiig to awards msdle gy L tm was General Supply Committee; to continue the emplciylment of the necessary persons imder the conditions in existence at e time of the taking over of the roperty by the Secretary of Agriculture, with such changes thereof, as he may find necessary; to provide a fund for F“”“'°f°“"‘“·°"* the payment of freight, express, drayage, and other charges and claims against the commodities accepted for storage, and to require reimbursement thereof with interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum under such rules as the Secrets of Agricu ture may prescribe, and to remove, sell, or otherwise of such commodities held as security for such payment when such reimbursement is not made when due, all reimbursement of such payments and all receipts from such disposition of commodities to be credited to such fund and to be reexpendable therefrom; and to use such other means as the Secretary of Agriculture may find necessary for the proper occu-
