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for other purposes ; and also the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1905 (U . S . C ., title 21, sets . 123-128), to enable the Secre- IaT Cattle quarantine . tary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts, u•S. C Ppl.66. . to permit and regulate the movement of cattle and other livestock wenty-eight hour therefrom, and for other purposes ; and for carrying out the pro- Vol .34,p .607. visions of the Act of June 29, 1906 (U . S . C, title 45, sees . 71-74), LT.S. C.,p.1444.
entitled "An Act to prevent ruelty to animals while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation " ; an d for c arrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (U . S . C ., title 21, sees . 151-158), regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, Ani mal virus es, etc . or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products manu- Vol. 37, p, 832.
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factured in the United States and the importation of such products Packer s and stock - intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals ; and for ya rd l. 42, . 159.
carrying out the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, Clltg' oe C,,p. d is- approved August 15, 1921 (U . S . C., title 7, sees . 181-229) ; and to seminating informa- enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and disseminate infor- t'Payofemployees. mation concerning livestock and animal products ; to prepare and disseminate reports on animal industry ; to employ and pay from the appropriation herein made as many persons in the city of Wash- ington or elsewhere as he may deem necessary ; to purchase in the Tuberculin, serums, open market samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or anal- etc . ogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, to test the same, and to disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem Purchase and de- b es t ; to purchase an d destroy disease d or exposed anim als including struction of diseased
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poultry, or quarantine the same whenever in his judgment essential to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, contagious pou ltry di seases, or oth er dis eases o f anima ls from one St ate to another, as follows Chief of Bureau, and off ice
F or n ecess ary expe nses for gene ral admi nist rativ e personnel .
including the slary of chief of bureau and other persona pu rpos es, services in the District of Columbia, $182,900 . Inspection and quay- antine work. For inspection and quarantine work, including all necessary expenses for the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle, the inspection of southern cattle, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, and the inspection of vessels, the execution of the twenty- eight hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported animals, including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to buildings thereon ; the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious Balance available . diseases, and the mallein testing of animals, $783,000, together with Vol. 45, p. 545.
12,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929 . Tuberculosis, etc ., of For investigating the diseases of tuberculosis and paratubercu- animals . Investigating, etc ., losis of animals, for their control and eradication, for the tuberculin for con trol , er adica tion , etc., of.
testing of animals, and for researches concerning the causes of the diseases, their modes of spread, and methods of treatment and prev ention, includ ing de monstra tions, the for mation of orga niza- Application of fund . tions, and such other means as may be necessary, either independ- Bala nce avail able . Vol. 45, p. 546 . ent ly o r in coo perat ion with far mers, ass ocia tion s, or Sta te, Territory, or county authorities, $5,5 .00,000, together with $690,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929, of which $1,190,000 shall be set aside for administrative and operating expenses and $5,000,000 for the pay- Provises,
ment of indemnities : Provided, That in carrying out the purpose Reimbursin g owners far animals destroyed . of this appropriation, if in the opinion of the Secretary of Agri- culture it shall be necessary to condemn and destroy tuberculous or
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