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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II . CHs. 398, 399. 1930.

497 beginning of such seven-year period, or that although entitled to receive adjusted service pay he did not receive it prior to the beginning of such seven-year period, then (if such seven-year period bean on or before January 2, 1935) his dependents who have made pendents s Bene fits

- andfiledapplicationbefreheexpirationofoneyearaftertheplicatione date of the expiration of such seven-year period or on or before January 2, 1935 , whichever is the later date, shall be entitled to vol . 44, p . 820. receive the amount of his adjusted service credit in accordance with the provisions of Title VI ."

Pri or pa yment s not SEC . 4 . This Act shall not invalidate any payments made or invalidated . application received, before the enactment of this Act, under the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended . Payments Payments regardless not ants, regardless

f under awards heretofore or hereafter made shall be made to the chan ged status, unless dependent entitled thereto regardless of change in status, unless pri orit y establ ishedof pre feren ce . another dependent establishes to the satisfaction of the Director a priority of preference under such Act, as amended . Upon the estab- me raining install- l ishmen t of such p refer ence the re maini ng in stallm ents shall be pa id to such dependent but in no case shall the total payments under Title VI of such Act, as amended (except section 608), exceed the adjusted service credit of the veteran . SEC . 5 . If, prior to the date of the enactment of th is Act, the t i Appl icatio nas ed on Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, as the case may be, ieentife fingerprints, have made certification under section 303 of the World War Vol . 44, p. 827. Ad j usted Compensation Act, as amended [U . S . C . Sup . III title U S C., Supp. IV, 7

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P .5 38 . 38, § 613], on an application bearing the identified fingerprints but lacking the proved signature of a veteran now deceased, such appli- cation and certification shall be held and considered to have been l egally made , and any a djuste d ser vice c ertif icate issue d to t he veteran upon such certification shall be held to have been validly issued and shall be valid . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- Ag ric u lture. . mt

Ameri- pose of encouraging and promoting the agriculture of the United can, abroad, by Secre- States and assisting American farmers to adjust their operations and tars of Agriculture . p ractic es to meet world condi tions , the Secre tary o f Agr icultu re shall- (a ) Acqu ire i nforma tion regard ing w orld c ompet ition and d emand ma oracq uiring infor - f or agr icult ural p roduc ts an d the produ ction , mark eting , and dis- titio n . .marketing, etc ., tributing of said products in foreign countries and disseminate the sme isseminating the same through agricultural extension agencies and by such other means as may be deemed advisable . (b) Investigate abroad farm management and any other economic Investigatingagricul g tural industry abroad, phases of the agricultural industry and, in so far as is necessary to demonstrating stand- carry out the purposes of this Act, conduct abroad any activities, eras for cotton, etc' including the demonstration of standards for cotton, wheat, and other American agricultural products, in which the Department of Agriculture is now authorized or in the future may be authorized to engage . Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting Department 'uto al the Department of Agriculture from conducting abroad any activity abroad not prohibited . for which authority for thus conducting it may exist . 57 894°-3 1-32 App roved, June 5, 19 30 . CHAP . 399 .-An Act To promote the agriculture of the United States b y y [a. June 5 1930 . 152 .] e xpandi ng in the foreign field the serv ice n ow ren dered by the United States [Public, No . 304 .] D epartment of Agriculture in acquirin g and diffusing useful information r egarding agricul ture, and for other purposes .