Public Law 75–145

That for carrying out the purposes of and for expenditures authorized under the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution making funds available for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs”, approved April 6, 1937, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the

Availability.

Provisos.

State cooperation.

sum of $1,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938: Provided, That, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for control of grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, or chinch bugs in any State until such State has provided the organization or materials and supplies necessary for cooperation: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

Supervision of expenditures.

expended under the personal supervision and direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the several items of expenditures made hereunder: Provided further, That transportation of control materials purchased under

Transportation of control materials.

this appropriation shall be under conditions and means determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as most advantageous to the Federal Government: Provided further, That procurements under this appropriation

Open market purchases.

R. S. § 3709.

41 U. S. C. § 5.

may be made by open market purchases notwithstanding the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5).