regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may deliver to the consignee such goods pending examination and decision in the matter on execution of a penal bond for the amount of the full invoice value of such goods, together with the duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods for any cause to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond: And provided further, That all charges for storage, cartage, and labor on goods which are refused admission or delivery shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and in default of such payment shall constitute a lien against any future importation made by such owner or consignee. (June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 10, 61 Stat. 171.) Effective date.-Section 15 of Act June 25, 1947, cited to text, provided: "All provisions of this Act [sections 135-135k of this title], except section 3 [section 135a of this title], 'Prohibited Acts'; section 8 [section 135f of this title], 'Penalties'; section 9 [135g of this title], 'Seizures'; and section 10 [section 135h of this title], 'Imports', shall take effect upon enactment [June 25, 1947], and sections 3, 8, 9, and 10 of this Act [sections 135a and 135f-135h of this title] shall take effect as follows: (1) as to devices, upon enactment [June 25, 1947]; (2) as to rodenticides and herbicides, six months after enactment [June 25, 1947]; and (3) as to insecticides, fungicides, and all other economic poisons, one year after enactment [June 25, 1947]: Provided, That the Secretary, upon application, may at any time within one year after sections 3, 8, 9, and 10 of this Act [sections 135a and 135f-135h of this title] become applicable to devices, rodenticides and herbicides, and insecticides, fungicides, and other economic poisons, respectively, if he determines that such action will not be unduly detrimental to the public interest, and is necessary to avoid hardship, exempt, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, any economic poison from the provisions of this Act [sections 135-135k of this title] if such economic poison was labeled, shipped, and delivered by the manufac turer thereof prior to the time the sections of this Act [said sections] referred to above become applicable to such economic poison and in case the economic poison is an insecticide or fungicide if its sale, delivery, or shipment has not been and will not be in volation of the provisions of the Insecticide Act of 1910 [sections 121-134 of this title]."' § 135i. Delegation of duties.-All authority vested in the Secretary by virtue of the provisions of sections 135-135k of this title may with like force and effect be executed by such employees of the United States Department of Agriculture as the Secretary may designate for the purpose. (June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 11, 61 Stat. 171.) Effective date, see note set out under section 135 of this title. § 135j. Appropriations; expenditures.-a. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the purposes and administration of sections 135-135k of this title. In order to carry out the provisions of said sections, which take effect prior to the repeal of sections 121-134 of this title, appropriations available for the enforcement of sections 121-134 of this title are authorized to be made available. b. The Secretary is authorized from the funds appropriated for sections 135-135k of this title to make such expenditures as he deems necessary, including rents, travel, supplies, books, samples, testing devices, furniture, equipment, and such other expenses as may be necessary to the administration of said sections. (June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 12, 61 Stat. 172.) Effective date, see note set out under section 135 of this title. § 135k. Cooperation between departments and agencies.-The Secretary is authorized to cooperate with any other department or agency of the Federal Government and with the official agricultural or other regulatory agency of any State, or any State, Territory, District, possession or any political subdivision thereof, in carrying out the provisions of sections 135-135k of this title, and in securing uniformity of regulations. (June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 13, 61 Stat. 172.) Effective date, see note set out under section 135 of this title. Chapter 7.-INSECT PESTS GENERALLY § 147a. Control and eradication of pests and plant diseases; cooperation of States and farmers' associations; definition of State; rules and regulations; appropriations.-(a) The Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with State or political subdivisions thereof, farmers' associations, and similar organizations, and individuals, is authorized to carry out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress, control, or to prevent or retard the spread of Japanese beetle, sweet potato weevil, Mexican fruit-flies, citrus canker, gypsy and brown-tail moth, Dutch elm disease, phony peach and peach mosaic, cereal rusts, corn borer, pink bollworm and thurberia weevil, citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, wheat-stem sawfly, Oriental fruit-fly, and Hall scale: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is further authorized to cooperate with the Government of Mexico or local Mexican authorities in carrying out necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico in connection with the eradication, suppression, control, and prevention or retardation of the spread of Mexican fruit-flies, citrus blackfly and pink bollworm and thurberia weevil. In performing the operations or measures herein authorized, the cooperating foreign country, State, or local agency shall be responsible for the authority necessary to carry out the operations or measures on all lands and properties within the foreign country or State other than those owned or controlled by the Federal Government and for such other facilities and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are necessary. As used in this section, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia and the Territories and possessions of the United States. (Amended June 17, 1949, ch. 220, 63 Stat. 200.) This section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. 1949 amendment.-Subsec. (a) amended by Act June 17, 1949, cited to text, to authorize the Secretary to carry out operations to combat the citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, and the Hall scale. Chapter 7A-GOLDEN NEMATODE § 150. Governmental policy for protection of potatoes and tomatoes from golden nematode.-To protect potato and tomato production in the United States from the destructive pest known as the golden nematode which subsists on the roots of potatoes and tomatoes, causes marked reduction in yield, persists in the soil for many years in an inactive state in the absence of preferred hosts, and becomes active and destructive when potatoes or tomatoes are again planted, it is the policy of the Government of the United States, independently or in cooperation with State and local governmental agencies, and other public and private organizations, associations, and individuals, to eradicate, suppress, control, and prevent the spread of, this pest. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 1, 62 Stat. 442.) Short title. Congress in enacting this chapter provided by section 9 of Act June 15, 1948, cited to text, that it should be popularly known as the "Golden Nematode Act." § 150a. Duty of Secretary of Agriculture.-The Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with public or private agencies is authorized to carry out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress, control, or prevent the spread of, the golden nematode. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 2, 62 Stat. 443.) § 150b. Inspections; quarantines; restrictions; crop destruction; compensation of growers.-The activities contemplated by this chapter include cooperation with States and other agencies in making inspections, applying suppressive measures, enforcing quarantines, enforcing restrictions on the planting of potatoes and tomatoes, destroying potatoes and tomatoes growing in soil found infested or exposed to infestation with the golden nematode, and compensating growers in areas infected, or exposed to infestation, with the golden nematode for not planting potatoes or tomatoes or for losses resulting from destruction for the purposes of this chapter of potatoes or tomatoes. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 3, 62 Stat. 443.) § 150c. Expenditure of funds; discretion of Secretary.-In the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture no part of any sums appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be expended with respect to any area infested with the golden nematode or exposed to such infestation until the appropriate cooperating agency or agencies have presented evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture that they will provide funds, materials, means, and State and local authority necessary for the cooperating agency or agencies to carry out effectively that part of the cooperative program the Secretary of Agriculture may require from the cooperating agency or agencies. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 4, 62 Stat. 443.) § 150d. State legislative action authorizing restrictions on or destruction of crops.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall not undertake any program involving mandatory restrictions on the planting of potatoes or tomatoes, or mandatory destruction of potatoes or tomatoes unless the State concerned shall have enacted legislation authorizing such restrictions or destruction. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 5, 62 Stat. 443.) §150e. Computation of compensation paid growers; method; finality of determination. The amount of compensation to be paid by the Federal Government and any cooperating agency, and the method of computation thereof, shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture or the agent or agents designated by him, in cooperation with the responsible officials of the agency concerned and in a manner to assure that necessary records are preserved to show full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated in accordance therewith. No payment shall be made to any grower except after compliance in good faith with regulations concerning the golden nematode promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture and the responsible official of the cooperating agency. The determination by the Secretary of Agriculture, or his authorized agent, of the amount of compensation to be provided by the Federal Government for any grower shall be final. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 6, 62 Stat. 443.) § 150f. Expenses; employment of personnel; printing and binding; purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles.—To carry out the purposes of this chapter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to incur all necessary expenses, including the employment of persons in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, and the purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 7, 62 Stat. 443.) § 150g. Chapter as supplemental legislation. The provisions of this chapter are intended to supplement, and shall not be construed as limiting or repealing existing legislation. (June 15, 1948, ch. 471, § 8, 62 Stat. 443.) Chapter 8.-NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS § 154. General restriction on importation of nursery stock; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any person to import or offer for entry into the United States any nursery stock unless and until a permit shall have been issued therefor by the Secretary of Agriculture, under such conditions and regulations as the said Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, and unless such nursery stock shall be accompanied by a certificate of inspection, in manner and form as required by the Secretary of Agriculture, of the proper official of the country from which the importation is made, to the effect that the stock has been thoroughly inspected and is believed to be free from injurious plant diseases and insect pests: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue the permit for any particular importation of nursery stock when the conditions and regulations as prescribed in sections 151-154, 156-165, 167 of this title shall have been complied with: Provided further, That nursery stock may be imported for experimental or scientific purposes by the Department of Agriculture upon such conditions and under such regulations as the said Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe: And provided further, That nursery stock imported from countries where no official system of inspection for such stock is maintained may be admitted upon such conditions and under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe: And provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to limit entry of nursery stock from foreign countries under such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary, including the requirement, if necessary, that such nursery stock be grown under postentry quarantine by or under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of determining whether imported nursery stock may be infested or infected with plant pests not discernible by port-of-entry inspection and provided that if imported nursery stock is found to be infested or infected with such plant pests, he is authorized to prescribe remedial measures as he may deem necessary to prevent the spread thereof. (As amended July 31, 1947, ch. 405, 61 Stat. 680.) 1947 Amendment.-Act July 31, 1947, cited to text, amended section by adding last proviso. Chapter 8A.-RUBBER § 174. Same; disposition of proceeds from sale. Repeated in May 5, 1945, ch. 109, § 1, 59 Stat. 152; July 5, 1945, ch. 271, title I, 59 Stat. 423, but was not carried in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1946, June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 270. Chapter 13.-AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES COLLEGE-AID LAND APPROPRIATION § 301. Land grant in aid of colleges generally. Cooperation in placement of domestic farm labor.-Section 2(b) of Act Apr. 28, 1947, ch. 43, 61 Stat. 55, provided: "The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor shall take such action as may be necessary to assure maximum cooperation between the agricultural extension services of the landgrant colleges and the State public employment agencies in the recruitment and placement of domestic farm labor and in the keeping of such records and information with respect thereto as may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the State unemployment compensation laws and of title V of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (58 Stat. 295 [sections 696-696m of Title 38]). AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION § 343c. Further additional appropriation for extension work. AMENDMENTS 1945- -Act of June 6, 1945, ch. 175, § 2, 59 Stat. 233, amended section by inserting "(other than appropriations * of this title)" in lieu of "(other than appropriations under this section)". § 343d-1. Further additional appropriation for extension work.(a) In order to further develop the cooperative extension system as inaugurated under sections 341-343, 344-348 of this title, particularly for the further development of county extension work, there are authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the expenses of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, including technical and educational assistance to farm people in improving their standards of living, in developing individual farm and home plans, better marketing and distribution of farm products, work with rural youth in 4-H Clubs and older out-of-school youth, guidance of farm people in improving farm and home buildings, development of effective programs in canning, food preservation, and nutrition, and for the necessary printing and distribution of information in connection with the foregoing, the following sums: (1) $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and each subsequent fiscal year; (2) An additional $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and each subsequent fiscal year; and (3) An additional $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year. (b) The sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be paid to the several States and the Territory of Hawaii in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and limitations as the additional |