Investigations control. for Surveys, inspections, etc., in United States. Cooperation for ex near the border of the United States, in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $25,000; To investigate in Mexico or elsewhere the pink bollworm as a basis for control measures, $25,000; To conduct surveys and inspections in Texas or in any other State to detect any infestation and to conduct such control measures, including 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 concerned a zone or zones free from cotton culture on or near termination with Mex- the border of any State or States adjacent to Mexico, and to cooperate with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, or otherwise, by undertaking in Mexico such measures for the extermination of the pink bollworm of cotton as shall be determined to be pracNo pay for crops, ticable from surveys showing its distribution, $397,240: Provided, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or value of crops or other property injured or destroyed. ico. Proviso. etc., destroyed. American bison. ties, etc., from surplus. Aiding propagation, Conservation of navigable waters. 37, p. 855. That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion and under such conditions as he may prescribe, supply to any municipality or public institution not more than one American bison from any surplus which may exist in any herd under the control of the Department of Agriculture; and, in order to aid in the propagation of the species, animals may be loaned to or exchanged with other owners of American bison. That, in order to carry out the purposes mentioned in section 3 of Vol. 36, p. 961; Vol. the Act entitled "An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers," approved March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Additional appropri- Statutes at Large, page 961), as amended, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, available until expended, the sum of $600,000 for the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of June, 1920. ation for lands, etc. Travel expenses. Allowances for, by motor vehicles. Cooperation with department activities. Contributions from outside parties to be paid only through the Secretary, or State, etc., organizations. Contributions not Government officials, etc. Vol. 39, p. 1106. Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, the Secretary of Agriculture shall find that the expenses of travel can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual traveling expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for a motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile, used for necessary travel on official business. That hereafter in carrying on the activities of the Department of Agriculture involving cooperation with State, county and municipal agencies, associations of farmers, individual farmers, universities, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, or other local associations of business men, business organizations, and individuals within the State, Territory, district or insular possession in which such activities are to be carried on, moneys contributed from such outside sources, except in the case of the authorized activities of the Forest Service, shall be paid only through the Secretary of Agriculture or through State, county or municipal agencies, or local farm bureaus or like organizations, cooperating for the purpose with the Secretary of Agriculture. subject to prohibition The officials and the employees of the Department of Agriculture against use for paying engaged in the activities described in the preceding paragraph and paid in whole or in part out of funds contributed as provided therein, and the persons, corporations, or associations making contributions as therein provided, shall not be subject to the proviso contained in the Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1917, in Thirtyninth Statutes at Large, at page 1106; nor shall any official or em ployee engaged in the cooperative activities of the Forest Service, or the persons, corporations, or associations contributing to such activities be subject to the said proviso. Forest Service included. Agricultural exhibits at fairs, etc. Appropriation for. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make suitable agricultural exhibits at State, interstate, and international fairs held within the United States, including the National Dairy Show to be held at Chicago, Illinois, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, $100,000: Provided, That not more than $25,000 shall be used in connection with the National Dairy Show to be held at Chicago, Illinois, and Dairy Show. that not more than $5,000 shall be used in connection with any other one fair. Proviso. Limit for National International Farm Invitation to foreign That the President is hereby authorized to extend invitations to Congress. other Nations to appoint delegates or representatives to the Inter- nations. national Farm Congress to be held at Kansas City, Missouri, in September, 1919. World Cotton Con Infra. That the President is hereby authorized to extend invitations to ference. all nations of the world interested in the manufacture or raising of Nations invited to. cotton to appoint delegates or representatives to the World Cotton Conference to be held at New Orleans, Louisiana, October 13, 14, 15, and 16, 1919: Provided, That no appropriation shall be granted No expense authorfor the expenses of such delegates or for any other expenses incurred in connection with said conference. Proviso. ized. Pure Food Act. amended. Wrapped meat pack That the word "package" where it occurs the second and last time in the act entitled "An act to amend section 8 of an act entitled, 'An act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous deleterious foods, drugs, ages subject to weight, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for etc., markings. other purposes, approved March 3, 1913, shall include and shall be construed to include wrapped meats inclosed in papers or other materials as prepared by the manufacturers thereof for sale. Homestead settlers. Allowed leave of abto obtain food, That any homestead settler or entryman who, during the calendar year 1919, finds it necessary to leave his homestead to seek employ-ste, because droug ment in order to obtain food and other necessaries of life for himself, conditions. family, and work stock, because of great and serious drought conditions, causing total or partial failures of crops, may, upon filing with the register and receiver proof of such conditions in the form of a corroborated affidavit, be excused from residence upon his homestead during all or part of the calendar year 1919, or the current year of such homestead which may fall principally in the year 1919, and ment construed. in the making of final proof upon such an entry absence granted under this Act shall be counted and construed as constructive residence by said homesteader. Total carried by this bill for the Department of Agriculture, $33,900,211. Approved, July 24, 1919. Residence require CHAP. 27.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to extend invitations to other nations to send representatives to the World Cotton Conference to be held at New Orleans, Louisiana, October 13 to 16, 1919, inclusive. July 24, 1919. (H. J. Res. 73.] [Pub. Res. No. 5.) ference. World Cotton ConInvitation extended to foreign nations. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized to extend invitations to all other nations of the world interested in the manufacture or raising of cotton to appoint dele- Supra. gates or representatives to the World Cotton Conference to be held at New Orleans, Louisiana, October 13, 14, 15, and 16, 1919: Provided, That no appropriation shall be granted for the expenses of etc. such delegates or for any other expenses incurred in connection with said conference. Approved, July 24, 1919. Proviso. appropriation, July 26, 1919. [H. J. Res. 65.] [Pub. Res. No. 6.] Tents, Army. CHAP. 28.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents for use at encampments held by veterans of the World War. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Vol. 37, p. 1025, States of America in Congress assembled, That the last proviso of H. J. Res. 11, approved March 2, 1913, be, and the same is, amended to read as follows: amended. Loans of, extended to World War veterans organizations. July 31, 1919. [H. J. Res. 147.] [Pub. Res. No. 7.] Annual appropria from July 1, 1919. 131, 163, 35. "That hereafter no loan of tents shall be made except to the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Confederate Veterans, the United Spanish War Veterans, and to recognized organizations of veterans of the late World War by whatever name they may be known." Approved, July 26, 1919. CHAP. 29. Joint Resolution to ratify and confirm from and including July 1, 1919, obligations incurred pursuant to the terms of certain appropriations for the fiscal year 1920. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United tions made available States of America in Congress assembled, That appropriations for the Ante, pp. 234, 104, 68, service of the fiscal year 1920, contained in the Agricultural, Army, District of Columbia, Navy, and Sundry Civil Appropriations Acts, and the "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919," shall be available from and including July 1, 1919, for the purposes respectively provided in the said appropriations for the service of the Incurred obligations said fiscal year. And all obligations incurred pursuant to the terms of such appropriations in the aforesaid Acts as approved are ratified and confirmed from and including July 1, 1919. ratified. August 2, 1919. [H. R. 5418.] [Public, No. 23.] Government Printing Office. Pay of designated Approved, July 31, 1919. CHAP. 30.—An Act Increasing the pay of printers and pressmen employed in the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the pasemployees increased. sage of this Act the pay of all printers, printer linotype operators, printer monotype keyboard operators, makers-up, copy editors, proof readers, bookbinders, bookbinder-machine operators, and pressmen employed in the Government Printing Office shall be at the rate of 75 cents per hour for the time actually employed. Approved, August 2, 1919. August 4, 1919. [H. R. 2847.] [Public, No. 24.] American Printing House for the Blind. tion for, increased. Vol. 20. p. 467. CHAP. 31.-An Act Providing additional aid for the American Printing House for the Blind. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Annual appropria- States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of enabling the American Printing House for the Blind more adequately to provide books and apparatus for the education of the blind there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to it in addition to Vol. 34, p. 460, amend the permanent appropriation of $10,000 made in the Act entitled "An Act to promote the education of the blind," approved March 3, 1879, as amended, the sum of $40,000, which sum shall be expended in accordance with the requirements of said Act to promote the education of the blind. ed. Approved, August 4, 1919. CHAP. 32.-An Act To incorporate Near East Relief. August 6, 1919. [S. 180.] [Public No. 25.] District of Columbia, Near East Relief in Incorporators. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following persons, namely, James L. Barton, Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry Morgenthau, corporated. Edwin M. Bulkley, Alexander J. Hemphill, Charles R. Crane, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Elihu Root, Abram I. Elkus, Charles W. Eliot, Harry Pratt Judson, Charles E. Beury, Arthur J. Brown, John B. Calvert, William I. Chamberlain, Robert J. Cuddihy, Cleveland E. Dodge, William T. Ellis, James Cardinal Gibbons, David H. Greer, Harold A. Hatch, William I. Haven, Myron T. Herrick, Hamilton Holt, Frank W. Jackson, Arthur Curtiss James, Frederick Lynch, Vance C. McCormick, Charles S. Macfarland, Henry B. F. Macfarland, William B. Millar, John R. Mott, Frank Mason North, George A. Plimpton, Philip Rhinelander, William Jay Schieffelin, George T. Scott, Albert Shaw, William Sloane, Edward Lincoln Smith, Robert Eliot Speer, James M. Speers, Oscar S. Straus, Charles V. Vickrey, Harry A. Wheeler, Stanley White, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Talcott Williams, and Stephen S. Wise, their associates and successors duly chosen, are hereby incorporated and declared to be a body corporate of the District of Columbia by the name of Near East Relief and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession, with the powers, limitations, and restrictions herein contained. SEC. 2. That the object for which said corporation is incorporated Object. shall be to provide relief and to assist in the repatriation, rehabilitation, and reestablishment of suffering and dependent people of the Near East and adjacent areas; to provide for the care of orphans and widows and to promote the social, economic, and industrial welfare of those who have been rendered destitute, or dependent directly or indirectly, by the vicissitudes of war, the cruelties of men, or other causes beyond their control. Board of trustees. SEC. 3. That the direction and management of the affairs of the Membership of first corporation, and the control of its property and funds, shall be vested board. in a board of trustees, to be composed of the following individuals: James L. Barton, Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry Morgenthau, Edwin M. Bulkley, Alexander J. Hemphill, Charles R. Crane, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Elihu Root, Abram I. Elkus, Charles W. Eliot, Harry Pratt Judson, Charles E. Beury, Arthur J. Brown, John B. Calvert, William I. Chamberlain, Robert J. Cuddihy, Cleveland E. Dodge, William T. Ellis, James Cardinal Gibbons, David H. Greer, Harold A. Hatch, William I. Haven, Myron T. Herrick, Hamilton Holt, Frank W. Jackson, Arthur Curtiss James, Frederick Lynch, Vance C. McCormick, Charles S. Macfarland, Henry B. F. Macfarland, William B. Millar, John R. Mott, Frank Mason North, George A. Plimpton, Philip Rhinelander, William Jay Schieffelin, George T. Scott, Albert Shaw, William Sloane, Edward Lincoln Smith, Robert Eliot Speer, James M. Speers, Oscar S. Straus, Charles V. Vickrey, Harry A. Wheeler, Stanley White, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Talcott Williams, and Stephen S. Wise, who shall constitute the first board of trustees and constitute the members of the corporation. Vacancies occurring by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by the remaining trustees in such manner as the by-laws shall prescribe, and the persons so elected shall thereupon become trustees and also members of the corporation. SEC. 4. That the principal office of the corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia, but offices may be maintained and meetings of the corporation or of the trustees and committees may be held in other places, such as the by-laws may from time to time fix. Officers. SEC. 5. That the said trustees shall be entitled to take, hold, and Corporate powers. administer any securities, funds, or property which may be trans 121603-19-18 Meeting for organization. etc. ferred to them for the purposes and objects herein before enumerated by the existing and unincorporated American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, and such other funds or property as may at any time be given, devised, or bequeathed to them or to such corporation, for the purposes of the trust; with full power from time to time to adopt a common seal, to appoint officers, whether members of the board of trustees or otherwise, and such employees as may be deemed necessary for carrying on the business of the corporation, and at such salaries or with such remuneration as they may think proper; and full power to adopt by-laws and such rules or regulations as may be necessary to secure the safe and convenient transaction of the business of the corporation. SEC. 6. That as soon as may be possible after the passage of this Act a meeting of the trustees hereinbefore named shall be called by Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry Morgenthau, Abram I. Elkus, Edwin M. Bulkley, Alexander J. Hemphill, William B. Millar, George T. Scott, James L. Barton, and Charles V. Vickrey, or any six of them, at the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, by notice served in Election of officers, person or by mail, addressed to each trustee at his place of residence; and the said trustees named herein, or a majority thereof, being assembled, shall organize and proceed to adopt by-laws, to elect officers, and generally to organize the said corporation. SEC. 7. That a meeting of the incorporators, their associates, or successors, shall be held once in every year after the year of incorporation at such time and place as shall be prescribed in the by-laws, when the annual reports of the officers and executive boards shall be presented and members of the executive board elected for the ensuing year. Special meetings of the corporation may be called upon such notice as may be prescribed. SEC. 8. That a copy of the constitution and by-laws and of all amendments thereto shall be filed with the Congress when adopted, and on or before the 1st day of April each year said corporation shall make and transmit to the Congress a report of its proceedings for the year ending December 31 preceding, including in such report the names and residences of its officers, and a full and itemized account of all receipts and expenditures. SEC. 9. That the corporation shall have no power to issue certificates of stock or declare or pay any dividends, or otherwise distribute to its members any of its property, or the proceeds therefrom, or from its operations. On dissolution of the corporation otherwise than by Act of Congress the property shall escheat to the United States. SEC. 10. That all members and officers of the corporations and of its governing body may reside in or be citizens of any place within the United States. SEC. 11. That the franchise herein granted shall terminate at the expiration of twenty-five years from the date of the approval of the Act; and that Congress reserves the right to repeal, after, or amend this act at any time. Approved, August 6, 1919. CHAP. 33.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department, approved September 2, 1914,' as amended." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury |