478 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



SALARIES. 



Mr. Anderson'. We will take up your statutory roll on page 304. 

 It appears to be the same as before, except that you drop one clerk 

 of class 1, and one messenger or laborer at $720. 



Doctor Marlatt. That effort to reduce the statutory roll, I think, 

 has been explained. 



Mr. Anderson. This was in accordance with the general policy? 



Doctor Marlatt. Yes, sir; it was in accordance with the general 

 policy. 



FOR PLANT QUARANTINE WORK. 



Mr. Anderson. We will take up the item on page 305. 



Doctor Marlatt. The portion in italics on page 305 is transferred 

 from the pink bollworm appropriation, which comes later on under 

 the miscellaneous items. 



Mr. Anderson. It brings the language of the appropriation up 

 into this general item ? 



Mr. Marlatt. Yes, sir. It is very important that this language 

 should be preserved substantially as it was, because it is under this 

 language that we have authority to control the border situation 

 between Mexico and the United States. We have not that authority 

 anywhere else. We do not have it, for example, under the plant 

 quarantine act. 



Mr. Anderson. There is no change in the language. It is the same 

 as it was in the other paragraph. 



Doctor Marlatt. Yes, sir. It should be changed very slightly in 

 the way of punctuation, as I have indicated here in my copy. The 

 item includes a series of statements separated by semicolons, and this 

 addition should be separated in similar manner by a semicolon. I 

 have insei'ted the words "provided that" here [indicating] to make 

 the statement a little more logical. If there is objection to these 

 verbal changes you can accomplish the same correction by simply 

 putting in a dash instead of the semicolon following the word 



thereof." Then there would be no change in the language at all 



Mr. Anderson. I do not think there will be any difliculty about 

 that. 



There appears to be an increase of S70,000, as shown on page 57 

 of the notes. 



Doctor Marlatt. This increase is explained in part in the notes 

 submitted with the estimates. The increase of S70.000 inchides really 

 two items, one an increase of S50,000, for the Mexican border control 

 explained in note (b), page 59 of the "explanatory notes and state- 

 ments," antl the other $20,000, explained under note (a), for the 

 extension of the port,-inspection service of the board. 



INCREASE FOR PORT INSPECTION SERVICE. 



The ar{i;umont for the port inspection service, I think you know. 

 This service is a very essential part of the administration and en- 

 forcement of soinc^ 30 <niarantinos. 'J'lie |)rincipal item of expense 

 is in connection with tlic cnforcc'inent of ioreign ([uarantines at the 

 ports of entry in the rnit(ul vStates. We have to maintain at these 

 ports inspectors adecjuate to carry out the inspection necessary 



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