64 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Tne Cuatrman. I think it is really more satisfactory than your own 
plan, because it makes it immediately available. You have got it from 
now on. If you have any important work you want to do to-morrow, 
you can do it, or at least as soon as the bill passes. 
Mr. Bowrg. He has already checked on this $250,000. 
The Cuarrman. Yes, he understands that; but there is $250,000 of 
that appropriation left. Of course, if between now and the adjourn- 
ment of Congress there is any serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth 
disease, he can take care of it. As 
Mr. Satmon. There is nothing on this second $500,000 appropriation 
except that there may be a little run over that was not settled in the 
last year, but there has been nothing expended in this year. 
Mr. Havcen. That practically gives you $100,000 more than you 
asked for? 
Mr. Saumon. Yes, practically. 
Mr. Henry. I did not understand you a while ago, Doctor; at least 
it seems I did not. I got the impression a while ago that your defi- 
ciency for this year, between $50,000 and $60,000, and extra expenses 
incurred in stamping out the cattle scab were being made chargeable 
against this $500,000 appropriation. 
Mr. Satmon. They would have to be; yes. 
The Cuarrman. No, notnow, Doctor. I think you do not understand. 
You are not charging the scab against this emergency appropriation. 
Mr. Satmon. We will have to take some out of it. 
The Cuarrman. You will have to, but you have not yet. 
Mr. Satmon. We have just commenced. 
The Cuarrman. I doubt very much whether you had the authority 
to do that, had you? 
Mr. Satmon. It says ‘‘for contagious diseases of aaimals.” 
The CHarrman. Yes, that is so—‘‘ foot-and-mouth disease and other 
contagious diseases of animals.” That is right. 
Mr. Bowrr. And your deficiency has been to some extent coming 
against that fund? 
Mr. Satmon. We have paid all our expenses up to the 1st of Janu- 
ary out of the regular appropriation, but from that time we will have 
to begin to charge this sheep scab and contagious disease work up 
against that other appropriation. 
Mr. Bowre. So that the whole sum of $250,000 will not go over 
into the new fiscal year! 
Mr. Sautmon. Oh, no. 
Mr. Bowrr. I mean the new one, beginning July 1 next. 
Mr. Saumon. There may have been also some foot-and-mouth disease 
expenses charged up against this year. I do not know that until I 
look in the disbursing office about it, because while our work was fin- 
ished up there practically in May, we kept the force there, and some 
of the bills came in probably after the Ist of July. I do not know 
how much, but of course there was only about $300,000 expended 
altogether. How much of that would come out of this year I do not 
know until I see how the bills came in. I do not imagine there was 
very much, at any rate. I think there would be enough; but count- 
ing $60,000 this year to be charged to that $250,000, at then $150,000 
next year, that would make $210,000, and would leave $40,000 to cover 
any expenses that might have been charged this year on that foot-and- 
mouth disease work. ‘ 
