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FDR: “The Secretary of Agriculture may allot from the sum hereby allocated not to exceed $35,000 for expenditure by the Bureau…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1933
The Secretary of Agriculture may allot from the sum hereby allocated not to exceed $35,000 for expenditure by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils for the purpose of making soil examination, surveys, and investigations.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 6265—Purchase of Forest Lands for Emergency Conservation Work

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