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B-117720 1 (1953-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpmn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MF'TROLLR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON 25 Decem~ber ?3, 19513 -te ionorable Cie ecret of Agricul le j dear D-r. Dea: :efeenc is ad to letter of Nov er13, 1953, from the .ct n cretary/ of Agricu-~re, re~.ues~g a decisio as to the propriety of dimng funds aporiated for caryigoat prvsos of Lih forest Pest Control ct of June 25, 1947, 61 Stat 177, 16 U. .. 594-1, ay oterwse proper laims for daescaused privat lnonrs o aerial spraying( acivi ties persuant to such act. nce int in the tter appetly ases from te fact that section 5 of the rest Control ct provides that sui und available .5r e necesesr expenses of that proeram sh notll be used to payt cost or alue of n o in e o destroyed. e cing - s do folos: . . we thi ha the restriction aganst payment out of apora ted fud for tue cost or valae of any proer injue or dest d relates only i Ling or cmpensating miners of -est feted or e property dae or destroyed by the inrefw Service as a ~est contol Iaeasre. ahe a i fic e of the prohibi- ion is o reqire the oer of infes property to bear the burden of what~var loss are Aght be in the pst control trea et of hs o operty since h is the b fary the activi d, also, Su loss is a part of is d cnti .to heud p rogra. oever, hen e y of ersns is nct infested nor subject to control acti- ties -d such ersons are not ir, a g the prog a as in te instan I laine, it -e- unreasonable to a, plythe prohibA don agnst t for injur or destrua-aon re ting f con easures crised tiner the Pest Control at. £ratng the cliat as innocet bystanders, it se~s to us that the injuries foi~ing the bases of tner