Sections, act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 878, §§ 1,
2,
50 Stat. 881, extended benefits of former section
343c of this title to Puerto Rico, and for such purpose, authorized appropriations, commencing with initial authorization of $88,000 for the fiscal year beginning after August 28, 1937, and on an ascending scale thereafter, until they amounted to $408,000 annually. See sections
341 to
343,
344 to
346, and
347a to
349 of this title.