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 740 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 214. 1893. P·>¤*=¤z¤- POSTAGE: Postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles for correspondents and foreign mail, five thousand dollars. C°‘°*”€°“‘°‘P°’“°“· CONTING-ENT EXPENSES: Stationery, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel and lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, purchasing supplies, and washing towels; the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses; the purchase and repair of harness; expenses of sales ot old material; payment of duties on imported articles; actual traveling expenses while on business of the Department; and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, and necessary for the practical and eflicient work of the Department, twenty- tive thousand dollars. hg¤¤¤¤¤ of g¤ii¤=·1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU or JXNIMAL INDUSTRY; For .,a,_°°"y‘ S° °"°°’ carrying out the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen V°‘·23·P·“· hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal lndustry, v°L 2°‘ " *1* and of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, pro- VM-¤¤.1»-1049 viding for an inspection of meats and animals, also the provisions of I“”P°°*’i°“· the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, providing for the inspection of live cattle, hogs and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes, the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, and in such manner as he hmmag ,,1,,,,,,, may think best, to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia and other cf r1•>¤r<>v¤¤¤m¤¤i=¤- diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as _ he may deem necessary, including one thousand dollars additional tempo- A“°"“°°`“°°’“°f‘ rary compensation to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and to expend any part of this sum in the purchase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals, and the quarantine of the same whenever in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, or other diseases of animals, from one State into another, and for printing and publishing such reports relating to aninal industry as he may direct; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of L_,,,,,,,m,,y_ not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars, to be used as a labora- Prana. tory for said Bureau of Animal Industry: Provided, That fifteen thou- within the United States, into the nature, causes, and remedies for prevention and cure of hog cholera and swine plague. ,°$gg;g*;§;;°¤¤¤¤¤· QUARANTINE STATIONS ron NEAT CATTLE: To establish and ' maintain quarantine stations, and to provide proper shelter for and care of neat cattle imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary, fifteen thousand dollars. §:¤r¤*;—ry [gf, Agri, That whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall certify to the Sec- fg; ;·;;j*=*¤=*<>¤¤ ·l*¤· trom contagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals, and that V0l.26,p.6l6. neat cattle and hides can be imported from such countries into the United States without danger to the domestic animals of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury shall suspend the prohibition of the importation of neat cattle and hides, in the manner provided by law. rsuigm mime. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and pure bred animals, under the provisions of paragraph four hundred and eighty- v°i.¤¤_p.6m, twg of the act of Congress approved October drst, eighteen hundred an ninetv. »l}i£j_;·p;gg;£¤ ¤~¤- AGRICULTURAL EXPERLMENT STATIONS: To carry into effect the ’° V 01-24 M0 ‘ provisions of an act approved March second, eightcen hundred and J" ‘ eighty-seven, entitled ‘·An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several
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 * },',..:}:-`i,,,{'°'§,,\,"}`,.,,",. retary of the Treasury what countries or parts of countries are tree