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 338 FIFTYJTIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. 85. 1898. used to collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries for experiments with reference to their introduction into this country; and the seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants thus collected, purchased, tested, and propagated shall not be included in general distribution, but shall be used for experimental tests, to be carried on with the cooperation of the agricultural experiment station. d£gg;;*¢··¤¤¤¤*vr¤· Dommsrro suc-An rnonocrrou: To enable the Secretary of Agri- ` culture to continue inquiry and ascertain the progress made in the production of domestic sugar from beets and sorghum, including the area of available lands adapted thereto by irrigation or otherwise, and to investigate all other matters concerning the same, for cost of labor, · traveling, and other expenses, seven thousand dollars. Bureau of Animal SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF ANIJIAL INDUSTRY: For I"{;l·Kft§f,,_31_ carrying out the provisions of the Act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred aud eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, V¤1·26·1>·414- and the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for an inspection of meats and animals, and also the provisions v°]·26¤P-1089· of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, providing Inspection ofcmle, for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and products °‘°‘ _ thereof which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce, and ff§§'§‘,Q§m· for other purposes: Provided, That live horses and the carcasses and products thereof be entitled to the same inspection as other animals, Waiver of cermi- carcasses, and products thereof, herein named: Provided farther, That °“° ""th mz °°°‘ the Secretary of Agriculture may in his discretion waive the requirement of a certificate with beef or other products, which are exported to countries that do not require such inspection, nine hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, in such manner as he may think best, in the collection of information concerning mf;’:j§l';$‘l§,‘;“°”°° live-stock, dairy, and other animal products, and to prevent the spread "of plenro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, glanders or farcy, hog cholera, and other diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, and to expend any part of m;‘:_’;j_[;“;I’j,ufaj;‘-· °f 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 pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State to another, and for printing and publishing such reports relating to animal industry as he may direct; and h;;;*jE;·;j;*_j¤,j7•*·* the Secretary of Agriculture may use so much of this sum as he deems ` I i"necessary for promoting the extension and development of foreign markets for dairy and other farm products of the United States, and for suitable transportation for the same; and such products may be bought in open market and disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is authorized to apply the moneys received from the sales of such products towards the continuation and repetition T·¤l·¤r¤t¤¤·r of such experimental exports; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, to be used as a labora- A···¤·¤¤¤mr salaries. tory for aid Bureau of Animal Industry: Provided further, That ‘,;QQ;;,Q{ff,}f‘°"‘“‘°l’ seventy-tive thousand dollars of the sum appropriated by this paragraph shall be immediately available for salaries and expenses of the U¤r·~h<>1m· serum- Bureau of Animal Industry; and the Secretary may use not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars of the sum made immediately available, and not to exceed fifty thousand dollars of the whole sum appropriated, for making and using serum for the prevention and cure of hog cholera. 1 1gi__¤e¤_¤e,—';» {fill e For printing seventy-five thousand copies of the work known as the ,§[§{.{fg,W"""*· ° '°‘ Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse, of which twenty-five thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and fifty thousand copies for the use of the House, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars,Ior so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately availab e.