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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 555. 1900. 199 hundred and eighty-seven; shall ascertain whether the exgenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance wit the provisions of the said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, in the city of Vi ashington and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and supplies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment Station Record, bulle· Rg'@g¥;g'*‘§g§¤°S”“°¤ tins and reports, as he may find essential in carrying out the objects` of the above Acts, and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance. · And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to m{g§$;{m_g{ur*;¤*¤¤¤· such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the ` card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received toward the expense of the preparation of the index. ” _ V And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend ten Hawaiian Islands thousand dollars of, which sum to establish and maintain an a ricul- °°”"°°‘ l tural station in the Hawaiian Islands, including the erection of bui§iings, the printing (in the Hawaiian Islands), illustration, and distribution of reports an bulletins, and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of said station, which sum shall be immediately available. if 'And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend Sofgggfggigagifs five thousand dollars of which sum to investigate and report to Con- am. °°’ gress on the agricultural resources and capabilities of Porto Rico with special reference to the selection of locations for agricultural experiment stations, and the determination of the character and extent of agricultural experiments immediately demanded by the condition of agriculture in that island, and to prepare, print, publish, and distribute in Porto Rico circulars of iiiquiry and bu letins of information in the English and Spanish languages, which sum shall be immediately available; in all, seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars. _ e V THE Anmmerox EXPERIMENTAL FARM: To enable the Secretary of mj,{§,‘{§*$*;1 ¤¤P¢1‘i· Agriculture.to commence the necessary improvements to establish and Expenses. ` maintain a general experimental farm‘ and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April eighteenth, nineteen Ame. p. 134. hundred, entitled "An Act to set apart a portion of the Arlington estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and to place said portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors-in oiHce,” the sum of ten thousand dollars, of which two thousand dollars shall be immediately available. _ - . _ · Ntrrarrrox rlnvmsrrearrioxsz To enable the Secretary of Agriculture uN¤€ri¤¤¤ investigato investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various arti- °°°' cles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and ediblelrations less wasteful and_ more economical than those in common use, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due re rd to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and 'ggrritories, and as may be mutually agreed upon; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of _Agriculture or otherwise. ° ’ s - lamearriou INVESTIGATIONS2 To enable the Secretary of Agriculture m};;i8¤¤¤¤i¤V¤¤*i8¤· to investigate and report upon the laws and institutions relating to ` irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, with especialsugges-