Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/987

 FIF’I`Y-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 805. 1901. 935 repairs and improvements to buildings and heating apparatus; for the employment ot one carpenter, at one thousand dollars, and for the employment of one painter, at nine hundred dollars; the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses, for official purposes only; the purchase and repair of harness; the purchase and repair of vehicles, for official purposes only; payment of duties on imported articles, and the Depart- D‘S¥’°”0h 08000 ment of Agriculture’s proportionate share of the dispatch agent in New York, not to exceed four hundred dollars; 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 efficient work of the Department, including not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for postage, thirty-seven thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS. Aenrcnnrnnnn Exrnmmnxr simmons: To carrv into effect the pro- Asgi<;¤;$¤r¤1¤xp¤rivisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and men Sa ms' eighty-seven, entitled €‘An Act to establish agricultural experiment V<>1·24»p-440- stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hun- V<>¤-12,¤-503- dred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto," and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and eightv-nine thousand dollars; thirty-three thousand dollars of which sum shall be payable Fo¤¤S· upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture, to enable him to carry out the provisions of section three of said Act of March second, V<>1·24·r>·441- eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and twelve thousand dollars of which sum may be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report to Congress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of Alaska; and to establish and maintain agricultural Alaskaexperiment stations in said Territory, including the erection of buildings and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of such stations, of which sum three thousand dollars shall be immediately available; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form Anuualsmement of the annual financial statement required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of 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 WV ashington and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and supplies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment REX1>§¤¤%¤¤¤¢ Smivn Station Record, bulletins and reports, as he may find essential in car- em ’€ °' rying out the objects of the above Acts, and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance. And the Secre- miufgi <>£m¤sri¤¤i· tary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions 8 em e` 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. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby author- mlf$;*m0¤, I0l0·¤d¤ ized to expend twelve thousand dollars of which sum to establish and ` maintain an agricultural station in the Hawaiian Islands, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in the Hawaiian Islands), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of said station. And the Secretary of **0**0 Ri00¤000°i0¤· Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend twelve thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in Porto Rico, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in