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 l·`ll·`TY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 805. 1901. 937 TEA CULTURE! For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary T¤¤¤¤1*¤w· ·f Agriculture to investigate andreport on the cost of making tea and sie best method of cultivating and preparing the same for market, so he Southern States as a profitable industry, seven thousand dollars, wo thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available. PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION or VALUABLE snaps: For the purchase, Plggjjggn d‘g§,§$g‘§; xropagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, mm, eee} D ·ines, cuttings, and plants; the employment of local and special agents, lerks. assistants, and other labor required, in the city of Washington nd elsewhere; transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal ards, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and disributing the same, and to be distributed in localities adapted to their ,05 eggs tedapted to ulture, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which amount C8 "e °' not more than forty-three thousand dollars shall be expended for labor n the city of Virashington, District of Columbia, of which sum five housand dollars shall be immediately available, and not less than one nundred and eighty thousand dollars shall be allotted for Congressional listribution. And the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to exp. nd for labor n the city of‘VVashington during the present iiscal year, out of the um appropriated for seeds for nineteen hundred and one, a total .n1ount not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the aid sum, as nearly as practicable, in the purchase and distribution of ucb valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, he best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as shall be uitable for the respective localities to which the same are to be apporioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, nd such seed so purchased shall include 'a variety of vegetable and lower seeds, suitable for planting and culture in the various sections of he United States. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, mfjI‘;;°g’€S¤i°¤¤l ¤u°¢· iulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their request, ` .fter due notiiication by the Secretary of Agriculture that the allotnent to their respective districts is ready for distribution, be supplied o Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution .mong theirionstituents, or mailed by the Department upon the receipt »f their addressed franks; and the person receiving such seeds shall be equested to inform the Department of the results of the experiments _ herewith: lbwvided, That all seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings f{,‘fQ§‘Qfd ,0,, disw ierein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Con- Si¤i¤¤- ' gress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of April ihall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished ry Senators and Representatives in Congress, and who have not before, lurin the same season, been supplied by the Department: And rrocided also, That the Secretary shall report, as provided in this Act, R°p°r°°fpm°haS€S' zhe place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent Lhe Secretary of A riculture from sending seeds to those who apply ior the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be liverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, zuttings, and plants: Provided, however, That upon each envelope or te§;i_{,<g{}l9a¤ <gS¤¤¤- wrapper containing packages of seeds the contents thereof shall be pp ' plainly indicated, and the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely uniit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall distribute the same so that each mem- k,§,§§§l_S adapted ‘° ber may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best `
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