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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. ·Sess. II. Ch. 1008. 1903. 1155 ping for all necessary office fixtures and supplies, twenty-tive thousand o ars. ARLINGTON EXPERIMENTAL FARM! To enable the Secretary ot Agri- Arlington expert culture to continue the necessary improvements to establish and main- m€m°1""m° tain a general experimental farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, including em loyment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere, and for ad) necessary iixtures, supplies, material, apparatus, and other expenses, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April eighteenth, V°‘·31·¥’·]35· ninteen hundred, entitled "An Act to set apart a portion of the Arling- Lana sa gpm. ton estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and to place Said portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors in office," which Act shall be construed to confer upon the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors jurisdiction over so much of the Government land in Alexandria County, Virginia, known as the Arlington estate, as lies east of the public road leading from the Aqueduct Bridge to Alexandria, Virginia, otherwise called the Georgetown and Alexandria road, and between said road and the Potomac River, containing about four hundred acres, with the exception, however, of a strip of land as follows: Commencing at the point where the Georgetown and Alexandria road enters the Arlington estate on the north side, thence alon said road six hundred and twenty-five ards, thence in a line perpenécular to said road to the Chesa ake ancll Ohio Canal, thence along said canal to the north line of this reservation, fifteen thousand dollars. ' TEA—CULTURE INVESTIGATIONSZ For all expenses necessary, includ- g8'§$;g¤“¤£¢ *¤*¤¤¤· ing the employment of labor in the city of lVashington or elsewhere, ` to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on the cost of making tea and the best method of cultivating and preparing the same for market, so as to demonstrate whether it is practicable to introduce its culture in the Southern States as a profitable industry, and for all necessary iixtures, supplies. apparatus, material, and other expcénses, ten thousand dollars. RCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION or VALUABLE SEEDS: For the purchase, g‘gS,Q‘;*e°',§j?,j*},§bu_ propagation, testing, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, mm, em. ` shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; for rent of building, not to exceed three thousand dollars; the employment of local and special agents, clerks. assistants, and other labor required, in the city of Washington and elsewhere; all necessary office iixtures and supplies, fuel, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal cards, gas, and electric current; traveling expenses, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in localities ada ted to their culture, two hundred and ninety thousand A"°““°“°· dollars. of which amount not more than fortv-eight thousand dollars shall be expended for labor in the city of Wasbington, District of Columbia. and not less than two hundred and ten thousand dollars shall be allotted for Congressional distribution. . And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the udm ,j‘foé,,f§y_“ ~ said sum, as nearly as practicable, in the purchase. testing, and distribution of such valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants. the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as shall be suitable for the respective localities to which the same are to be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, and such seeds so urchased shall include a variety of vegetable and iiower seeds suitabiia for planting and culture in the various _ sections of the United States. An equal proportion of two-thirds mg§§g'°“‘°““‘ "u°" of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their request. after due notification by the Secretary of Agriculture that the allotment to their respective districts is ready for