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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1008. 1903. 1159 producing plants, especially with reference to their content of available suglar, seventy thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That memes. fifteen thousand dollars thereof shall be used exclusively for the pur- Simp pose of investigating, determining, and reporting the proper treatment and process in order to secure uniform grade and quality of first-class table sirup, of which sum ten thousand dollars shall be immediately available: Provided, That if found necessary, twelve hun- New boiler. dred dollars of the amount hereby aplpropriated may be used for the purchase and installment of a new bo` er in the Bureau of Chemistry. d Total for Bureau of Chemistry, eighty-five thousand three hundred o ars. BUREAU or SOILS. "“’°““°‘*’°"* Brmmu or Sous, saunmsz One soil h sicist, who shall be chief "*'°~’i°°· of bureau, three thousand five hundred) dyollars; one scientist, two thousand five hundred dollars; onescientist, two thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two scientists, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, th ree thousand six hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand four hundred dollars _ each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand two hundred dollhrs each, two thousand four hundred dollars one scientist, one thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand °l°*’k=*·**¤· two hundred dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks class two, four thousand two hundred dollars; five clerks class one, six thousand dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; two watchman at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one charwoman, four hundred and Eighty dollars; in all, forty-two thousand four hundred and eighty _ o ars. GENERAL EXPENSES, BUREAU or Sous: Investigation of the rela- §’,$‘$$,'§,§§*{f§$,";,, tion of soils to climate and organic life; for the investigation of the $0***- texture and com ition of s011s in the field and laboratory; for the investigation of theseause and prevention of the rise of alkali in the soils of the irrigated districts; the investigation of the relation of soils to drainage and seepage waters, and of methods for the prevention of the accumulation of an injury from seepa e waters in irrigated districts; for investigations of soils in continental United States and for indicating upon maps or plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations; to map the tobacco soils of the United States; to inves- T""‘°°°· tigate the soils and conditions of tobacco growth in Cuba, Sumatra, and other tobacco-competing countries; to investigate, in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant lndustry, the methods of curing, with particular reference to fermentation; to originate, through selection and breeding, improved varieties for the principal tobacco districts of the United States, and to secure, as far as may be, a change in the methods of supplyin tobacco to foreign countries; the location of the stations; rent of buildings, not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum, for R°'“· office and laboratory purposes; the employment of local and special S*‘°°m “g°“°“* °"‘ agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; the £,;';r',°:,S em preparation and printing of reports, drawings, and illustrations; for ' materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, gas and electric current, furniture, supplies, for telegraph and telephone service, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, and other necessary expenses, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.