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 302 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 985. 1902. Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and sup- _ plies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment Station Record, bulletins and reports, as he may apggxsjd gfstfuff 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 such institutions or individuals as may°care to buy them co ies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Ogce of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a tprice covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of ese colpies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received towar the dAz¤¤¤¤¤¤l M expense of the preparation of the index. And the Secretary of Agriiifésn. cu ture is hereby authorized 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 Wm Rm- station. And the Secretary of 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 Porto Rico), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential 8*-l°°*P'°d“°“· to the maintenance of said station; and the Secretary of Agriculture . is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and to apply the moneys received from the sale of such _ products to the maintenance of said stations; in all, seven hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars. ugggggegfvgogg- Nnrnrrron rrcvmsrresrrous: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture ' to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use; 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 regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and Territories, and us may be mutually Hmm 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, twenty thousand dollars. 1¤·¤¤··-*<>¤· lnmexnox mvnsrrearrossz To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the laws as affecting irrigation and the rights of riparian proprietors and institutions re atin to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home or abroad, with especial suggestions of better methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture than those in common use, and upon plans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage, and upon the use of different kinds of power for irrigation and other agricultural pur- Reports. poses, and for the preparation. printing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed 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 regard to the var·ying conditions and needs of the respective States and Territories as may be mutually agreed upon, sixty-tive thousand dollars. ?¤**“° meds- Pmsuc norm mqmnrns: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard to the system of road management through-