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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2907. 1907. 1267 State of Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Con- "°*· 3F- P- *35- gress approved April eighteenth, nineteen hundred; to investigate T" °““*V““°°- and report on the cost of growing and curing tea. and the best method of cultivating and preparing tha same for market; to investigate and S"g“’*"°d“°“°°· develop the domestic production of sugarbccb seed and the bestmcthods of increasing the tonnage of sugar beets; to continue inquiry and ascertain the progress made in the production of domestic su rfrom beets and sorghum and other sugarproducing plants; to colizt, urcbase, propagate, test, and experiment with mrc new seeds, bulgs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; for the employment of investi- ""'°*“g“"’”·°‘°· gators, loca.] and special agents, agricultura.l cx lorors, experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, student or scientific aiss, foreman, gardeners, mechanics, and all other labor and scientific assistance required in conducting investigations and experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere. And the employees of tho Bureau of Plant Industry L"‘“°“ °""”°“°° outside of the city of Washington may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, without additional expense be the Government, be granted leaves of absence not to exceed fifteen days in any one year, which leave may in exceptional and meritorious cases, where such an employee is ill, be extended, in the discretion _0f the Secretary of A¥*iculturc, not to exceed fifteen days additional in any one year. _ or collating, mapping, illustrating, digesting, printing, reporting, ,0}’,Q,“:f}},‘f“""¥ '“‘ publishing, and disseminating information on the results of these investigations and experiments. And the Secretary of Agriculture is Mfg? °‘ "“‘· °‘°·· hereby directed to obtain in the open market samples of seeds of grass, clover, or alfalfa, test the same, and if any such seeds are found to be adultcmted or misbmnded, or any seeds of Canada blue mss (Pos c0mpressa)a.rc obtained under any other name than Canada glue grass or Pos compressa, to publish the; results of the tests, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale. For actual and necessary traveling expenses; for telegraph and tele- N‘f,gQ_‘*”g°“ ‘ °*‘ phone service; for gas and electric current; for forage, icc, postage, and washing towels; for express and frci ht charges; for the purchase of chemicals, materials, officc, Held, andg laboratory supplies, fertilizers, officc fixtures, fuel, apparatus, machinery, tools, and other implements, and repairs to same, horses, vehicles, horsashocing, and harness: for rents and repairs, not to exceed nineteen thousand dollars, in the District of Columbia; and for all other necessary expenses. Five hundred and eighty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Gum INVESHGATIONSI To enable the Secretary of Agri¢·ult,un·e to __rEm{;'}j};igglg;j<’·‘* establish and maintain. at such points as he may damn expedient. ` laboratories for the purpose of cxuminini and reporting upon the nature, quality, and condition df my sump c, puree, or consigmnemt: of seed or min, including rent an the employment of lubor in the vity of Wusgington and elsewhere, forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to report upon such samples, parcels, or consignumnts from time to time, and the reports so made shall serve as a basis for the fixing of definite grades and also for the issuance of certificates of inspection when requested by the consignor or consignec of any gmin egtcring into foreign commerce. _ Puncrnss Asn n1s·rm1xU·n0N QF VALUABLE SEEDS: For the pur- §,§;‘·}§;m’ dm,i,,u_ chase, propagation, testing, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, ricrwrvtrees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; for rent and repairs; the employment of local and s cial qgents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required, in tha city otP€Vushington and elsewhere; all necessary 0H50c fixtures and sup lies. fuel, transportation, paper, twine, gum, postal cards, gas, and eYcctric current, traveling expenses, and all nec-