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 682 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3913. 1906. 8***** Mm, PURCHASE AND Drsrmnurron or snnns: For the purchase, propaga- ¤4ihlr§ii¤“°' - tion, testing, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings and plants; for rent and repairs; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required, in the cit of Washington and elsewhere; all necessary office fixtures " and supplies, fuel, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal cards, gas and electric current, travelingi expenses, and all necessary material and repairs for putting u(p and istributing the same, and to be distributed in localities adapte to their culture, two hundred and fort -two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars, of which amount -*“°“¤°¤*· not less than two hundred and twodthlqusgpd dollars plxll be allotted S°°*’° °*°-· °° b° for Con ressional distribution. An the cretary 0 riculture is mpted w manly' hereby érected to ex nd the said sum, as nearly as practiable, in the purchase, testing, ancidistribution of such valuable seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttin, and plants, the best he can obtain at a public or private sale, and sucbsas shall be suitable for the respective localities to which the same areto be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, and such seeds so purchased shall include a variety of vegetable and iiower seeds suitable for planting and culture in the an various sections of the United States. An equal proportion of five- ""'" °"' sixths of all seeds, bulbs, 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 distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates ' in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or mailed by P¤¤k•:¤¤- the De rtment upon the receipt of their addressed franks, in packages of suchmweight as the Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster- General may jointly determine, to the Postmaster-General; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the Depart- @,,0,, 0, m1_ ment of the results of the experiments therewith: Pmmided, That all uiuc-mr seeds, exc. seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of April shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress, and who have not before, during the same season, been sup lied by the “°’°"°'P“""“'°'· Department: And provided also, That the Secretary shall report., as provided in this Act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be con- _ strued to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending seeds to p,§f{,’,,"lQ{§f,{*°“ °‘ “l" those who aplpl y for the same. And the amount herein appro riated shall not be iverted or used for any other purpose but for this purchase, testing, propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, mulberry and other rare and valuable trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, wL';,g;rf°**°¤° °¤ and plants: Provided, hmnecer, That upon each envelope or wrapper conta1mn(g packages of seeds the contents thereof shall he plainly indi— cated, an the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and localitv he tjtxzp be mapm represents, but shall distribute the same so that each Member may have " _ seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best adapted to the wgggn Qjcllgg ¤¤ locality he represents: Prorvided also, That the seeds allotted to Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth arallels of latitude shall be ready for delivery not later than the tenth) day of January: Prm•ide=d ”fg,*;°;*;·§f,gf,  jim! ev-, That thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars menu! mrs of which sum, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct, may be used to collect, purchase. test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees. shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries or from our possessions for experiments with reference to their introduction into and cultivation in this