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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 256. 1910. 423 To cultivate and care for experimental gardens and grounds, d;§j;f’§{g¤°”*“1 8**** manage and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses, thirteen thousand five hundred and forty dollars; _ For continuing the necessary improvements to establish and main- pj,§;‘,*f§Q;,X_°~· °*° tain a general experiment farm a.nd_ agricultural station on the A'l“*g’°“ °it€£°’§“t tit SQIQTE °ZpV12g$E2i“1il'ii1“.§i?,‘i?"fi.Z'$‘€i ”£§lét§Z§ M 31 » M rovisionso ecoo ssp _, _ liundred, and for other eneral horticultural investigations, thirty- four thousand nine humged and thirty dollars; For the maintenance of a testing garden on_ the Fort Brown },*g;,*,§g¤;*ug&g`§f· Military Reservation at Brownsville, Texas, nine thousand one hwdmd daums . . . . .a..im.i.. For general administrative expenses_connected with the above- ,,e,,,e,_ mentioned lines of investigation, including the_oi*lice of the chief of bureau, the assistant chief of bureau, the chief clerk, the editor, records, supplies, and property, and for miscellaneous expenses gnriident thereto, forty-two thousand eight hundred and eleven o ars; _ In all for neral e nses, one million one hundred and ninety- thripe thbusangdi three liciihadred and forty-six dollars. F h Seeds Urzcnasn AND msrarnutrron or VALUABLE snaps: or urc ase, P,,,,,,g,,,,_ ,;,,,,,,,,1, propagation, testing, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, *·*°¤· °*¤- shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; all necessary office fixtures and _ ‘ sppplies, fuel, trappppftationlin paper, twine,  postal cardsicgasi e ectric current, o ci trave g expenses, an necessary ma ria and re airs for uttin u and distributin the same; for rent and repairsp and thep empgzdient of local and special agents, clerks assistants, and other la r required, in the city of Washington and elsewhere three hundred and nine thousand five hundred and ninety _ dollars, of which amount not less than two hundred and sixty-five ,O,°,:'gg{f’**°°°l **1* thousand seven hundred and ten dollars shall be allotted for congres- Seed m to be sional distribution. And the Secretary of Agr1culture_1s hereby ,d,pu,'3,§l,;;,,my, directed to expend the said sum, as· near y as practicable, in the purchase, testing, and distribution of such valuab e seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and pxlants, the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as s all be suitable for the resplective localities to which the same are to be apportioned, and in w ich same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, and such seeds so purchased shall include a variety of vegetable and flower seeds suita le for planting, and culture in the various sections of the United States. An equa ,,$,'§{,"§,f“*°"°’ ‘“’ prolportion of five-sixths of all seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttingp, an plants, shall, upon their request, after due not1iication_by t, e Secretary of Agrrcu ture that the allotment to their respective districts is ready or distribution, be supplied to Senators, epresenta— tives, and Delegates to Congress for distribution among their constituents, or mailed by the department upon the receipt of their addressed franks, in packages of such weight as the Secretary. of _ ul]t;;e and t-ple Postmaster-(generallmay jointly determ1n<;:_ ro- f,{$°,§;,,, 0,,,,,,,,,, ever at u on eac enve ope or wra er con_aimn p<>r¤.<=w- packages of seeds the cibntents thereof shall be plIia.i)nly indicated? an<%)tlie Secretagy shall not dipitrgbutehto iny Senatgrf Relppeslentative, or e e ate see sentire u t or the c 'mate an ocai y e represents, béit shall distributbe the same so that each Member may have %ds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best adapted to the _ locality he represents: Provided also, That the seeds allotted to Sena- ,,,,§§,§'f,{'.,, ,§],,‘§,",§,,‘:’ *° tors and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude shall be read for delivery not later than the tenth day of January: Pro- ¤§,F’°§'§§;‘§"{,‘,},,§’,Q,,“,f" vided ago, That any portion of the allotments to Senators, Repre-