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 932 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1917. char e of the administration of any kind_of vocational education m the §ate may, if the State so elect, be designated as the State board, '1‘¤mp¤¤-rv ¤¤¢?*~ fo1l;h;n}ymSlig.StgSt(h; of which does not meet in nineteen authorized to do so, shall accept the provisions of this Act and designate or create a State board of not ess than three members to_act in cooperation with the Federal Board for Vocational Education, the Federal board shall recognize such local board for the purposes of this Act until the legislature of such State meets m due course and has been in session sixty da§. m?’g**;,°*{)*ySg°a°,;§“¤“ Any State may accept e benefits of any one or more of the ’ respective frmds erein appropriated, and rt may defer the acceptance of the benefits of any one or more of such funds, and shall be ,,, required to meet only the conditions relative to the fund or funds the auiomiz required for benefits of which it has accepted: Provided, That after June thrrtieth, ?g°°“"°m1 nineteen hundred and twenty, no State shall receive any appropriation for salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects, rmtil it shall have taken advantage of at least the minimum amount _ _ _ approlpriated for the training of teachers, supgrvisors, or directors of ¤,%$f‘”§,‘},$ul-,°°§i,‘§§E,,L}Z agric tural subjects, as provided for in t Act, and that after {9_;gggg¤m°'““** im said date no State shall receive any appropriation for the salaries ` of teachers of trade, home economics, and mdustrial subjects until it shall have taken advantage of at least the minimum amount appropriated for the training of teachers of trade, home economics, an industrial sub`ects, as §rovided for in this Act. ·g*`d¤¤¤¤¤ B°•*d· °¤* Sec. 6. That a hederal oard for Vocational Education is hereby Coinpmmon created, to consist of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Appomuwljwmws Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the mted States Commissioner ` of Education, and three citizens of the United States to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One of said three citizens shall be a representative of the manufacturing and commercial interests, one a representative of the agricultural interests, and one a representative of labor. The board °`°"’”‘ shall elect annually one of its members as chairman. In the iirst instance, one of the citizen members shall be appointed for one year, my to spmmm one for two years, and one for three years andplihereafter for three mmm. years each. The members of the board other than the members of the Cabinet and the United States Commissioner of Education shall receive a salary of $5,000 per annum. ` P¤*·¤•¤·i d¤¤·¤· The board shall have power to cooperate with State boards in carrying out the provisions of this Act. It shall be the duty of the Federal Board for Vocational Education to make, or cause to have made studies, investigations, and reports, with particular reference to their use in aiding the States in the establishment of vocational schools and classes and in giving instruction in agriculture, trades and industries, commerce and commercial pursuits, and home ,,§,‘g'é§§,§,§,f’g{‘jl“· ‘”‘ economics. Such studies, investigations, and reports shall include agriculture and agricultural processes and requirements upon agricultural workers; trades, industries, and apprenticeships, trade and mdustnal requirements upon industrial workers, and classification of industrial processes and pursuits; commerce and commercial pursuits and requirements upon commercial workers; home management, domestic science, and the study ot related facts and principles; and problems of administration of vocational schools and of courses hd I _ of study and mstruction in vocational subjects. A,,,,°§,§,,?$§’°{,“,*,§‘g§’,_ When the board deems it advisable such studies, investigations, ¤¤¤¢- and reports concerning agriculture, for the purposes of agricultural education, may be made in cooperation with or through the Department of Agriculture ; such stu ies, mvestigations, and reports con-
 * 1¤°iiii.°g°mmr°n° m hundred and seventeen, if the governor of that State, so far as he is