Chapter 129. making appropriations for the Agricultural Department of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 129.— An Act making appropriations for the Agricultural Department of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.March 3, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation a for the Agricultural Department. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for the objects and purposes hereinafter expressed, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. office of commissioner. For compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, four thousandCompensation of Commissioner, clerks, etc. dollars; chief clerk in said department, two thousand dollars; chief of division of accounts, disbursing clerk, and superintendent of Department building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant, who shall act as jiroperty clerk, one thousand four hundred dollar's; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class one, four thousand eight hundred dollars; one librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; clerks, carpenter, watchman, and laborers, eight thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand dollars. chemical division.
For compensation of chief chemist, two thousand dollars; one assistantChemist. chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars. For the employment of additional assistants in the chemical Department, four thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. botanical division. For compensation of one botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Botanist. one assistant botanist, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. 382 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 129. 1881. entomological division. Entomologist.For compensation of entomologist, two thousand dollars; one assistant entomologist, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred dollars. statistical division. Statistician.For compensation of one statistician, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. garden and grounds.
Superintendent of garden.For compensation of superintendent of garden and grounds, two thousand dollars. microscopical division. Microscopist.For compensation of microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars. laboratory.Laboratory. Chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemist and microscopist, and for necessary expenses in conducting experiments, six thousand dollars. museum.Museum. For compensation of two attendants in museum, at a salary of one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars. seed division.
Superintendent of seed division.For compensation of superintendent of seed division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one superintendent of flower-seed room, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars. Statement of expenditures to Congress.And it is hereby enacted that, in addition to the proper vouchers and accounts for the sums herein appropriated to the accounting officers of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall present a detailed statement of the manner of the expenditure of the amounts hereby appropriated, to accompany his estimates to be presented qt the next *Proviso.*regular session of Congress: *Provided,* That no part of these sums shall be paid to any person receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the government. agricultural statistics.
Statistics.For collecting agricultural statistics and compiling and writing matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, ten thousand dollars: *provided,* That no part of this sum shall be paid to any person receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the government. purchase and distribution of seeds, and so forth. Purchase, props nation, and distribution of seedsplants, and cuttings.For the purchase and propagation and distribution, as required by law, ‘ of seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of put- I ting up the same, eighty thousand dollars.
An equal proportion of one- half of all seeds, plants, and cuttings shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or shall, by their direction, be sent to 383 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. in. Ch. 129. 1881. their constituents; and the persons receiving such seeds shall inform the*Proviso.* department of the results of the experiments therewith: *Provided,* That all seeds, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for at the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed by the Commissioner of Agriculture: *Provided further,* That three thousand dollars of this sum*Proviso.* shall be expended in the discretion of the Commissioner in experimentsCotton, experiments in culture of.*Proviso.* for the improvement of the varieties and culture of cotton: *And provided also,* That the Commissioner shall report, as provided in this act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, from whom purchased, and the date of purchase.
But nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Commissioner of Agriculture from sending flower, garden, and other seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, plants, cuttings, and vines. For experiments in connection with the culture and manufacture ofTea, experiments in culture, etc., of. tea, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture, ten thousand dollars, which shall be available immediately. experimental garden and grounds.
For labor in experimental garden, five thousand dollars; plant-pots,Labor, etc. two hundred and fifty dollars; continuing repairs and painting greenhouses, and so forth, five hundred dollars; purchasing and propagating new plants and seeds of economic value, five hundred and fifty dollars; tools for greenhouses, one hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to heating apparatus, new pipes, and so forth, four hundred and fifty dollars; charcoal, sand, and sod for potting plants, one hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.
COLLECTING, MODELING, AND SO FOETH. For collecting and modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, andSpecimens of fruits. collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one thousand dollars. furniture and repairs.Furniture and repairs. FOR REPAIRS OF BUILDING, HEATING APPARATUS, FURNITURE, CARPETS AND MATTING, WATER AND GAS PIPES, AND SO FORTH, FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. library.Library. For entomological and botanical works of reference, works on chemistry, mineralogy, and charts, current agricultural works for library, miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and the completion of imperfect series, one thousand dollars. investigation as to insects injurious to agriculture.
For investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to agriculture;Insects. for experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them; chemicals, traveling, and other expenses in the practical work of the entomological division, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That to*Proviso.* enable the Entomological Commission to complete and publish the data already obtained by them, with the investigations made, the sum of five thousand dollars of said sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of said commission; and the report of the said commission, and an itemized statement of their expenditures, shall be made to the Commissioner of Agriculture. 384 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 129. 1881. examination of wools and animal fibers. Testing wools, &c.1880, ch. 252, Sess. 2, 295.To complete the testing, by scientific examination, of the textile strength, felting capacity, and other peculiarities of the different wools and animal fibers collected at the Philadelphia International Exhibition of Sheep and Wool Products, in pursuance of the acts approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and to publish the report, thereon, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and out of this sum the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby Report.John L.
Hayes, payment to.authorized to pay to John L. Hayes, for his Report on Sheep Husbandry in the South, published by resolution of Congress, at the rate per printed page paid for contributions to the agricultural reports, not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars. investigating the diseases of swine and other domesticated animals. Diseases of farm animals.For continuing the investigation of the diseases of swine, and infectious and contagious diseases to which all other classes of domesticated animals are subject, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be available immediately; and of this sum fifteen thousand dollars shall be devoted to the investigation of the disease of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle. machinery, apparatus and experiments in the manufacture of sugar.
Sugar from sorghum, and from beets.For expenses of machinery and apparatus, labor, and so forth, to continue experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum and other sugar-producing plants, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be available immediately; and out of the above sum the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to pay the chief chemist one thousand dollars as additional compensation for the next fiscal year. For the continuation of experiments in connection with the manufacture of sugar from beets, and for the cultivation of beets for that purpose, ten thousand dollars. data respecting the agricultural needs of country west of rocky mountains.
Data concerning agricultural needs of United States west of Rocky Mountains.For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to procure and publish data touching the agricultural needs of that portion of the United States lying west of the Rocky Mountains, five thousand dollars. reclamation of arid and waste lands. Arid lands.*Proviso.*For the reclamation of the arid and waste lands lying in certain West? era States and Territories, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of this sum shall be expended in experiments upon the lands of individuals or corporations, but only upon the lands belonging to the United States. forestry.Forestry.
For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, five thousand dollars. postage.Postage. For postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles for correspondents and foreign mail, four thousand dollars. contingent expenses.Contingent expenses. For stationery, freight, express charges, fuel, fights, subsistence, and care of horses, repairs of harness, paper, twine, and gum for folding- room; and for miscellaneous items, namely, for advertising, telegraph- 385 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 129, 130. 1881. ing, dry-goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, and for necessary items, including actual traveling expenses while on the business of the department, ten thousand dollars. building for the display of the agricultural implements. For the purpose of erecting a building on the Agricultural groundsBuilding for agricultural implements. for the display of all agricultural implements that may be presented to the department for exhibition therein, ten thousand dollars; to be available immediately.
For labor, new implements, repair of tools, wagons and carts, manure,Labor, etc. and purchasing trees for arboretum, five thousand dollars. Repairing and resurfacing the concrete roads and walks on the grounds,Repair of grounds. three thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby directed and Accounts and reports.required to account and report to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury in the same manner and at the same times as the heads of executive departments of the government are now required by law to account and report.
Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with Repeal provisions.the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1881.