Chapter 171. making appropriations for the Agricultural Department of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 171.— An Act making appropriations for the Agricultural Department of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.May 19, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for the Agricultural Department. That the following stuns 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-three, for the objects and purposes hereinafter expressed, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. office of commissioner. For compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, four thousand fiveCompensation of Commissioner of Agriculture. hundred dollars; chief clerk in said department who shall be superintendent of the department building, two thousand two hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of divisionClerks, etc. of accounts and disbursing clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant, who shall act as property clerk, one thousand four 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; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; one librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred, and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants in folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; eight clerks at one thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; six clerks at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; messengers, carpenters, watchmen, and laborers, eight thousand dollars; in all, fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. chemical division.
For compensation of chief chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars;Chemist and assistants. one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars; For the employment of additional assistants, when necessary, in the chemical department, four thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred dollars. entomological division. For compensation of entomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars;Entomologist and assistant one assistant entomologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; 90 For assistants in entomological division, when necessary, four thousandAdditional assistants. dollars; in all, seven thousand nine hundred dollars. garden and grounds.Horticulturist, pomologist, landscape gardener, and superintendent of garden and grounds.
For compensation of horticulturist, pomologist, landscape gardener, and superintendent of garden and grounds, two thousand dollars. microscopical division. For compensation of microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars.Microscopist. botanical division. For compensation of one botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Botanist and assistant. one assistant botanist, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. laboratory. For chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemist and microscopist,Laboratory. and for necessary expenses in conducting experiments, six thousand dollars. museum.
For compensation of two attendants in museum, at a salary of oneMuseum. thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars. seed division. For compensation of chief of seed division, one thousand eight hundredChief of seed division and superintendent. dollars; one superintendent of flower-seed room, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars. division of agricultural statistics. For compensation of one statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars;Statistician.Clerks. 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; four clerks of class one, four thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars.
For collecting agricultural statistics, including statistics of the production,Collection of agricultural statistics. home consumption, and exportation of oleomargarine, and butterine, and imitation butter, and compiling and writing matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, eighty thousand dollars, of which Reports.sum ten thousand dollars shall be immediately available. Said reports shall give a full statement monthly showing the freight charges for the chief agricultural products upon the principal lines of railroads and river routes to the principal markets in the United States. purchase and distribution of seeds, and so forth.
For the purchase and propagation and distribution, as required byPurchase, propagation, and distribution of seeds,etc. law, of seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of putting up the same, to be distributed in localities adapted to their culture, eighty thousand dollars. An equal proportion of two-thirds 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 their constituents; and the persons receiving such seeds shall inform the Provisos.department of the results of the experiments therewith: *Prodded*, 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: *And provided also*, That the Commissioner shall report, 91 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: *But provided, however*, That the Commissioner shall not distribute*Proviso*. to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he 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 locality lie represents.
For experiments in connection with the culture and manufacture ofExperiments in culture and manufacture of tea, and of sugar from surghum, etc. tea, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture, five thousand dollars. For experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum, beets, and other sugar-producing plants, twenty-five thousand dollars. experimental garden and grounds. For labor in experimental garden, five thousand dollars; plant-pots,Labor. two hundred and fifty dollars; continuing repairs and painting greenhouses, and so forth, five hundred dollars; purchasing and propagatingMiscellaneous. new plants and seeds of economic value, six hundred dollars; tools for greenhouses, one hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to beating apparatus, new pipes, and so forth, three hundred and fifty dollars; charcoal, sand, and sod for potting plants, one hundred dollars; new hose, one hundred dollars; new frames for young plants, four hundred and fifty dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars. collecting, modeling, and so forth.
For collecting and modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, andCollecting and modeling specimens of fruits, etc. collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one thousand dollars. furniture, cases, and repairs. For repairs of building, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets and matting,Furniture, repairs, etc. water and gas pipes, and so forth, four thousand dollars; for new roof for department building, one thousand two bundled dollars; for new boilers, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, six thousand seven hundred dollars; two thousand seven hundred dollars of this amount to be immediately available. library.
For entomological and botanical works of reference, works on chemistryLibrary. and mineralogy, charts, current agricultural works for library, miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and the completion of imperfect series, one thousand five hundred dollars investigation as to insects injurious to agriculture. For investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to agricultureInsects injurious to agriculture. and horticulture, including the Rocky mountain locust and the cotton-worm; for experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them; and for chemicals and traveling and other expenses in the practical work of the entomological division, twenty thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand dollars shall be immediately available. examination of wools and animal fibers.
To complete the work now in progress of testing the fineness, textileTesting wools, etc. strength, and other peculiarities of wools and other animal fibers, and 92 for the study of the physical properties of cotton fibers produced under different conditions of climate and culture, and for the preparation of reports thereon, ten thousand dollars, of which sum two thousand dollar’s shall be immediately available. investigating the diseases of domesticated animals. For continuing the investigation of infectious and contagious diseasesDiseases of farm animals. to which all classes of domesticated animals are subject, twenty-five thousand dollars. reclamation of arid and waste lands.
For locating and sinking not exceeding three artesian wells on theArid and waste lands. plains east of the Rocky Mountains, with a view to reclaiming arid and *Provisos*.waste public lands, twenty 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: *Provided also*, That a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be immediately available, may be used by the Commissioner of Agriculture for payment of expenses already incurred. forestry.
For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to experimentForestry. and to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, ten thousand dollars. postage. For postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles forPostage. correspondents and foreign mail, four thousand dollars. contingent expenses. For stationery, freight, express charges, fuel, lights, subsistence, andStationery, etc. care of horses, repairs of harness, paper, twine, and gum for folding-room: and for miscellaneous items, namely, for advertising, telegraphing, 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, fifteen thousand dollars, two thousand dollars of which sum shall be immediately available. labor, and so forth.
For labor, new implements, repair of tools, wagons, and carts, manure,Labor, implements, repairs, etc. and purchasing trees for arboretum, five thousand five hundred dollars. For repairing and resurfacing concrete roads and walks on the grounds, two thousand five hundred dollars. Sec. 2. That no part of the sums herein or hereafter appropriated forCommissioner of Agriculture to report to Congress mailed statement of expenditures. the Department of Agriculture shall be paid to any person, as additional salary or compensation, receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer of employee of the government; and in addition to the proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the said department to be furnished to the accounting officers of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall, at the commencement of each regular session, present to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures of all appropriations for said department for the last preceding fiscal year.
Approved, May 19, 1882.