Chapter 338. making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 338.— An Act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.March 3, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation for the Agricultural Department. That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. office of commissioner. For compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, four thousand fiveCompensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, clerks, etc. hundred dollars; chief clerk in said Department, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief of division of accounts and disbursing officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant disbursing officer, who shall act as property clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk to disbursing officer, one thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one engraver, two thousand dollars; one microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand two 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; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; two firemen, at seven 354 hundred and twenty dollars each; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants in folding-room, at six hundred dollars each; messengers, carpenters, watchmen, and laborers, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventy-thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. chemical division.
For compensation of chief chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars;Chemists and assistants. one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars; employment of additional assistance, when necessary, in the chemical division, six thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand live hundred dollars. entomological division. For compensation of entomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars;Entomologist and assistant.Additional assistants.Miscellaneous. one assistant entomologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistants in the entomological division, when necessary, four thousand dollars; for investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to agriculture and horticulture, experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them, and for the promotion of economic ornithology, or the study of the interrelation of birds and agriculture, an investigation of the food, habits, and migration of birds in relation to both insects and plants, and publishing report thereon, for drawings, and for chemicals and travelling and other expenses on the practical work of the entomological division, twenty five thousand dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand nine hundred dollars. gardens and grounds.
For compensation of superintendent of gardens and grounds, twoSuperintendent of grounds.Contingent expenses. thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; labor, purchase and repair of tools, wagon and carts, manure, and purchase of trees, six thousand dollars; repairing and resurfacing concrete roads, two thousand dollars; labor in experimental garden, five thousand dollars; flower pots, two hundred and fifty dollars; painting greenhouses, six hundred dollars; repairing greenhouses, wood work, and glazing, one thousand dollars; purchase of economic seeds and plants, six hundred dollars; repairs of heating apparatus, including one new boiler, six hundred and fifty dollars; purchase of soil, sand, charcoal, and so forth, for potting plants, one hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. museum.
For compensation of curator of museum, one thousand four hundredCurator, attendant, and watchman. dollars; one attendant in museum, one thousand dollars; one night watchman for museum building, who shall also act as night watchman for seed building, seven hundred and twenty dollars; collecting and Fruits, vegetables.Specimens.modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, and collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. laboratory.
For chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemists and microscopists,Laboratory. and for the necessary expenses in conducting experiments, including experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum and other vegetable plants, forty thousand dollars. seed division. For compensation of chief of seed division, one thousand eight hundredChief of seed division and superintendent. dollars; one superintendent of seed room, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, atClerks. 355 eight hundred and forty dollars; for the purchase and propagation, andPurchase, propagation, and distribution of seeds, etc. distribution, as required by 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, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
An equal proportion of two-thirds of all plants, seeds, trees, cuttings, vines, and shrubs 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 Department of the results of the experiments therewith: *Provided*, That all*Provisos*. 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, 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 be 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 he represents. division of agricultural statistics.
For compensation of one statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars;Statistician.Clerks. two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; for collecting foreign and domestic Collection of agricultural statistics.Reports.agricultural statistics, and compiling, writing, and illustrating matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, seventy-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand three hundred dollars. furniture, cases, and repairs.
For repairing buildings, heating apparatus, furniture, carpeting, matting,Furniture, repairs, etc. water and gas pipes, and other necessary articles, and painting Department building and annex, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 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. bureau of animal industry.Bureau of Animal Industry.To carry out act of May 29, 1884.*Ante*, p. 31.
For carrying out the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the bureau of animal industry, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, and in such manner as he may think best, to prevent thePrevent spread of pleuropneumonia.Appropriation. spread of pleuropneumonia, not to conflict with existing law. 356 quarantine stations for neat cattle.
To establish and maintain quarantine stations, and to provide properQuarantine stations. shelter for and care of neat cattle imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary thirty thousand dollars. forestry. For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to experimentForestry. and to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, and the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds, ten thousand dollars. tea culture. For the cultivation and distribution of the tea plants on the GovernmentCultivation and distribution of tea plants on Government tea farm. tea farm, three thousand dollars; of which sum not more than two thousand dollars shall be expended for salaries and wages of labor. silk culture.
For the encouragement and development of the culture and raisingCulture of raw silk. of raw silk, fifteen thousand dollars. postage. For postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articlesPostage. for 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 necessary items, including actual travelling expenses while on the business of the Department, fifteen thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That no part of the money herein or hereafter appropriatedCommissioner of Agriculture to report to Congress detailed statement of expenditures. for 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 or 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 expenditure of all appropriations for said Department for the last preceding fiscal year.
Approved, March 3, 1885.