Chapter 351. making an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year coding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 351.— An Act making an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year coding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes.Mar. 3, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Agricultural Department appropriations. 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-eight, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. office of commissioner. For compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, four thousandPay of commissioner, clerks, etc. five 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 draughtsman, two thousand 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 hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant fireman, at five hundred dollars; superintendent of folding-room,one thousand two hundred dollars; four assistants in folding-room, at six hundred dollars each; one clerk in folding-room, at six hundred and sixty dollars; two night watchmen, at. seven hundred and twenty dollars each; messengers, carpenters, laborers, and charwomen, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventy-one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. botanical division.Botanical division.
One botanist, two thousand dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one botanical clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars. Section of vegetable pathology: One chief of section, two thousand dollars; one assistant, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, for botanical di ision, eight thousand four hundred and forty dollars. pomological divisionPomological division. One pomologist, two thousand dollars. microscopical division.Microscopical division.
One microscopist, two thousand dollars; one assistant microscopist, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. chemical division.Chemical division. One chief chemist, two thousand five, hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars; employment of additional assistants in the chemical division, when necessary, six thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. 496 entomological division.Entomological division.
One entomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand three hundred dollars. division of economic ornithology and mammalogy.Division of economic ornithology and mammalogy. One ornithologist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at six hundred and sixty dollars; and one clerk, at six hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and sixty dollars. experimental garden and grounds.Experimental garden and grounds.
One superintendent, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. museum.Museum. One curator of museum, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand dollars; one night watchman for museum building, who shall also act as night watchman for seed building, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. seed division.Seed division. One chief of seed division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one superintendent of seed-room, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars. statistical division.Statistical division.
One statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars; 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; in all, thirty four thousand three hundred dollars. forestry division.Forestry division.
One chief of forestry division, two thousand dollars. miscellaneous. Botanical division: For purchasing and collecting specimen of plantsInvestigations and miscellaneous expenses.Botanical division. and materials for the herbarium, and for labor in preparing them; for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigations of plants and grasses in the arid districts of the West and South, two thousand dollars. Section of vegetable pathology: For investigating the nature of the diseases of fruits and fruit-trees, grains, and other useful plants, due to parasitic fungi; for chemicals and apparatus required in the field and laboratory; for experiments with remedies; for necessary traveling expenses; for the preparation of drawings and illustrations, and for other expenses connected with the practical work of the investigation, five thousand dollars. 497 Bornological division:
For traveling within the United States, andPomological division. other necessary expenses in collecting and disseminating pomological information, three thousand dollars. Microscopical division: For microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographicMicroneopial division. illustrations, and other necessary supplies, and for the purchase of food samples and fibers in making investigations and examinations into the adulterations of food, one thousand dollars. Chemical division: For chemicals and apparatus for the use of theChemical division. chemist, and for necessary changes in and additions to fixtures to the laboratory, and necessary expenses in conducting experiments, including fifty thousand dollars for the continuation of experiments in theExperiment in sugar manufacture. manufacture of sugar from sorghum and sugar cane and also including the purchase and transportation of samples and supplies; in all, fifty-six thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Commissioner of Agriculture*Proviso*.Itemized report to be made. is hereby required to make a separate report to Congress stating fully and accurately an itemized account of every expenditure made under this provision and the results of all experiments made, and also including the purchase and transportation of samples and supplies, in all, fifty-six thousand dollars.
Entomological division: For investigating the history and habits ofEntomological division. insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, arboriculture, and horticulture; experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them; for publishing reports thereon; and for illustrations, chemicals, traveling and other expenses within the United States, in the practical work of the entomological division, twenty thousand dollars. For collecting and disseminating information relating to silk-culture;Silk culture experiments. for purchasing and distributing silkworm eggs, and for conducting at some point in the District of Columbia experiments with automatic machinery for reeling silk from the cocoon, and for expenses incurred in collecting, purchasing, preparing for transportation, and transporting the cocoons necessary therefor, and for necessary traveling expenses, fifteen thousand dollars.
And the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to sell in open market any and all reeled silk and silkSales of silk. waste produced in these experiments, and to apply the proceeds of such sales to the payment of the legitimate expenses incurred therein; and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall make full report to Congress of the experiments herein provided for, and also of all sales and purchases made under this paragraph. For the encouragement and development of the culture of raising rawWomen’s Silk Culture association.Reports.Laws 1st session 49th Congress, p. 101. silk, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Women’s Silk Culture Association of the United States, located at Philadelphia, and to be paid directly to said association; and said association shall make a full and detailed report of the expenditures and results obtained under this appropriation, and also under the appropriation to said association made for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall transmit the same to Congress, and a like sum of five thousand dollars for the same purposes and under the same restrictions and conditions to the California Ladies Silk Culture Association of California.California Ladies’ Silk Culture Association.
Division of economic ornithology and mammalogy: For the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy; an investigation of the food,Division of economic ornithology and mammalogy. habits, distribution, and migrations of North American birds and mammals, in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for publishing report thereon; and for drawings, traveling and other expenses in the practical work of the division, three thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. Experimental garden and grounds:
For labor in experimental gardenExperimental garden and grounds.Labor. and grounds, the care of conservatories, plant and fruit propagating houses, and keep of the reservation, lawns, trees, roadways, and walks, twelve thousand dollars. For the purchase of tools, wagons, carts, harness, machinery, horseshoeing,Tools, material, etc. and the necessary material for repairing the same; for purchase 498 of new or rare kinds of seeds, plants, and bulbs; for propagation,including expense of transportation, material and labor in packing the same for distribution, and for necessary pots and tubs, and material for the destruction of insects; for the purchase of glass, putty, paints, lumber, and tin; and for carpenter, painter, and other mechanical work for necessary repairs of conservatories, greenhouses, and other garden structures; for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of seeds and plants of medicinal value; for necessary purchases and repairs to maintain steam and water heating apparatus in the glass houses; for finishing concreting carriage-yard, wagon space in front of seed-building, and walks bordering sash beds; for the purchase of soil for potting, manure, sand, charcoal, lime, and other fertilizers for the grounds, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars.
Museum: For collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and otherMuseum. plants, tor labor in preparing them for the museum, one thousand dollars. Seed division: For the purchase, propagation, and distribution, asSeed division. required by la w, of seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of labor, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal cards, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in localities adapted to their culture, one hundred thousand dollars.
An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings,Distribution of seeds, etc. and plants shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents; and the person receiving such seeds shall inform the *Proviso*.Distribution of seeds, etc., uncalled for.Department of the results of the experiments therewith: *Provided*, That all seeds, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates to Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for at the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed by the Report.commissioner of Agriculture: *And provided also*, That the Commissioner shall report, as provided in this act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds 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 tor the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, Distribution to be made with regard to climate and locality.cuttings, and plants: *But provided, however*, That the Commissioner shall not distribute to any Senator.
Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unlit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall distribute the same so that each member may have seeds of equal value, as may be, and the best adapted to the locality he represents. Printing seed-pockets, labels, postal cards, circulars, and so forth:Printing, etc. For printing-press, three hundred and fifty dollars; labor, paper, ink, type, and other necessary material for printing, and for repairing press, two thousand five hundred dollars; for purchase of safe, fifty dollars; material and labor necessary to repair elevator, one hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and three thousand dollars.
Division of agricultural statistics: For collecting foreign and domesticDivision of agricultural statistics. agricultural statistics, and compiling, writing, and illustrating matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, and for the necessary expenses of the same, including paper, envelopes, postal cards, and postage-stamps, sixty-five thousand dollars. For expenses of representation at the first general session of the InternationalDelegate to International statistical Institute.
Statistical Institute, and investigation of European statistical methods, one thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. Furniture, cases, and repairs: For repairing buildings, heating apparatus, Furniture, cases, and repairs.furniture, carpeting, matting, water and gas pipes, new furniture, and all necessary material and labor for the same, including lumber, hardware, glass, and paints, seven thousand dollars. 499 Library: For entomological, botanical, and historical works of reference,Library, books, etc. works on chemistry, forestry, mineralogy, maps, charts, current agricultural works for library, miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and the completion of imperfect series, two thousand dollars.
Salaries and expenses Bureau of Animal Industry: For carrying-outBureau of Animal Industry.Vol. 23, p. 31. the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, five hundred thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum lie may deem necessary or expedient, and in such manner as he may think best, to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, and to expend any part of this sum in the purchasePurchase and destruction of diseased animals. and destruction of diseased or exposed animals and the quarantine of the same whenever in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia from one State into another, one hundred thousand dollars of this sum or so much thereof as may be necessary to be immediately available.
Quarantine stations for neat-cattle: To establish and maintain quarantine Quarantine stations for neat cattle.stations, and to provide proper shelter for and care of neat-cattle imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary, twenty thousand dollars. Division of forestry: For the purpose of enabling the CommissionerDivision of forestry. of Agriculture to experiment and to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, and for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation and the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants, eight thousand dollars.
Postage: For postage on return-letters, circulars, and miscellaneousPostage. articles for correspondents and foreign mail, four thousand dollars. Contingent expenses: For stationery, freight, express charges, fuel,Contingent expenses. lights, subsistence and care of horses, repairs of harness, for paper, twine, and gum for folding-room, advertising, telegraphing, dry-goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, washing towels, actual traveling expenses while on the business of the Department, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department, fifteen thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That the bond of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall beCommissioners bond. in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. Sec. 3. That all machinery purchased under the provisions of thisDomestic machinery to be used. act shall be built in the United States, wholly of domestic material. Approved, March 3, 1887.