Chapter 325. Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
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CHAP. 325.— An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. March 1, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be,Agricultural Department appropriations. 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, nineteen hundred, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of Secretary ofPay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. Agriculture, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer to the Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand four hundred dollars; private secretary to 948 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand six hundred dollars; one appointment clerk, two thousand dollars; one chief of supply division, two thousand dollars; one telegraph and telephone operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks class two, two thousand eight hundred dollars; twelve clerks class one, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each, nine thousand dollars; five clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, four thousand two hundred dollars; one engineer, who shall be captain of the watch, one thousand six hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be steam fitter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant fireman, six hundred dollars; four night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; messengers, laborers, mechanics, four day watchmen, and charwomen, nineteen thousand dollars; in all, eighty-eight thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Salaries.Division of Accounts and Disbursements.Division of Accounts and Disbursements: Chief of division and disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand three hundred dollars.
Division of Publications.Division of Publications: One editor, who shall be chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two editorial clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each (one of whom shall be a stenographer), two thousand Document section.dollars. Document section:
One assistant in charge, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one foreman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one chief folder, one thousand dollars; one folder, eight hundred and forty dollars; four folders, at six hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; three copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Division of Statistics.Division of Statistics:
One Statistician, who shall be chief of division, three thousand dollars; one assistant statistician, who shall be assistant chief of division, two thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks class two, seven thousand dollars; five clerks class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each, seven thousand dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
Division of Botany.Division of Botany: One Botanist, who shall be chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant botanist, who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant botanist, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant botanist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand eight hundred dollars. Division of Entomology.Division of Entomology:
One Entomologist, who shall be chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist, who shall be assistant chief of division, 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; two assistant entomologists or clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand seven hundred dollars.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. 949 Division of Biological Survey: One Biologist, who shall beDivision of Biological Survey. chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant biologist, who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant biologist, one thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant biologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, ten thousand and sixty dollars.
Division of Pomology: One Pomologist, who shall be chief ofDivision of Pomology. division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant pomologist, who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred dollars. Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology: OneDivision of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. Pathologist, who shall be chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant pathologist, who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant pathologist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred dollars.
Division of Chemistry: One Chemist, who shall be chief of division,Division of Chemistry. two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; employment of additional assistants in division of chemistry, when necessary, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand one hundred dollars.
Division of Soils: One chief of division, two thousand five hundredDivision of Soils. dollars; one assistant chief, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Agrostology: One Agrostologist, who shall be chiefDivision of Agrostology. of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand four hundred dollars; one histologist, nine hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand one hundred dollars.
Division of Forestry: One Forester, who shall be chief of division,Division of Forestry. two thousand five hundred dollars; one superintendent of working plans who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
Experimental Gardens and Grounds: One superintendent, twoExperimental Gardens and grounds. thousand five hundred dollars. Museum: One caretaker, one thousand dollars.Museum. Library: One librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; oneLibrary. assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one cataloguer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one cataloguer, one thousand dollars; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.
Salaries, Bureau of Animal Industry: One chief of Bureau,Bureau of Animal Industry. four thousand dollars; one assistant chief, two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk of Bureau, two thousand dollars; one chief of inspection division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of inspection division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one chief of dairy division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of dairy division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one chief of pathological division, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistants in pathological division, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant in pathological division, eight hundred and forty dollars; one chief of biochemic 950 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant in biochemic division, one thousand four hundred dollars; two assistants in biochemic division, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant in biochemic laboratory, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one chief of miscellaneous division, two thousand dollars; one zoologist, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one veterinary inspector, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one veterinary inspector, one thousand six hundred dollars; two veterinary inspectors, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; one superintendent of experiment station, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent, one thousand dollars; one clerk class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks class two, four thousand two hundred dollars; five clerks class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each, seven thousand dollars; seven clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; four messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; two skilled laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; for employment of artists, laborers, and charwomen, five thousand dollars; in all, eighty-two thousand and thirty dollars.
Total amount for salaries, three hundred and thirty-six thousand three hundred and forty dollars. Investigations and expenses.Division of Statistics.Collecting agricultural statistics, Division of Statistics: Collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics, compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, annual, and special reports; special investigations and compilations; subscriptions to and purchase of statistical publications containing data for permanent comparative records, maps, and charts, stationery supplies, blanks, blank books, circulars, paper, envelopes, postal cards, postage stamps, *Provisos.*Monthly crop reports.freight and express charges, and necessary traveling expenses: *Provided,* That the monthly crop report issued on the tenth day of each month shall embrace a statement of the condition of the crops, by States, in the United States, with such explanations, comparisons, and information as may be useful for illustrating the above matter, and that it shall be submitted to and officially approved by the Secretary of Extending demands of foreign markets.Agriculture before being issued or published: *Provided also,* That fifteen thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, may be expended in continuing the investigations concerning the feasibility of extending the demands of foreign markets for the agricultural products of the United States and to secure as far as may be a change in the methods of supplying farm products to foreign countries, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, of which sum not more than sixty thousand dollars shall be expended for salaries in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.
Division of Botany.Botanical investigations and experiments, Division of Botany: Investigations relating to medicinal and other economic plants and seeds, the collection of plants, traveling expenses, and express charges; the purchase of paper and all other necessary supplies, materials, and apparatus, and necessary labor; subscriptions to and purchase of botanical publications for use in the division and the Purchase of sample seeds.preparation, illustration, and publication of reports; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to purchase samples of seeds in open market, test same, and when found not up to standard he may, at his discretion, publish the results of these tests, together with the names of the seedsmen by whom the seeds were sold; twenty thousand dollars, of which amount a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for the erection of a plant house for conducting botanical experiments, and not exceeding one thousand five hun- FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. 951 dred dollars may be used for the rent and alteration of a building for office and laboratory purposes. Entomological investigations, Division of Entomology:Division of Entomology. Promotion of economic entomology; investigating the history and habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, horticulture, and arboriculture; ascertaining the best means of destroying those found to be injurious; chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and other materials, supplies, and instruments required in conducting such experiments and investigations; freight and express charges and necessary traveling expenses; compensation of additional temporary assistants, investigators, and agents, and preparing, illustrating, and publishing the results of the work of the division, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*Apiculture investigation.
That two thousand dollars of this sum may be expended for the purpose of experimental investigations in apiculture. Vegetable pathological investigations, Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology:Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. Investigating the nature of diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, vegetables, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same; chemicals, gas, and apparatus required in the field and laboratory; necessary traveling expenses; the preparation of reports and illustrations; the rent of a building, not to exceed six hundred and sixty dollars per annum; and for other expenses connected with the practical work of the investigation, twenty-six thousand dollars.
Biological survey, Division of Biological Survey: For biologicalDivision of Biological Survey. investigations, including the geographic distribution and migrations of animals, birds, and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy; an investigation of the food habits of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for preparation and publication of reports thereon, and for illustrations, field work, and traveling and other expenses in the practical work of the division, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.
Pomological investigations, Division of Pomology: Investigating,Division of Pomology. collecting, and disseminating information relating to the fruit industry; the collection and distribution of seeds, shrubs, trees, and specimens; and for collecting, classifying, and naming cereals, collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and for labor and material for preparing same for museum; traveling and other necessary expenses, nine thousand five hundred dollars.
Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Division of Chemistry:Division of Chemistry. Chemical apparatus, chemicals, laboratory, fixtures, and supplies, repairs to engine and apparatus; gas and electric current, purchase of samples and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling and other expenses, labor, and expert work in such investigations, four thousand dollars; for the equipment of the new laboratory, two thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for rent of laboratory building, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
To investigate the adulteration of foods, drugs, and liquors, whenFoods, drugs, and liquors, adulterations. deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable; and the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he has reason to believe that articles are being imported from foreign countries which are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, shall make a request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples from original packages of such articles for inspection and analysis, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby—opening packages of suspected imports. authorized to open such original packages and deliver specimens to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose mentioned, giving notice toNotice to owner. the owner or consignee of such articles who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony; and the Secretary of the Treasury—delivery refused of deleterious goods, etc. shall refuse delivery to the consignee of any goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to him have been inspected and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health; employing such assistants, clerks, and other persons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary 952 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS., Sess.
III. Ch. 325. 1899. for the purpose named; preparing, illustrating, and publishing reports Soil characteristics.and exhibiting the results of such investigations, and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue an investigation relative to the various typical soils of the United States to determine their chemical characteristics, and especially the nature of the nitrifying organisms contained therein; the preparation of reports thereon; apparatus and materials required in conducting such investigations; employment of the necessary investigators; freight and express charges and necessary traveling expenses, ten thousand dollars; in all, for Division of Chemistry, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars.
Division of Forestry.Forestry investigations, Division of Forestry: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and to make and continue investigations and report on the subject of forestry, forest fires, and lumbering; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to collect and distribute valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants; and for traveling and other necessary expenses, forty thousand dollars.
Experimental gardens and grounds.Experimental gardens and grounds, Department of Agriculture, Division of Gardens and Grounds: Cultivation and care of experimental gardens and grounds, including the keep of the lawns, trees, roadways, and walks; management and maintenance of the conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses; employment of foremen, gardeners, laborers, carpenters, painters, plumbers, and other mechanics; machinery, tools, wagons, carts, horses, harness, plows, lawn mowers, sprinklers, hose, watering cans, tubs, pots, and other implements required in cultivation; lumber, hardware, glass, paints, tin, stone, gravel, and other material required for repairs; fertilizers, insecticide apparatus, and chemicals; blacksmithing, horseshoeing, and repairs to implements and machinery; seeds, plants, and bulbs for propagating purposes; labels, potting, and packing materials, feed for horses, freight and express charges, and for repairing roadways and walks, twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Division of Soils.Soil investigations, Division of Soils: Investigation of the relation of soils to climate and organic life; for the investigation of the texture and composition of soils in the field and laboratory; for the investigation of the cause and prevention of the rise of alkali in the soils of the irrigated districts; the investigation of the relation of soils to drainage and seepage waters, and of methods for the prevention of the accumulation of and injury from seepage waters in irrigated districts; the location of the stations, and the rent of a building, not to exceed six hundred and sixty dollars per annum, for office and laboratory purposes; the employment of local and special agents and other labor required in conducting experiments; the preparation of drawings and illustrations; for materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, gas, and supplies, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, ten thousand dollars.
Map of tobacco soils.Investigations in Cuba, etc.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to map the tobacco soils of the United States; to investigate the soils and conditions of growth in Cuba, Sumatra, and other competing countries; to investigate the methods of curing, with particular reference to fermentation; to originate, through selection and breeding, improved varieties for the principal tobacco districts of the United States; and to secure, as far as may be, a change in the methods of supplying tobacco to foreign countries, ten thousand dollars; in all, for the Division of Soils, twenty thousand dollars.
Division of Agrostology.Grass and for age plant investigations, Division of Agrostology: For employment of local and special agents and assistants; collection of seeds, roots, and specimens for experimental cultivation and distribution; materials, tools, apparatus, supplies, and labor required in conducting experiments; freight and express charges and traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations for special reports, and the preparation of illustrated circulars of in forma- FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. 953 tion, bulletins, and monographic works on the forage plants and grasses of North America, and. the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in establishing and maintaining experimental grass stations, not necessarily on the grounds of the. home station, and in making field and laboratory investigations relating to the natural history, geographical distribution, and uses of the various grasses and forage plants and their adaptability to the special soils and climates wherever, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, such experimental work is necessary or advisable, twelve thousand dollars.
Agricultural experiment stations, Office of Experiment Stations:Agricultural experiment stations.Vol. 24, p. 440. To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto,” and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, thirty-three thousand dollars of which sum shall be payable upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture, to enable him to carry out the provisions of section three of said Act ofForms, etc.
March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and twelve thousandVol. 24, p. 441. dollars of which sum may be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report to Congress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of Alaska; and to establish and maintain agriculturalAlaska. experiment stations in said Territory, including the erection of buildings and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of such stations, of which sum seven thousand dollars shall be immediately available; andAnnual statements. the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and supplies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment Station Record, bulletins and reports, as he may findExperiment Station Record, etc. essential in carrying out the objects of the above Acts, and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance.
And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish toIndex of agricultural literature. such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received toward the expense of the preparation of the index. Irrigation investigations:
To enable the Secretary of AgricultureIrrigation investigations. to investigate and report upon the laws and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, with special suggestions of better methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture than those in common use, and for the preparation, printing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and Territories and as may be mutually agreed upon; and ten thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated shall be immediately available, thirty-five thousand dollars.
Nutrition investigations: To enable the Secretary of AgricultureFood nutrition investigations. to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions 954 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, fifteen thousand dollars; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and Territories, and as may be mutually agreed upon; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise.
Road-making inquires.Public-road inquiries: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard to the system of road management throughout the United States; to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kind of road-making materials in the several States; for labor, traveling, and other necessary expenses, and for preparing and publishing bulletins and reports on this subject for distribution, and to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject, eight thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand dollars shall be immediately available.
Library.Library, Department of Agriculture: Purchase of technical books of reference, technical periodicals and papers necessary for the use of the Department; and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, and for library fixtures, shelving, library cards, and other material, five thousand dollars. Division of Publications.Publications, Department of Agriculture, Division of Publications: For the preparation, printing, illustration, publication, indexing, and distribution of documents, bulletins, and reports, eighty Farmers’ bulletins.thousand dollars; of which sum thirty-five thousand dollars shall be available for the preparation and printing of farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interest of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of two-thirds of which shall be delivered to, or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by, Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as each Senator, *Provisos.*Notice to Senators, etc., of Department publications, etc.Representative, or Delegate shall direct: *Provided,* That the Secretary of Agriculture shall notify Senators and Representatives of the title and character of each such bulletin, and also of any other publication of the Department of Agriculture not sent to the folding rooms of the Senate and House, with the total number to which each Senator, Representative, and Delegate may be entitled for distribution; and on the face of the envelope inclosing said bulletins shall be printed the title Publications uncalled for.—disposition.of each bulletin contaiqed therein: *Provided further,* That all such bulletins included in the quotas of Senators, Representatives, or Delegates not called for on or before the thirtieth day of June in each fiscal year shall revert to the Secretary of Agriculture, and be available to him, either for miscellaneous distribution or in making up Congressional quotas for the next fiscal year; for the pay of artists, draftsmen, and engravers, and of proof readers and indexers when necessary; for the purchase of tools, instruments, and artists’ material; for printing proofs, charts, and maps; for drawings, engravings, photographs, paintings, lithographs, other illustrations, and electrotypes, and for traveling expenses when necessary; and for labor, paper, envelopes, gum, twine, and other necessary materials, forty-five thousand dollars; in all, eighty thousand dollars.
Animal quarantine stations.Animal quarantine stations: To establish and maintain quarantine stations, and to provide proper shelter for the care of neat cattle and domestic animals imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary, twelve thousand dollars. Museum.Museum, Department of Agriculture: For labor in cleaning and caring for building, one thousand five hundred dollars. Postage.Postage, Department of Agriculture: Postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles for correspondents, and foreign mail, two thousand dollars.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. 955 Furniture, cases, and repairs, Department of Agriculture:Furniture, cases, and repairs. Repairing and improving buildings, heating apparatus, furniture, carpeting, matting, water and gas pipes, new furniture, and all necessary material and labor for the same, including lumber, hardware, glass, and paints, ten thousand dollars. Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture: Stationery,Contingent expenses. purchase of blank books, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel and lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, purchasing supplies, and washing towels; the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses, for official purposes only; the purchase and repair of harness; the purchase and repair of vehicles, for official purposes only; expenses of sales of old material; payment of duties on importedDispatch agent. articles, and the Department of Agriculture’s proportionate share of the dispatch agent in New York, not to exceed four hundred dollars; actual traveling expenses while on 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, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Division of Seeds, purchase and distribution of valuable seeds:Division of seeds.Purchase, distribution, etc. For the purchase, propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expense 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 and thirty thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the said sum (as nearly as practicable) in the purchase and distribution of such valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as shall be suitable for the respective localities to which the same are to be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated; and such seeds so purchased shall include a variety of vegetable and flower seeds suitable for planting and culture in the various sections of the United States.
An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs,Allotment. vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their request, after due notification by the Secretary of Agriculture that the allotment to their respective districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents or be directed and mailed by the Department upon their request; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the Department of results of the experiments therewith: *Provided,**Provisos.*Uncalled for seeds, etc.
That all seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of May shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress, and who have not before during the same season been supplied by the Department: *And provided also,* That the Secretary shall report, as provided in this Act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraphReport of purchases. shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending 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 valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants: *Provided, however,* That uponIndication of contents of wrappers, etc. each envelope or wrapper containing packages of seeds the contents thereof shall be plainly indicated, and the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall distribute the same so thatSeeds adapted to locality. each Member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best adapted to the locality he represents: *Provided also,* That theEarly delivery to southern section. seeds allotted to the Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-second par- 956 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. allels of latitude shall be ready for delivery on the tenth day of January Purchase of foreign seeds, etc., for experimental tests.or at the earliest practicable time thereafter: *Provided further,* That twenty thousand dollars of the sum thus appropriated, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct, maybe used to collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries for experiments with reference to their introduction into this country; and the seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants thus collected, purchased, tested, and propagated, shall not be included in general distribution, but shall be used for experimental tests, to be carried on with the cooperation of the agricultural experiment stations.
Beet, etc., sugar production.Domestic sugar production: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue inquiry and ascertain the progress made in the production of domestic sugar from beets and sorghum, including the area of available lands adapted thereto by irrigation or otherwise, and t.o investigate all other matters concerning the same, for cost of labor, traveling, and other expenses, seven thousand dollars. Tea culture.Tea culture: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on the cost of making tea and the best methods of cultivating and preparing the same for market, so as to demonstrate whether it is practicable to introduce its culture in the Southern States as a profitable industry, one thousand dollars.
Bureau of Animal Industry.Vol. 23, p. 31.Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry: For carrying out the provisions of the Act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, Vol. 26, p. 414.Vol. 26, p. 1089.and of the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for an inspection of meats and animals, and also the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, providing Inspection of cattle.for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce, and *Provisos.*Live horses.for other purposes: *Provided,* That live horses and the carcasses and products thereof be entitled to the same inspection as other animals, Waiver of certificate with beef, etc.carcasses, and products thereof herein named: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, waive the requirement of a certificate with beef or other products which are exported to countries that do not require such inspection, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, in such manner as he may think best, in the collection of information concerning live stock, dairy and other animal products, and to prevent the Preventing diseases among animals.spread of pleuro pneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, glanders or farcy, hog cholera, and other diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, and to expend any Purchase, etc., of diseased animals.part of this sum in the purchase 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 pleuro pneumonia, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State into another, and for printing and publishing such reports relating to animal industry as he may Foreign markets for farm products, etc.direct; and the Secretary of Agriculture may use so much of this sum as he deems necessary for promoting the extension and development of foreign markets for dairy and other farm products of the United States, and for suitable transportation for the same; and such products may be bought in open market and disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is authorized to apply the moneys received from the sales of such products toward the continuation and repetition Laboratory.of such experimental exports; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars, to be used Experiment station for studying diseases of animals authorized.as a laboratory for said Bureau of Animal Industry, and the Secretary is further authorized to expend not to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the purchase and equipment of land in the vicinity of Washington for an experiment station for the study of the diseases affecting the FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. 957 domesticated animals: *Provided further,* That twenty-five thousand dollarsAmount for salaries, etc., immediately available. of the sum provided by this paragraph shall be immediately available for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Animal Industry. That hereafter section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the RevisedAdvertisements for bids, when dispensed with.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733). Statutes of the United States shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered in the Department of Agriculture when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of fifty dollars. weather bureau.Weather Bureau.
Salaries of the Weather Bureau: Office of Chief of WeatherPay of chief, professors, clerks, etc. Bureau: One Chief of Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, seven thousand five hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars ; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one chief of Division of Supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class two, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-five clerks of class one, thirty thousand dollars; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; one telegraph operator, in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, four thousand five hundred dollars; four copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; one battery man, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanics, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; three messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, eight hundred and forty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for temporary employment of messengers and laborers as may be necessary in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
Fuel, lights, and repairs, Weather Bureau: Fuel, lights,Fuel, lights, etc. repairs, labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Weather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. Contingent expenses, Weather Bureau: For stationery, blankContingent expenses books, necessary scientific and other publications; furniture, and repairs to same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses, for official purposes only; repairs of harness; advertising, 958 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. dry goods, twine, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Weather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. General expenses.General expenses, Weather Bureau: General expenses of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provided by law, namely:
Inspector, forecast officials, etc.Salaries of one inspector, at a salary of not to exceed two thousand dollars; thirty local forecast officials, section directors, observers, operators, repair men, messengers, laborers, and other necessary employees, outside of the city of Washington, who, without additional expense to the Government, may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Leaves of absence to employees outside of Washington.Agriculture, be granted such leaves of absence as are now authorized to employees in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, not to exceed thirty days in any one year, three hundred and eighty-two thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Maps, bulletins, etc.All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, stationery, and scientific and other publications for stations; and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia for printing the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, and monthly weather reviews (including the hire of printers, lithographers, and other necessary working Transportation, etc.Instruments.Telegraphing.force); for traveling expenses; for freight and express charges; for instruments and shelters therefor; for telegraphing or telephoning reports and messages, the rates to be fixed by the Secretary of AgricultureRents, etc. by agreement with the companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental expenses of offices maintained as stations of Coast telegraphs, storm signals, etc.Cotton, com, and wheat reports.Hurricane reports.observation; for maintenance and repair of seacoast telegraph lines; for river observations and reports; for storm and other signals; for cotton region observations and reports; for corn and wheat observations and reports; for aerial observations and reports; for special observations Supplies.and pay of observers of West Indian, Mexican, and Central American stations during the hurricane season; for supplies for climate and crop services, and for investigations on climatology, including assistance and all necessary expenses, three hundred and eighty-five thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars.
West Indies stations.For maintaining the Weather Bureau stations already established by the Secretary of Agriculture under the direction of the President, or to be established by the Secretary of Agriculture, in the West Indies or on adjacent coast; for taking daily observations of meteorological phenomena; for collecting reports thereof by cable and otherwise; for disseminating information based thereon of the approach of tropical hurricanes and other storms, and for collecting and publishing such climatological data as may be of public benefit, including salaries Expenses, etc.of one professor of meteorology, at not exceeding three thousand dollars; one forecast official, at not exceeding two thousand dollars; section directors, observers, and other necessary employees (all for duty at the places named in this Act or at such points in the United States as the exigencies of the weather service may require); rents of offices; stationery, furniture, and instrumental supplies; traveling expenses; freight and express charges; cablegrams and telegrams, and all other necessary expenses, sixty thousand dollars.
Addition to annex building.Brick additions to annex building, Weather Bureau: For all labor, materials, and expenses necessary in building brick additions to the present annex building of the Weather Bureau, on the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, in the city of Washington, one and two stories high, with plain trimmings, of the same style of architecture as the present building, including repairs and improvements to old buildings, all plans and specifications to be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the work to be done under the supervision of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Approved, March 1, 1899.