LIBRARY.

SALARIES, LIBRary, DepartmenT OF AGRICULTURE: One librarian, two thousand dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk (who shall be a translator), one thousand two hundred dollars; one cataloguer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three cataloguers, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger or laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars

LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: General expenses, library: Purchase of technical books of reference, technical papers, and technical periodicals necessary for the work of the Department, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, for binding periodicals, and for the employment of additional assistance in the city of Washington and elsewhere, when necessary; for traveling expenses, and for library fixtures, shelving, library cards, and other material, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the subscriptions for publications for the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay in advance for any publications for the use of this Department. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the card index of the publications of the Department and of other agricultural literature prepared by the library, 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 money received toward the expense of the preparation of the index..

Total for library, Department of Agriculture, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Purchase of stationery, blank books, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel, water and gas pipes, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets, matting; for lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, washing towels, and necessary repairs and improvements to buildings and heating apparatus; 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; payment of duties on imported 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, including not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for postage, thirty-seven thousand dollars

OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

SALARIES, OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS: One director, three thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk and proof reader, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, class two, two thousand eight hundred dol

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lars; four clerks, class one, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk or messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger or laborer, five hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; one copyist or laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers or charwomen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, nine hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, 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, eight hundred and three thousand five hundred dollars, twenty-five thousand five hundred 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 of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and 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 said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to rent offices and to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, 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 find essential in carrying out the objects of the above Act; and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to 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, and this fund shall be available until used; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend fifty-three thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in the Territories of Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in Hawaii and Porto Rico), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins: Provided, That not more than fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended for the maintenance of such stations in any one of said Territories, except in the case of Alaska, where three thousand dollars additional may be used for the purchase and introduction of live stock for experimental purposes; and for the construction of buildings and the labor necessary for the care of the station animals; and in the case of Hawaii, where five thousand dollars additional may be used to provide a water supply for the use of the experiment station; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and to

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apply the moneys received from the sale of such products to the maintenance of said stations, and this fund shall be available until used; in all, eight hundred and three thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That five thousand dollars of this sum shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agricultural schools in the several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign countries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organizations more effective for the dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of agricultural practice. And the employees of the experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, without additional expense to the Government, be granted leave of absence not to exceed fifteen days in any one year, which leave may, in exceptional and meritorious cases where such an employee is ill, be extended in the discretion of the Secretary of Agri culture not to exceed fifteen days additional in any one year. [See also p. 31, and Act, March 16, 1906, p. 665.]

NUTRITION INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, including special investigations on the nutritive value and economy of the diet in public institutions; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and the agricultural experiment stations are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agri. culture 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 the said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise, twenty thousand dollars....

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the laws of the States and Territories as affecting irrigation and the rights of appropriators and of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home and abroad; with especial suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture, and upon plans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage, and upon the use of different kinds of power and appliances for irrigation, and drainage; and for the preparation, printing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation and drainage, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere; 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 and laws of the respective States and Territories as may be mutually agreed upon, and all necessary expenses, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars

Total for Office of Experiment Stations, nine hundred and seventyfour thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.

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OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS.

SALARIES, OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS: One director, who shall be a scientist and have charge of all scientific and technical work, two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief of records, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all, twelve thousand three hundred and forty dollars.

PUBLIC ROADS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard to systems of road management throughout the United States; to furnish expert advice on road building; to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kinds of road-making materials in the several States; to investigate the chemical and physical character of road materials; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in the city of Washington and elsewhere; for collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such investigations and experiments; for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; for rent and repairs of buildings not to exceed two thousand dollars; for necessary office fixtures and supplies, apparatus, and materials; telegraph and telephone service, traveling and other necessary expenses, and to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject, fifty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty dollars..

Total for Office of Public Roads, seventy thousand dollars. Total, Department of Agriculture, nine million five hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and forty dollars.

And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to make such appointments, promotions, and changes in salaries, to be paid out of the lump funds of the several bureaus, divisions, and offices of the Department as may be for the best interests of the service: Provided, That the maximum salary of any classified scientific investigator in the city of Washington, or other employee engaged in scientific work, shall not exceed three thousand dollars per annum. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to pay the salary of each employee from the roll of the bureau, independent division, or office in which the employee is working, and no other: Provided, however, That details may be made from or to the office of the Secretary when necessary and the services of the person whom it is proposed to detail are not required in that office; and he is further authorized and directed to submit to Congress each year a statement covering all appointments, promotions, or other changes made in the salaries paid from lump funds, giving in each case the title, salary, and amount of such change or changes, together with reasons therefor: Provided further, That all classified laborers whose positions were transferred from the lump funds to the statutory rolls by the Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, and who were by the last clause of that Act placed in the classified service without further examination in the grades and at the rates of compensation provided in said Act, are hereby made eligible for promotion without further examination."

EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.

FOR THE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the continued spread of the Mexican cotton boll weevil in the Southern States by encouraging

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the diversification of crops, improved cultural methods, breeding of new cottons, and to study the diseases of cotton, one hundred and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend said appropriation in such manner as he shall deem best, in cooperation with the State experiment stations and practical cotton growers

FOR THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the continued spread of the Mexican cotton boll weevil in the Southern States by further studies of the habits and damage of the pest, the collection of data regarding its status, the study of parasites and diseases, the testing of remedies suggested, and the completion of experiments now under way, eightyfive thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend said appropriation in such manner as he shall deem best, in cooperation with the State experiment stations and practical cotton growers..

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the continued spread of the gypsy and brown tail moths, eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and made immediately available. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend said appropriation by establishing a quarantine against such further spread in such manner as he shall deem best, in cooperation with the authorities of the different States concerned and with the State experiment stations

FOR BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake experimental work in cooperation with State authorities in eradicating the ticks transmitting southern cattle fever, eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars, of which sum twenty thousand dollars shall be immediately available

FOR FOREST SERVICE: For the erection of a wire fence and necessary sheds on the Wichita Forest and Game Preserve, to provide a range for a buffalo herd presented by the New York Zoological Society, and to provide for the maintenance of said herd, fifteen thousand dollars, of which sum not to exceed five hundred dollars shall be expended in buildings

The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the Forester to expend from the funds herein appropriated for "General Expenses, Forest Service," a sum not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars in the construction of a permanent station building on the Dismal River Forest Reserve, Nebraska.

The total amount of this bill is nine million nine hundred and thirtytwo thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. [Correct amount by items, $9,930,440.]

And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish, upon application, prints and lantern slides from negatives in the possession of the Department and to charge for the same a price to cover the cost of preparation, such price to be determined and established by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States.

That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to deliver to the Agricultural Experiment Station of Georgia the building and machinery belonging to the United States Department of Agriculture at Waycross, Georgia, which have been used in the study of the production of table sirup, on the condition that the Agricultural Experiment Station of Georgia establish and maintain a substation at Waycross, Georgia, to be operated in the interest of the sirup industry and other agricultural industries in that part of the State.

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