ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 301. (35 Stat. 1039.)

Assignments of pay by employees of the Department of Agriculture.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit employees of the Department of Agriculture to make assignments of their pay, under such regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in the employ of the said department.

Powers and duties of watchmen of Department of Agriculture.

And hereafter all duly and lawfully constituted and appointed watchmen of the Department of Agriculture stationed in and upon the buildings and premises of said department in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, shall have and perform the same powers and duties, while on duty in and about said premises, as the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 301, 35 Stat. 1057.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above.

ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.)

Leaves of absence to employees of the Department of Agriculture outside of Washington.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: The employees of the Department of Agriculture, outside of the city of Washington, may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, 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 Agriculture, not to exceed fifteen days additional in any one year.

Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 267.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. This provision supersedes similar provisions relating to the employees of the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Chemistry, and the experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1908, and previous fiscal years.

Provisions of act March 3, 1893, c. 211, and act July 7, 1898, c. 571, relating to leave of absence of clerks and employees in the executive departments in general, are set forth on pp. 292, 293, post, under "Officers, Clerks, and Employees."

ACT MARCH 4, 1907, c. 2907. (34 Stat. 1256.)

Sale of prints and lantern slides from photographic negatives of the Department of Agriculture.

And hereafter 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.

Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1908, cited above. A provision in the same words, except the word "hereafter," was contained in the similar act for the preceding fiscal year.

A provision of the same act, for the disposition of photographic prints, lantern slides, etc., forest maps, and condemned property or material of the Forest Service, is set forth on p. 172, post, under Forest Service."

Disposition of accumulations of department files and obsolete or worthless documents or publications.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell as waste waste paper, or otherwise to dispose of the accumulation of Department files which do not constitute permanent records, and all other documents and publications which have become obsolete or worthless.

Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281.

This is a further provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1908, cited above.

Provisions, applicable to all the departments, for the disposition of accumulations of useless papers, contained in act February 16, 1889, c. 171, are set forth on p. 376, post.

ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.)

Purchase from appropriation for "Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture," of stationery, supplies, furniture, etc., for bureaus, divisions, and offices.

* * * That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may purchase stationery, supplies, furniture, and miscellaneous materials from this appropriation ["Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture," and transfer the same at actual cost to the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the Department of Agriculture in the city of Washington, reimbursement therefor to be made to this appropriation by said bureaus, divisions, and offices from their lump-fund appropriations by transfer settlements through the Treasury Department: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may hereafter exchange typewriters and computing, addressing, and duplicating machines purchased from any lump-fund appropriation of the Department of Agriculture.

These are provisos annexed to the appropriation for "Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture," in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

ACT AUGUST 5, 1909, c. 6. (36 Stat. 11.)

Plants, etc., imported by the Department of Agriculture, exempt from duty.

That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs shall, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), be exempt from duty:

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652. Plants, trees, shrubs, roots, seed cane, and seeds, imported by the Department of Agriculture or the United States Botanic Garden. Act August 5, 1909, c. 6, s. 1, 36 Stat. 71, 78.

This is a provision of "An act to provide revenue, equalize duties and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes," cited above.

ACT JANUARY 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 73. (28 Stat. 601.)

Extra copies of Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture; subject matter; number of copies; illustrations.

SEC. 73. Extra copies of documents and reports shall be printed promptly when the same shall be ready for publication, and shall be bound in paper or cloth as directed by the Joint Committee on Print

ing, and shall be of the number following in addition to the usual number:

The Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture shall hereafter be submitted and printed in two parts, as follows: Part one, which shall contain purely business and executive matter which it is necessary for the Secretary to submit to the President and Congress; part two, which shall contain such reports from the different bureaus and divisions, and such papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary, be specially suited to interest and instruct the farmers of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the Department for their information. There shall be printed of part one, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and three thousand copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of part two, one hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for the same to be executed under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture; and the title of each of the said parts shall be such as to show that such part is complete in itself:

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Act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 73, 28 Stat. 612.

These are provisions of "An act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents," cited above.

A provision of this section, authorizing the printing and binding of extra copies of the Annual Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, is set forth on p. 37, post, under "Weather Bureau," and a similar provision of the same section relating to the Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, is set forth on p. 71, post, under “Bureau of Animal Industry." The preparation and printing of the Annual Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations is authorized by Res. April 27, 1904, No. 29, set forth on p. 253, post, under “Office of Experiment Stations."

Appropriations for printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, including the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, are made in the annual sundry civil appropriation acts. The provision of the act for the fiscal year 1913, act August 24, 1912, c. 355, is set forth on p. 229, post, under "Division of Publications."

Number of copies of monthly crop report, and other reports and bulletins of Department of Agriculture, and maps, charts, bulletins, and minor reports of Weather Bureau.

* The Secretary of Agriculture may print such number of copies of the monthly crop report, and of other reports and bulletins containing not to exceed one hundred octavo pages, as he shall deem requisite; and this provision shall apply to the maps, charts, bulletins, and minor reports of the Weather Bureau, which shall be printed in such numbers as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem for the best interests of the Government:

Act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 89, 28 Stat. 622.

This is a proviso of the act cited above. Portions of said section here omitted are applicable to all the executive departments, and are set forth on p. 365, post, under "Public Printing."

Provisions relating to the preparation, contents, etc., of the monthly crop reports, contained in act March 4, 1909, c. 301, are set forth on p. 232, post, under "Bureau of Statistics."

RES. JUNE 30, 1906, No. 51. Joint resolution relative to the printing of twelve thousand copies of the report on the progress of the beet-sugar industry. (34 Stat. 839.)

Annual printing and distribution of report on the beet-sugar industry.

That there be printed twelve thousand copies of the report on the progress of the beet-sugar industry in the United States in nineteen hundred and five; one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and eight thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, and that the Secretary of Agriculture be authorized to print and distribute annually hereafter eight thousand copies of such annual reports covering the progress of the beet-sugar industry: Provided, That the preparation and publication of such annual reports shall be within the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture.

Res. June 30, 1906, No. 51, 34 Stat. 839.

ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 458. (30 Stat. 1377.)

Use of Potomac Park by Department of Agriculture as testing grounds.

That the Secretary of War is authorized to grant permission to the Department of Agriculture for the temporary occupation of such area or areas of Potomac Park, not exceeding a total of seventy-five acres in extent, as may not be needed in any one season for the reclamation or park improvement, the said areas to be used by the Department of Agriculture as testing grounds: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to change the essential character of the lands so used, which lands shall continue to be a public park, as provided in the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: And provided further, That said area or areas shall be vacated by the Department of Agriculture at the close of any season upon the request of the Secretary of War: And provided further, That the entire park shall remain under the charge of the Secretary of War.

Act March 3, 1899, c. 458, s. 2, 30 Stat. 1378.

This is a paragraph of section 2 of "An act relative to the control of wharf property and certain public spaces in the District of Columbia," cited above.

ACT APRIL 18, 1900, c. 243. An act to set apart a portion of the Arlington estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and to place said portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors in office. (31 Stat. 135.)

Portion of Arlington estate placed under jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture.

That jurisdiction is hereby transferred and given to the Secretary of Agriculture and his sucessors in office over so much of the Government land in Alexandria County, Virginia, known as the Arlington estate, as lies east of the public road leading from the Aqueduct Bridge to Alexandria, Virginia, otherwise called the Georgetown and Alexandria road, and between said road and the Potomac River, containing about four hundred acres, with the exception, however, of a strip of land as follows, commencing at the point where the Georgetown and Alexandria road enters the Arlington estate on the north side, thence along said road six hundred and twenty-five yards,

thence in a line perpendicular to said road to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, thence along said canal to the south line of the reservation, jurisdiction over which is retained by the Secretary of War.

Act April 18, 1900, c. 243, s. 1, 31 Stat. 135.

This section is construed by a provision of the argicultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1903, act June 3, 1902, c. 985, set forth below. In the words "thence along said canal to the south line of the reservation, jurisdiction over which is retained by the Secretary of War," of the section as above set forth, the word "north" is substituted for the word "south," and the words "jurisdiction over which is retained by the Secretary of War" are omitted.

Use of land as a general experimental farm.

SEC. 2. That the declared purpose of this Act is to set apart said tract of land as a general experimental farm in its broadest sense, where all that pertains to agriculture in its several and different branches, including animal industry and horticulture, may be fostered and encouraged, and the practice and science of farming in the United States advanced, promoted, and practically illustrated.

Act April 18, 1900, c. 243, s. 2, 31 Stat. 136.

Control, improvement, and management of land.

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SEC. 3. That the Secretary of Agriculture will take immediate and absolute control of said property described in section one, and by clearing, underdraining, grassing, laying out proper roads and driveways, constructing proper bridges and buildings, and in other ways his judgment may dictate bring said property as rapidly as possible into the proper condition to answer the purposes for which it is set apart: Provided, That all improvements of or which may at any time be made upon said premises, as herein contemplated, shall be so located, constructed, and maintained as not to interfere with or obstruct the natural waterways or the sewers or other means now established or which may hereafter be provided, constructed, or maintained for the purpose of affording proper drainage and sewerage to the other portions of said estate: And provided further, That this Act shall not impair or interfere with any of the rights heretofore granted by Act of Congress to the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate its electric railroad across the said portion of the estate lying east of said public road.

Act April 18, 1900, c. 243, s. 3, 31 Stat. 136.

Authority to carry out purposes of act.

SEC. 4. That in the development, improvement, and management of said property full discretion is hereby given the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors in office to carry into effect the declared purposes of this Act.

Act April 18, 1900, c. 243, s. 4, 31 Stat. 136.

Time of taking effect of act.

SEC. 5. That this Act shall be in force from its passage.

Act April 18, 1900, c. 243, s. 5, 31 Stat. 136.

Appropriations for the necessary improvements to establish and maintain a general experiment farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate are made in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1901 and thereafter. The provision of the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth on p. 85, post.