For Bureau of Plant Industry, twenty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars;

For Forest Service, twenty-five thousand and seventy-five dollars; For Bureau of Chemistry, seventeen thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.

For Bureau of Soils, three hundred and sixty dollars;

For Division of Publications, five thousand dollars.

For Office of Solicitor, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; For Office Experiment Stations, five thousand dollars;

For Office of Public Roads, three thousand five hundred dollars; For additional rent in cases of emergency for any bureau, division, or office of the department, ten thousand dollars;

In all, ninety-five thousand three hundred and twenty-nine dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 296.

Portions of this act, here omitted, relating to salaries and general expenses of Office of Experiment Stations and Office of Public Roads, are set forth below under the respective headings of these offices.

And not to exceed ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau, division, or office, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency, and then only upon the written order of the Secretary of Agriculture.

Total, Department of Agriculture, for routine and ordinary work, sixteen million two hundred and sixty-four thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 300.

MISCELLANEOUS.

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A paragraph of this act, here omitted, relating to investigations on cost of food supplies, is set forth on p. 14, ante.

An appropriation, here omitted, for the enforcement of the Insecticide Act, is set forth on p. 263, post.

An appropriation, here omitted, for fighting forest fires in emergency, is set forth on p. 183, post, under "Forest Service."

Paragraphs, here omitted, relating to per diem in lieu of subsistence and certain traveling expenses, and reimbursement for street-car fares, are set forth on p. 21, ante.

An appropriation, here omitted, for carrying out the purposes of act March 1, 1911, c. 186, is set forth on p. 102, post, under “Forest Service." To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make an exhibit at the next annual meeting of the International Dry Land Congress, to be held at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, in October, nineteen hundred and twelve, illustrative of the investigations, products, and processes relating to farming in the subhumid region of the United States, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available.

That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he hereby is, empowered to prepare from the several divisions of the Department of Agriculture an exhibit to be displayed at the Fifth National Corn Exposition, to be held in Columbia, South Carolina, from January twenty-seventh to February ninth, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

That the said exhibit shall be of such nature as the Secretary of Agriculture deems appropriate: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make such arrangements with the proper officers of the said exposition that the Department of Agriculture shall be at no expense for transportation of said exhibit to and from the exposition: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall also make such arrangements with the proper authorities of said exposition that there shall be no expense to the department for any breakage or damage that may occur to the exhibit, nor for the living expenses of such appointees as he may see fit to send to said exposition to demonstrate the exhibit sent.

Provisions, here omitted, making an appropriation for investigations to meet the emergency caused by the spread of the chestnut-bark disease, and an appropriation for investigating the cultivation, acclimating, and development of types of potatoes, and for experimentation and development of sugar-beet seed, are set forth on p. 85, post, under "Bureau of Plant Industry."

A provision, here omitted, excepting employees in the meat-inspection service and employees engaged in enforcement of the insecticide act of 1910, from requirements as to detailed estimates for officers, clerks, and employees of the department, is set forth on p. 18, ante.

Total carried by this Act for the Department of Agriculture, sixteen million six hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 300.

WEATHER BUREAU.

ACT OCTOBER 1, 1890, c. 1266. An act to increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture. (26 Stat. 653.)

Establishment of the Bureau.

That the civilian duties now performed by the Signal Corps of the Army shall hereafter devolve upon a bureau to be known as the Weather Bureau, which, on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall be established in and attached to the Department of Agriculture, and the Signal Corps of the Army shall remain a part of the Military Establishment under the direction of the Secretary of War, and all estimates for its support shall be included with other estimates for the support of the Military Establishment.

Act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, s. 1, 26 Stat. 653.

Duties of Chief of Bureau.

SEC. 3. That the Chief of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of sea-coast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation, the reporting of temperature and rain-fall conditions for the cotton interests, the display of frost and cold-wave signals, the distribution of meteorological information in the interests of agriculture and

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commerce, and the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States, or as are essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.

Act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, s. 3, 26 Stat. 653.

Chief of Bureau and employees.

SEC. 4. That the Weather Bureau shall hereafter consist of one Chief of Weather Bureau and such civilian employees as Congress may annually provide for and as may be necessary to properly perform the duties devolving on said bureau by law, and the chief of said bureau shall receive an annual compensation of four thousand five hundred dollars, and be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate:

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Act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, s. 4, 26 Stat. 653.

The portion of this section here omitted, relating to the detail of the Chief Signal Officer and other officers of the Army for duty in the Weather Bureau, is expressly repealed by Res. July 8, 1898, No. 57, 30 Stat. 752.

Subsequent agricultural appropriation acts provide an increased salary for the Chief of the Weather Bureau. The provision of the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth below.

Transfer of enlisted force of Signal Corps to Department of Agriculture.

SEC. 5. That the enlisted force of the Signal Corps, excepting those hereinafter provided for, shall be honorably discharged from the Army on June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and such portion of this entire force, including the civilian employees of the Signal Service, as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Weather Bureau shall, if they so elect, be transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and the compensation of the force so transferred shall continue as it shall be in the Signal Service on June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, until otherwise provided by law: Provided, That skilled observers serving in the Signal Service at said date shall be entitled to preference over other persons not in the Signal Service for appointment in the Weather Bureau to places for which they may be properly qualified until the expiration of the time for which they were last enlisted.

Act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, s. 5, 26 Stat. 653.

Appropriations for Bureau.

SEC. 9. That on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, the appropriations for the support of the Signal Corps of the Army shall be made with those of other staff corps of the Army, and the appropriations for the support of the Weather Bureau shall be made with those of the other bureaus of the Department of Agriculture, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare future estimates for the Weather Bureau which shall be hereafter specially developed and extended in the interests of agriculture.

Act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, s. 9, 26 Stat. 654.

This act and subsequent acts relating to the Weather Bureau supersede Rev. St. secs. 221-223, set forth below.

Appropriations for carrying into effect the provisions of this act are contained in the annual agricultural appropriation acts beginning with the fiscal year 1892.

Sections 2, 6, 7, and 8, here omitted, relate exclusively to the Signal Corps of the Army and are inapplicable to the Weather Bureau.

REV. ST. SEC. 221.

Meteorological observations, storm signals.

SEC. 221. The Secretary of War shall provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent, and at other points in the States and Territories, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and sea-coast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms.

This section is superseded by the provisions of act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, set forth above.

REV. ST. SEC. 222.

Signal-stations, reports, etc.

SEC. 222. The Secretary of War shall provide, in the system of observations and reports in charge of the Chief Signal-Officer of the Army, for such stations, reports, and signals as may be found necessary, for the benefit of agriculture and commercial interests.

See note under Rev. St. sec. 221, set forth above.

REV. ST. SEC. 223.

Telegraph lines connecting signal stations.

SEC. 223. The Secretary of War is authorized to establish signalstations at light-houses and at such of the life-saving stations on the lake or sea-coast as may be suitably located for that purpose, and to connect the same with such points as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the signal-service by means of a suitable telegraph-line, in cases where no lines are in operation, to be constructed, maintained. and worked under the direction of the Chief Signal-Officer of the Army, or the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury; and the use of the life-saving stations as signal-stations shall be subject to such regulations as may be agreed upon by said officials. See note under Rev. St. sec. 221, set forth above.

ACT AUGUST 8, 1894, c. 238. (28 Stat. 264.)

Promotions of employees transferred from Signal Service.

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Weather Bureau

* * and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make promotions in the service without prejudice to those transferred from the Signal Service of the War Department.

Act August 8, 1894, c. 238, 28 Stat. 273.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1895, cited above. Provisions in the same words are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1893 and 1894.

ACT MARCH 2, 1895, c. 169. (28 Stat. 727.)

Changes in personnel.

the Secretary is hereby authorized to make such changes. or assignment to duty in the personnel or detailed force of the Weather Bureau for limiting or reducing expenses as he may deem

necessary.

Act March 2, 1895, c. 169, 28 Stat. 737.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, cited above. Similar provisions are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the previous fiscal years, beginning with 1892.

ACT APRIL 25, 1896, c. 140. (29 Stat. 99.)

Weather signals on mail cars.

That the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Postmaster-General, may arrange a plan by which there shall be displayed on all cars and other conveyances used for transporting United States mail, suitable flags or other signals to indicate weather forecasts, coldwave warnings, frost warnings, and so forth, to be furnished by the Chief of the Weather Bureau.

Act April 25, 1896, c. 140, 29 Stat. 108.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1897, cited above. Similar provisions are contained in the similar appropriaton acts for the fiscal years 1895 and 1896.

ACT AUGUST 30, 1890, c. 837. (26 Stat. 371.)

Meteorological instruments for voluntary observers.

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the Secretary of War, as he may think proper, may cause to be issued such meteorological instruments (not exceeding one set valued at fifteen dollars to any one county) to voluntary unpaid observers, in order to secure meteorological data from such observers, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War,

Act August 30. 1890, c. 837, s. 1, 26 Stat. 398.

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This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1891, cited above.

The weather service was transferred from the Signal Corps of the Army to the Department of Agriculture by act October 1, 1890, c. 1266, set forth on p. 33, ante.

ACT JUNE 17, 1910, c. 297. (36 Stat. 468.)

Meteorological data to be furnished by Weather Bureau to Hydrographic Office of Navy Department for pilot charts.

And hereafter the pilot charts prepared in the Hydrographic Office shall have conspicuously printed thereon the following: "Prepared from data furnished by the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department and by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture. and published at the Hydrographic Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy;" and all meteorological information received by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture necessary for and of the character of such information heretofore used in the preparation of the pilot charts shall continue to be furnished with all possible expedition to the Hydrographic Office for use in the preparation of said charts;

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Act June 17, 1910, c. 297, 36 Stat. 508.

These are provisions of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1911, cited above.

ACT AUGUST 4, 1886, c. 903. (24 Stat. 256.)

Specific appropriations necessary for weather maps.

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for making plates and publishing weather maps. and hereafter none of such work shall be done except under specific appropriations therefor made in advance.

Act August 4, 1886, c. 903. 24 Stat. 266.

This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1886, cited above.