An Act To provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof. [Act of March 16, 1906, ch. 951, 34 Stat. L. 63.] [SEC. 1.] [Agricultural experiment stations-annual appropriation to states and territories for, increased amount of annual increase.] That there shall be, and hereby is, annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each State and Territory, for the more complete endowment and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations now established or which may hereafter be established in accordance with the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of five thousand dollars in addition to the sum named in said Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for five years by an additional sum of two thousand dollars over the preceding year, and the annual amount to be paid thereafter to each State and Territory shall be thirty thousand dollars, to be applied only to paying the necessary expenses of conducting original researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricul tural industry of the United States, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories. [34 Stat. L. 63.] For the Act of March 2, 1887, above men- Construction of this Act, see provision from tioned, see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 9. the Act of June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, infra, P. 4. SEC. 2. [Payments quarterly — report of receipts, etc. — legislative assent necessary assent of governors.] That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of agricultural experiment stations shall be annually paid in equal quarterly payments on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the treasurer or other officer duly appointed by the governing boards of said experiment stations to receive the same, and such officers shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day of September of each year a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement, on schedules prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The grants of money authorized by this Act are made subject to legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants: Provided, That payment of such installments of the appropriation herein made as shall become due to any State or Territory before the adjournment of the regular session of legislature meeting next after the passage of this Act shall be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, duly certified by the Secretary of the Treasury. [34 Stat. L. 63.] SEC. 3. [Apportionments, when misapplied, etc.- restriction — annual reports to governors.] That if any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State or Territory for the further and more complete endowment, support, and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations as provided in this Act shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to such State or Territory; and no portion of said moneys exceeding five per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or to the purchase or rental of land. It shall be AGRICULTURE. Act of March 16, 1906, Ch. 951, 3. Sec. 1. Agricultural Experiment Stations - Annual Appropriation to States and Territories for, Increased Amount of Annual Increase, 3. 2. Payments Quarterly Report of Receipts, etc.—Legislative Assent Necessary- Assent of Governors, 3. 3. Apportionments, When Misapplied, etc.- Restriction — Annual Reports to Governors, 3. 4. Certificates as to Compliance with the Law, etc.- Reasons for Withholding Allotments to Be Reported-Disposal of Withheld Allotments, 4. 5. Report to Congress, 4. 6. Amendment, 4. Act of June 30, 1906, Ch. 3913, 4. Sec. 1. Leaves of Absence to Employees of Bureau of Animal Industry, 4. Agricultural Experiment Stations - Construction of Act of March 16, 1906- Allotment Payments, 4. Leaves of Absence to Employees in Experiment Stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, 5. Act of March 4, 1907, Ch. 2907, 5. Secretary to Make Appointments, Changes in Salaries, etc.- Salaries for Photographs, etc., to Be Sold, 6. Sales of Waste Paper, etc., 6. Purchase of Mileage Books, etc., 6. Act of May 23, 1908, Ch. 192, 6. Sec. 1. Establishing Grades of Cotton - Furnishing Official Standard, 6. Index of Agricultural Experiment Station Literature, 7. Card Index of Publications, Report of Payments to State Officials, etc., 7. Act of March 4, 1909, Ch. 301, 7. Sec. 1. Monthly Crop Reports - Cotton Crop Condition Reports, 7. Subscriptions to Publications, 7. Sale of Products of Experiment Stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Guam, 8. Watchmen Given Police Powers, 8. Assignments of Pay Allowed Employees, 8. Seeds, Grain, and Plants - Purchase and Distribution-Tests-Grades, etc., 8. CROSS-REFERENCES. Meat and Animal Inspection, see ANIMALS. Agricultural Colleges, see EDUCATION. Estimates of all Subjects and Expenditures, see ESTIMATES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND REPORTS. Inspection by Secretary, of Food, Drugs, etc., see FOOD AND DRUGS. Investigation by Secretary, of Composition, Adulteration, False Branding, etc., of Food and Drugs, see FOOD AND DRUGS. Protection of Birds and Their Eggs, see GAME ANIMALS ANd birds. Protection of Wild Animals in Grand Canon Forest Reserve, see GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS. Entry of Agricultural Lands Within Forest Reserves, see TIMBER LANDS Timber Lands and Forest Reserves, see that title. An Act To provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof. [Act of March 16, 1906, ch. 951, 34 Stat. L. 63.] [SEC. 1.] [Agricultural experiment stations-annual appropriation to states and territories for, increased amount of annual increase.] That there shall be, and hereby is, annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each State and Territory, for the more complete endowment and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations now established or which may hereafter be established in accordance with the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of five thousand dollars in addition to the sum named in said Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for five years by an additional sum of two thousand dollars over the preceding year, and the annual amount to be paid thereafter to each State and Territory shall be thirty thousand dollars, to be applied only to paying the necessary expenses of conducting original researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories. [34 Stat. L. 63.] For the Act of March 2, 1887, above mentioned, see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 9. Construction of this Act, see provision from the Act of June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, infra, P. 4. SEC. 2. [Payments quarterly report of receipts, etc. - legislative assent necessary — assent of governors.] That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of agricultural experiment stations shall be annually paid in equal quarterly payments on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the treasurer or other officer duly appointed by the governing boards of said experiment stations to receive the same, and such officers shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day of September of each year a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement, on schedules prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The grants of money authorized by this Act are made subject to legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants: Provided, That payment of such installments of the appropriation herein made as shall become due to any State or Territory before the adjournment of the regular session of legislature meeting next after the passage of this Act shall be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, duly certified by the Secretary of the Treasury. [34 Stat. L. 63.] SEC. 3. [Apportionments, when misapplied, etc. — restriction — annual reports to governors.] That if any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State or Territory for the further and more complete endowment, support, and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations as provided in this Act shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to such State or Territory; and no portion of said moneys exceeding five per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or to the purchase or rental of land. It shall be the duty of each of said stations annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the governor of the State or Territory in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations, including a statement of receipts and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said stations, to the Secretary of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. [34 Stat. L. 63.] SEC. 4. [Certificates as to compliance with the law, etc. — reasons for withholding allotments to be reported — disposal of withheld allotments.] That on or before the first day of July in each year after the passage of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Territory whether it is complying with the provisions of this Act and is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations under this Act and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State or Territory of its appropriation, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress in order that the State or Territory may, if it shall so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby charged with the proper administration of this law. [34 Stat. L. 64.] SEC. 5. [Report to Congress.] That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual report to Congress on the receipts and expenditures and work of the agricultural experiment stations in all of the States and Territories, and also whether the appropriation of any State or Territory has been withheld; and if so, the reason therefor. [34 Stat. L. 64.] SEC. 6. [Amendment.] That Congress may at any time amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of this Act. [34 Stat. L. 64.] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven. * [Act of June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, 34 Stat. L. 669.] [SEC. 1.] [Leaves of absence to employees of bureau of animal industry.] * * and the employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry outside of the city of Washington may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agricul ture, without additional expense to the Government, be granted leaves 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. [34 Stat. L. 673.] This provision, although in permanent form, is repeated in the Appropriation Act of March 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. L. 1260. [Agricultural experiment stations-construction of Act of March 16, 1906 allotment-payments.] The Act of Congress approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditures thereof," shall be construed to appropriate for each station the sum of five thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, the sum of seven thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, the sum of nine thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, the sum of eleven thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and the sum of fifteen. thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven. The sum of five thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six shall be paid on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and the amounts appropriated for the subsequent years shall be paid as provided in the said Act to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations now established or which may hereafter be established in accordance with the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. [34 Stat. L. 696.] The Act of March 16, 1906, above mentioned, is given supra, p. 3. The Act of March 2, 1887, above referred to, is given in 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 9. [Leaves of absence to employees in experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico.] Aud 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 Agriculture not to exceed fifteen days additional in any one year. [34 Stat. L. 694.] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight. [Act of March 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. L. 1256.] [Secretary to make appointments, changes in salaries, etc. — salaries for scientific employees, etc.— details from and to secretary's office — annual statement.] And hereafter 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 five hundred 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. [34 Stat. L. 1280.] Substantially the same provision occurs in permanent. See 10 Fed. Stat. Annot. 2, 34 earlier appropriation acts. The addition of Stat. L. 695. the word "hereafter" makes this provision |