20U REl'UKT OF OFFICE OF EXPEIUMFNT STATIONS. 



Sec. 5. That tlu' Swrctary of the Ink-rior Hhall unnually ri'jxjrt to ConjjtresH the 

 (lishnrsoinoiits whicli liavc boon made in all llic Sbitcs ami Tcriitnrii'S, and also 

 whi'tluT till- appnipriatidii of any States ir Territory ha.-: Ih-cii w ithliclii,.an(l if so, 

 the reasons therefor. 



Sec. 6. Congress may at any time amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the pro- 

 visions of this act. 



Approved, An^Mist :^0, 1890. 



EXTKACT rUo.M A.N .\CT MAKING AlTKOPKI A rioNS KOlt TIIK I )i;i'ARTMENT OF AciHI- 



ciLTruK von ruK Fiscal Year kndino Jitne :5(l, I!K);>. 



Ac.KRTLTUKAL F^xPEiuMKNT STATIONS: To Carry into effect the i)rovisions of an act 

 approved Marcli second, eighteen Juindred and eighty-seven, entitled ".\nactto 

 estaljli.'jh agricultural experiment stations in ((iiinectioii with the colleges estal^lished 

 in the several States under the ])rovisions of an act ai)proved July second, eighteen 

 hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts sui)pleinentary thereto," and to enforce the 

 execution thereof, seven hundred and ninety-.«ix thousand dollars; thirty-seven 

 thousand dollars of which sum shall be paj'able 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 lifteen thon.sand dollars of 

 which sum may be expended ])y the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report 

 to Congress ui)on theagi'icultiiral ri'sources and capabilities of Alaska, and to establish 

 and maintain agrii-ultural experiment stations in said Territory, including the erec- 

 tion of buildings and all otlier expenses essential to the maintenance of suc-h statioms; 

 and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial state- 

 ment reijuired by section three of said act of March second, eighteen hundred and 

 eiglity-seven, shall ascertain whether the expendituresunder the ajijiropriation hereby 

 made are in accordance with the])rovisionsof said act, and shall make rejKn't thereon to 

 Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is herebj' authorized to employ such assist- 

 ants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, in the city of AVashington 

 and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for oHice fixtures and supplies, sta- 

 tionery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Kxperinient Station 

 Reconl, ])ulletins, and reports as he may lliid essential in carrying out the objects of 

 the above acts, and the sums api)()rtioned to the several States shall be i)aid 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 agricul- 

 tural literature prepared by the < )Hi(e of ExperiuK'nt Stations and ciinrge for the same 

 a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these coj)ies, 

 and he is hereby authorized to a])ply the moneys rei'eived toward the expense of the 

 pre]iaration of the index. And the Secretary of Agriculture is herel)y authorized to 

 expend twelve thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain an agricul- 

 tural station in the Hawaiian Islands, including the erection of buildings, the printing 

 (in the Hawaiian Islands), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins and 

 all other expenses essential to the maintenance of said station. And the Secretary of 

 Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend twelve thousand dollars of which sum to 

 establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in Porto Rico, including 

 the erection of buildings, the printing (in Porto Ric(j), illustration, and distribution 

 of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of said 

 station; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are 

 o1)tained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, 

 Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and to apply the moneys received from the sale of such 

 products to the maintenance of said stations; in all, seven hundred and ninety-six 

 thousand dollars. 



!^TT-TKITIox Investigations: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate 

 and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for 



