2()() llKl'oUr OF OFFICE OF KXTKlilMENT STATIONS. 



KKtrrioN 8 — KEUKUAKv 14, IH88. 



Where there is an agricultural itolK-fjre or station whieh may have teen entablished 

 l>y State aiitliority ami is inaiiitaiiUMl Ity tlic State, the eij^hth section of tin- above 

 act woiiltl aiitliori/.e the State to desifinatx- the station to which it desired the appro- 

 priation to he ai)i)lied, whether to one or more, or all, and tht^ Secretary of the 

 Treasury should make tiic i)aynieiit under tlir ai)propriation to w liiciicvcr one tlie 

 State ini^dit de' ' 



SECTIONS 1 AND H — KKIUUAKV lo, 1 8S8. 



(1) When an a.irricultural colii'irc or station lias been establislied under the act of 

 July 2, 1SG2, each college is entitled to the benelit.s of the provisions of said act (i. e., 

 of March 2, 1877). 



(2) In a State where an agricultural college has been established under the act of 

 July 2, lSf)2, and agricultural stations liave also been established, either under the 

 act of July 2, lS(j2, or by State authority, before March 2, 1887, the legislature of 

 such State shall determine which one of said institutions, or how many of them, 

 shall receive the benefits of the act of March 2, 1887. 



(.S) If the legislature of any State in which an agricidtural college has been estab- 

 lished under the act of July 2, 1862, desires to estal)lisli an agricultural station whit;h 

 shall be entitled to the benefits of said act, it must establish such station in connec- 

 tion with said college. 



PROVISO TO SECTIONS 1 AND 8 — DECEMBER 7, 1888. 



It is within the power of the legislature of any State that has accepted the pro- 

 visions of said actof March 2, 1887, todisposeof theainount api)ropriate(l by Congress 

 for said station to either one orall of the agricultural colleges or stations which may 

 have been established in said State by virtue of either tlie provisions of the act of 

 July 2, 1862, or the provisions of saiil eighth section of the ad of March 2, 1887. 



The whole responsibility rests uj)on the State legislature a.s to how the fund appro- 

 priated by Congress shall be distrilmted among these various institutions of the 

 State, provided there is one or more agricultural colleges with which an agricultural 

 station is connected, or one or more agricultural stations. 



RULINGS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE 

 WORK AND EXPENDITURES OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT 

 STATIONS. " 



111 connection with cxcaniinations of the work and expenditures of 

 the agricultural experiment stations estal)lished in accordance with the 

 act of Congress of March 2, 1887, under authority given to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture by Congress, questions have arisen which have 

 seemed to make it advisable to formulate the views of this Depart- 

 ment on certain matters affecting the management of the stations under 

 that act. The statements given below have therefore lieen prepared 

 to cover the points which seem to require special attention: 



EXPENDITURES FOR PERMANENT SUBSTATIONS. 



This Department holds that the expenditure of funds appropriated in accordance 

 with the provisions of the act of Congress of March 2, 1887, for the maintenance of 

 permanent substations is contrary to the spirit and intent of said act. The act pro- 

 vides for an experiment station in each State and Territory, which, except in cases 



«U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Circular 29. 



