66 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



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The classified summary of expenditures given on jiage 210 indicates 

 the manner in Avhich the first j^ear's appropriation was expended. 

 As the money became avaihible so hite in the fiscal year it was used to 

 a very large extent in providing facilities for the investigations and 

 researches to be inaugurated under the act. These facilities consisted 

 to a ver}^ large extent of scientific apparatus, laboratorj' equipment, 

 special implements and machiner}^; scientific books and periodicals, 

 and in some cases of live stock purchased with special reference to the 

 requirements of the new investigations. In this way a large amount 

 of necessary equipment was obtained, which was frequently one of the 

 first requirements in inaugurating the Avork. 



In the examination of the expenditures of the stations under this 

 fund, the character of the material i^urchased, and its relation to 

 investigation as distinguished from the routine work of the stations, 

 has been made a subject of special inquiry. Xo charges for mis- 

 cellaneous supplies, live stock for general purposes, supplies and 

 fixtures for the administrative offices of the station, and the like, 

 have been permitted. Special care has been exercised to confine the 

 expenditures allowed to those directly connected with investigation 

 already in hand or planned for. From our examination of the 

 accounts and the fi.nancial reports upon this fund it is, in general, 

 clear that the money has been wisely and judiciously expended in 

 a manner that will greatly facilitate the new investigations and 

 relieve subsequent ai)propriations. 



ADMINISTRATION OF THE ADAMS ACT. 



The Adams Act places the general administration of the fund in 

 the hands of the Secretary of Agriculture, and gives him duties 

 connected Avith it which are not carried by the Hatch Act. The 

 quarterly payments are 'to be made " upon the warrant of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture,"' and the act directs that the treasurer, or other 

 officer appointed b}' the governing boards of the stations, shall 

 " report to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day of 

 September of each 3'ear, a detailed statement of the amount so re- 

 ceived and of- its disbursement, on schedules ])rescribed by the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture."' It further j^rovides that "the Secretary of 

 Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury as to each State and Territory, whether it is complying with the 

 provisions of tliis act and entitled lo receive its share of the annual 

 ap|)r()j)riati()n." It states specifically that "■ the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture is heicby charged with the pi-ojxM- administration of this 

 law,'' and provides that he "shall make an annual ivport to Congress 

 on the receipts jind exju'iiditures and work of the agricultural 

 experiment stations in all of the States and Territories, and also 



