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Jul}', 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. 



Sec. 3. That if any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer 

 of any State or Territory for the further and more complete endowment, sup- 

 port, 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. 



Sec. 4. 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 Treasui'y as to each State and Territory whether it is comply- 

 ing 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 Terri- 

 tory 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. 



Sec. 5. That the Secretai-y of Agriculture shall make an annual report to 

 Congress on the receipts and expenditures and work of the agricultural experi- 

 ment stations in all of the States and Territories, and also whether the appro- 

 priation of any State or Territory has been withheld ; and if so, the reason 

 therefor. 



Sec. G. That Congress may at any time amend, suspend, or repeal any or all 

 of the provisions of this act. 



Approved, March 16, 1906. 



Under the provisions of this act the several States and Territories 

 each received $5,000 last year, making a total of $-240,000. As the 



