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of life, and to the facilities for wue-h instnirtion" and "for providiiiR roiirsc.s for the 

 speeial preparation of instructorH for teaching the elements of aii:ri<'ullure and me- 

 chanic arts." It is held that this language authorizes the purchase with this money 

 of apparatus, machiner\-, textbof)ks, reference books, stock, and material used in 

 instniction, or for the purposes of illustration in connection with any of the branches 

 enumerated, and the payment of salaries of instructors in said branches only; but, in 

 case of machinery (such as boilers, engines, pumps, etc.) and farm stock, which are 

 made to serve for both in.structional and other purposes, the Federal funds may be 

 charged with only an equitable portion of the cost of said machinery and stock. 



BUILDINGS. 



The expenditure of any portion of these funds for the purchase, erection, preserva- 

 tion, or repair of any building or buildings under any pretense whatever is specifically 

 proliibited by the act (sec. 3); the purchase of land is not allowable (decision of 

 Assistant Attorney General, Mar., 1891), nor expenditures for permanent improvement 

 to buildings, grounds, and farms, such as clearing, draining, and fencing of land. 



SALARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS. 



.The salaries of purely administrative officers, such as treasurers (decision of Assistant 

 Attorney General, !Mar. 7, 1894), presidents, secretaries, bookkeept^rs, janitors, watch- 

 men, etc., can not be charged to this fund, nor the salaries of other administrative 

 officers, like superintendents, foremen, and matrons, and the wages of unskilled 

 laborers and assistants in shops, laboratories, and fields; nor can it be expended for 

 heating or lighting buildings, musical instruments, military equipment, furniture, 

 cases, shelving, desks, blackboards, tables, lockers, salaries of instructors in philoso- 

 phy, psychology, ethics, logic, history, political science, civics, pedagogy, military 

 science and tactics, and in ancient and modern languages (excei)t English). When 

 an administrative officer also gives instruction in any of the branches of study men- 

 tioned in the act of August 30, 1890, or when an instructor gives such instruction and 

 also devotes part of his time to giving instruction in branches of study not mentioned 

 in the said act, only a part of such person's salary proportionate to the time devoted 

 to giving instruction in the branches of study mentioned in the said act of August 30, 

 1890, can V)o charged to these funds. In the division of time between instructional 

 and other services, one hour vi instruction shall be regarded a« the equivalent of two 

 hours of administrative, supervisory, or experiment station work. 



EXTENSION WORK. 



No part of the funds received under the provisions of the acts of 1890 and 1907 may 

 be used for any form of extension work, and all in.struction nuist be given at tht' insti- 

 tutions receivijig thest' funds, except that a reasonable portion of the funds j)rovided 

 by the act of 1907 may be used for the instruction of teachers in agricultur*-, mechanic 

 arts, and domestic science at summer schools, teachera' institutes, and by corrt-spoud- 

 vnci', and iu supervising and directing work iu these subjects in hijih schools. 



TRAININO OF TEACHERS. 



All or a i)art of the funds provided by the act of March 4, 1907, may be used "for 

 providing courses for th*- special preparation of iu.stnictors for teaching the elements 

 of agriculture and mechanic arts." It is held that this language authori/,(>s expendi- 

 tures for instniction iu lh<' history of agriculture and iiidu.strial e<lucatiou, in nuahods 

 of teaching agriculture, nwchanic arts, and home ec(»noinics, and al.so ft)r sjjecial aid 

 and supervision given to tea<-herH actively engiiginl iu teaching iigricultur««, ni«>chanic 

 arts, and home economics iu public schools. It does not authorize expenditures for 

 general courses in p<'dagi)gy, psychology, history of oducatiun, and methods of teaching. 



