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BES. JUNE 30, 1906, No. 51. Jolut resolution relative to the printing of twelve 

 thousiiuil copies of the report ou the progress of tbe beet-sugar iudustrv 

 (34 Stat. 839.) 



Annual printing and distribution of report on the beet-sugar industry. 



That there be printed twelve thousand copies of the report on the 

 progress of the beet-sugar industry in the United States in nineteen 

 hundred and five; one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, tliree 

 thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and eight 

 thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, and 

 that the Secretary of Agriculture be authorized to print and distribute 

 annually hereafter eight thousand copies of such annual reports cov- 

 ering the progress of the beet-sugar industry : Provided, That the 

 preparation and publication of such annual reports shall be within 

 the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Res. June 30, 1906, No. 51, 34 Stat. 839. 



ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 458. (30 Stat. 1377.) 



Use of Potomac Park by Department of Agriculture as testing grounds. 



That the Secretary of War is authorized to grant permission to the 

 Department of Agriculture for the temporary occupation of such 

 area or areas of Potomac Park, not exceeding a total of seventy-five 

 acres in extent, as may not be needed in any one season for the recla- 

 mation or park improvement, the said areas to be used by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture as testing grounds: Provided^ That nothing 

 herein contained shall be construed to change the essential character 

 of the lands so used, which lands shall continue to be a public park, 

 as provided in the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-seven: And provided further^ That said area or 

 areas shall be vacated by the Department of Agriculture at the close 

 of any season upon the request of the Secretary of War: And pro- 

 vided further, That the entire park shall remain under the charge of 

 the Secretary of War. 



Act March 3, 1899, c. 458, s. 2, 30 Stat. 1378. 



This is a paragraph of section 2 of "An act relative to the control of 

 wharf property and certain public spaces in the District of Columbia," 

 cited above. 



ACT APRIL 18, 1900, 0. 243. An act to set apart a portion of the Arlington 

 estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and to place said portion 

 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors 

 in office. (31 Stat. 135.) 



Portion of Arlington estate placed under jurisdiction of Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. 



That jurisdiction is hereby transferred and given to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture and his sucessors in office over so much of the Gov- 

 ernment land in Alexandria County, Virginia, known as the Arling- 

 ton estate, as lies east of the public road leading from the Aqueduct 

 Bridge to Alexandria, Virginia, otherwise called the Georgetown 

 and Alexandria road, and between said road and the Potomac River, 

 containing about four hundred acres, with the exception, however, 

 of a strip of land as follows, commencing at the point where the 

 Georgetown and Alexandria road enters the Arlington estate on the 

 north side, thence along said road six hundred and twenty-five yards, 



