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That the said exhibit shall be of such nature as the Secretary of 

 Agriculture deems appropriate: /V>m/e(/, That the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture shall make such arrangements with the proper otlicers of the 

 said exposition that the Department of Agriculture shall be at no 

 expense for transportation of said exhibit to and from the exposition: 

 Provided fio-ther, That the Secretary of Asjriculture shall also make 

 such arrangements with the proper authorities of said exposition that 

 there shall be no expense to the department for any breakage or 

 damage that may occur to the exhibit, nor for the living expenses of 

 such appointees as he may see fit to send to said exposition to demon- 

 strate the exhibit sent. 



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Provisions, here omitted, luaiving an appi-opriation for investigations to 

 meet tlie emergency causetl by tlie spread of the chestuut-l)arli disease, 

 and an appropriation for investigating the cultivation, acclimating, and 

 development of types of potatoes, and for experimentation and develop- 

 ment of sugar-beet seed, are set forth on p. 85, pofit, under " Bureau of 

 Plant Industry." 



A provision, here omiUed. exrei)tiiig employees in the meat-inspection 

 service and employees engaged in enforcement of the insecticide act of 

 1910, from requirements a.s to detailetl estimates for officers, clerlis, and 

 employees of the department, is set forth on p. 18, ante. 



Total carried by this Act for the Department of Agriculture, six- 

 teen million six hundred and tifty-one thousand four hundred and 

 ninety-six dollars. 



Act August 10, 1912, c. l'S4, 37 Stat. yOO. 



WEATHER BUREAU. 



ACT OCTOBER 1, 1890, c. 1266. An act to increase the efficiency and reduce 

 the expenses of the Signal Corps of I he Army, and to transfer the Weather 

 Service to the Deparrmeiu of Agriculture. {'2*'} Stat. 653.) 



Establishment of the Bureau. 



That the civilian duties now performed by the Signal Corps of the 

 Army shall hereafter devolve upon a bureau to be known as the 

 Weather Bureau, which, on and after July first, eighteen hundred 

 and ninety-one, shall be established in and attached to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and the Sigiuil C'orps of the Array shall remain 

 a part of the Militar}^ Establishment under the direction of the Secre- 

 tary of War, and all estimates for its support shall be included with 

 other estimates for the support of the Military Establishment. 



Act October 1. 1890, c. 12(;(;. s. 1, 2(5 Stat. 0r)3. 



Duties of Chief of Bureau. 



Sec. 3. That the Chief of the Weather Btircau, under the direction 

 of the Secretary of Agriculture, on and after July first, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-one, shall have charge of the forecasting of 

 weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and 

 flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, 

 the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation 

 of sea-coast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission of 

 marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation, the 

 reporting of temperature and rain-fall conditions for the cotton in- 

 terests, the display of frost and cold-wave signals, the distribution 

 of meteorological" information in the interests of agriculture and 



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