76 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPABTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best adapted to the 

 locality he represents : Provided, also. That the seeds allotted to Sen- 

 ators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced 

 within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude shall 

 be ready for delivery not later than the tenth day of January: Pro- 

 vided, also, That any portion of the allotments to Senators, Repre- 

 sentatives, and Delegates in Congress remaining uncalled for on the 

 first day of April shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have 

 ■ been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress, and 

 who have not before during the same season been supplied by the 

 department: And provided also. That the Secretary shall report, as 

 provided in this Act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, 

 and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be 

 construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending seeds 

 to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appro- 

 priated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for 

 the purchase, testing, propagation, and distribution of valuable 

 seeds, bulbs, mulberry and other rare and valuable trees, shrubs, 

 vines, cuttings, and plants: Provided further. That fifty-eight thou- 

 sand seven hundred and forty dollars of which sum, or so much 

 thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct, may be used to 

 collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable 

 seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign 

 countries or from our possessions for experiments with reference to 

 their introduction into and cultivation in this country, and same shall 

 not be distributed ^enerallj^ but shall be used for experimental tests, 

 to be carried on with the cooperation of the agricultural experiment 

 stations. 



Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 27S. 



These provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 

 1913, cited above, are re-enactments, with alterations and additions, of 

 those contained in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal 

 3'ears ISSl and thereafter. 



" It is questionable to what extent, if at all, its provisions can be 

 considered permanent, or whether each is in force only in relation to 

 the particular appropriation made bv the act in which each appears." 

 {Compilers' note, 1 Supp U. S. Rev. St. 773.) 



ACT MARCH 3, 1875, c. 128. (18 Stat. 340.) '^ 



Seeds and reports from Department of Agriculture, to be transmitted free. 



Sec. 7. That seeds transmitted by the Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture, or by any member of Congress or delegate receiving seeds for 

 distribution from said De])artment, together with agricultural reports 

 emanating from that Department, and so transmitted, shall, under 

 such regulations as the Postmaster-General shall prescribe, pass 

 through the mails free of charge. And the provisions of this section 

 shall apply to ex-members of Congress and ex-delegates for the period 

 of nine months after the expiration of their terms as members and 

 delegates. 



Act March 3, 1875, c. 128, s. 7, 18 Stat. 343. 



