230 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four- 

 fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed 

 franks furnished by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in 

 Congress, as they shall direct, $475,000. 



Act August 24, 1912, c. 355, 37 Stat. 482. 



This is a pi'ovisiou under the head "Public printing and binding," in 

 the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913. cited above. 

 Similar appropriations for pi-iutiug and binding for the Weather Bureau 

 and of the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, were made in the 

 sundry civil appropriation acts for previous fiscal years. The provision 

 relating to farmers' bulletins is a substantial re-enactment of provisions 

 of the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1895 to 1907. 

 inclusive, and of the sundry civil appropriation acts for the fiscal year.s 

 thereafter. 



The requirement of act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 73, relating to the 

 Annual Reitort of the Secretary of Agriculture, mentioned in this pro- 

 vision, is set forth on p. 23, ante. 



Res. March 30, 1906, No. 13, relating to the public printing, also men- 

 tioned in this provision, is set forth on p. 365, post, under " Public 

 Printing." 



Provisions of act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, for the notification of Mem- 

 bers, etc., of Congress of titles, character, and allotments of farmers' 

 bulletins, the printing of the titles on envelopes inclosing same, and the 

 disposition of uncalled for quotas, are set forth below. 



ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3913. (34 Stat. 669.) 



Notification of Members, etc., of Congress of titles and character, and allot- 

 ments of farmers' bulletins; printing of the titles on the envelopes inclosing 

 same; disposition of uncalled for quotas. 



* * * for the preparation, printing, and distribution of farmers" 

 bulletins, * * * Provided^ That the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 notify Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congre.s.s of the 

 title and character of each such bulletin, with the total number to 

 which each Senator, Repre.sentative, and Delegate may be entitled for 

 such distribution; and on the face of the envelope inclosing said bul- 

 letins shall bo printed the title of each bulletin contained therein: 

 Provided further., That all such bulletins included in the quotas of 

 Senators, Representatives, or Delegates not called for on or before the 

 thirty-first day of May in each fiscal year shall revert to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, and be available to him, either for miscellaneous dis- 

 tribution or in making up Congressional quotas for the next fiscal 

 year; * * *. 



Act June 30, 1006. c. 3913, 34 Stat. 090. 



These are provisos of the agricultural appropriation act for tiio fiscnl 

 year 1907, cited above. The proviso relating to the notification of Mem- 

 bers, etc., of Congress of titles, chjiractor. and allotments of farmer.s' 

 bulletins and the printing of titles on the enveloi)es inclosing the .same, is 

 a sui>stiintiiil ro-enactnient of a provision of the agricultural appropria- 

 tion act for the fiscal year 1895 and subsequent fiscal years. The proviso 

 relating to the disposition of uncalled for quotas is a substantial repeti- 

 tion of provisions of the agricultural ai)proin-i.itiou ads for the fiscal 

 year 1900 and subsequent fiscal years. 



ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.) 



Salaries, Division of Pdrltcvtions : One editor, who .shall be 

 chief of division, three thoii.sand two hundred and fifty dollars; one 

 editor, who shall be assistant chief of division, two thousand two 

 himdred and fifty dollars: one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; 



