250 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



appropriation acts for the fiscal years 190S and thereafter. The pro- 

 visions of the act for the fiscal year 1913 are set forth on p. 254, post. 



Provisions that the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form 

 of the annual financial statement required by this act, and shall ascertain 

 whether the expenditures under the appropriations made for carrying 

 out the provisions of the act, are in accordance with the act, and make 

 report thereon to Congress, accompany appropriations in the agricullui*al 

 .•ippropriation acts for the fiscal years 1008 and thereafter. The provision 

 of the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth on p. 251. post. 



Diminution of fund to be restored by State or Territory; fund not to be applied 

 to buildings; reports of operations, etc., including statements of receipts 

 and expenditures. 



Sec. 3. That if any portion of the moneys received by the desig- 

 nated officer of any State or Territory for the further and more com- 

 plete endowment, support, and maintenance of agricultural experi- 

 ment stations as provided in this Act shall by any action or con- 

 tingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced 

 by said State or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced 

 no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to such 

 State or Territory ; and no portion of said moneys exceeding five per 

 centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied, directly or in- 

 directly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, pre- 

 servation, or repair of any building or buildings, or to the purchase 

 or rental of land. It shall be the duty of each of said stations an- 

 nually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the gover- 

 nor of the State or Territory in which it is located a full and detailed 

 report of its operations, including a statement of receipts and ex- 

 penditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said sta- 

 tions, to the Secretary of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the 

 Treasury of the United States. 



Act March 16, 1906, c. 951, s. 3. 34 Stat. 63. 



Annual ascertainment and certification of amounts due States, etc.; certificates 

 of appropriations withheld; appeals to Congress. 



Sec. 4. That on or before the first day of July in each year after the 

 passage of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and 

 certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Terri- 

 tory whether it is complying with the provisions of this Act and is 

 entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for agricul- 

 tural experiment stations under this Act and the amount which there- 

 upon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of 

 Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State or Territory 

 of its appropriation, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported 

 to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate in 

 the Treasury until the close of the next Congre.'^s in order that the 

 State or Territory may, if it shall so desire, appeal to Congress from 

 the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Con- 

 gress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the 

 Treasury: and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby charged with 

 the proper administration of this law. 



Act March 16. 1906, c. 951. s. 4, 34 Stat. 64. 

 See notes under section 2 of this not. 



Annual reports to Congress of receipts and expenditures and work of stations, 

 and of withholding appropriations. 



Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual 

 report to Congress on the receipts and expenditures and work of the 



