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lands which may be made available for agricultural purposes, and to 

 prepare plans for the removal of surplus waters by drainage from 

 such lands, and for the preparation and illustration of reports and 

 bulletins on drainage, including the employment of labor in the city 

 of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Co- 

 lumbia, and all necessary expenses, one hundred thousand dollars. 



Total for Office of Experiment Stations, one million eight hundred 

 and seventy-one thousand and seven hundred dollars. 



Act August 10. lf)12. c. 284, 37 Stat. 297. 



These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1913, cited above. 



OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS. 



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

 Director of office. 



* * * One director, who shall be a scientist and have charge 

 of all scientific and technical work. * * *, 



Art .TuTie 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 694. 



Tliis is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1907, cited above. Provisions iu the same words are contained in 

 the similar acts for subsequent fi.sf-al years. The provision in the act for 

 the fiscal year 1913 is set forth below. 



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



Salaries, Office of Public Roads: One director, who shall be a 

 scientist and have charge of all scientific and technical work, four 

 thousand dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars: 

 two clerks, class three; one clerk or instrument maker, one thousand 

 four hundred and forty dollars; one clerk, one thousand three hun- 

 dred and twenty dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred 

 and sixty dollars each; three clerks, class one; one clerk or photog- 

 rapher, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk or photographer, 

 one thousand dollars; two clerks, at one thousand one hundred and 

 forty dollars each; one clerk, one thousand and eighty dollars; one 

 clerk, one thousand and twenty dollars: four clerks, at one thousand 

 dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk or instru- 

 ment nuiker, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger or 

 laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger or hiborer, 

 six liuiidrcd and sixty dollars: four messengers or laborers, at six 

 hundred dollars each; one messenger boy, four hundred and eighty 

 dollars: one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; two 

 charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all. thirty- 

 seven thousand and twenty dollars. 



Genkkal Exi'ENSKs, OriuK OF PuBLic RoADs : For salaries, and 

 the emplo^'ment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, 

 supplies, office fixtures, apparatus, traveling and all other necessary 

 expen.ses for conducling investigations and experiments, and for 

 collating, reporting, and illustrating the result.s of same, and for pre- 

 paring, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports as follows: 

 Prorided, That no jiart of these approju'iations shall be expended 

 for the rent or purchase of road-making machinery except such as 

 may be nece.^^sary for field experimental work as hereinafter provided 

 for: 



