LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 19 



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I seeds, bulbs, imilborry and other raiv and valuable trees, shnibs, 

 [• vines, cuttings, and plants: Pi^ovided further^ T\\x\i $;iJ»,000 of wiiich 

 \ sum, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agrioultnre shall direct, 

 I may be used for the purchase and distribution of drouirht-resistant 



field seeds through the Great Plains area and other drv-Jarid sections 



of the United States. 



Act March 4. 1913. c. 145, 37 Stat. S3G. 



These are provisions ooiitnined in the ii>rricultural Mpiiroprijifion :ict 

 for the fiscal year 1914, cited above, and are re-euaotments, with alter- 

 ations and additions, of those contained in the aKricnltunil .ippnipria- 

 tion acts for the fiscal years ISSl and thereafter. 



" It is qnestionable to what extent, if at all, its provisions can be con- 

 sidered permanent, or whether each is In force only in relation to the 

 I particular .ipproin-iation made by the act in which each appears." 



j (Comitilrr'fi note. 1 Supp. I'. S. Rcr. .S7. 173.) 



Provisions that seeds transmitted by the Se<Tet;iry of Agriculture or 

 by nienibiTs of (^)ni:ress may pass throujjb the m.iils fre<' of cbartie are 

 contained in act March 3. 1875. c. 12s. s. 7. set forth in " Laws Applicable 

 to the United States Department of Agriculture." 1912, p. 7G. 



rn)visions for the printinjr and furnishing by the I'ublic Printer of 

 franks required for sending out seeds on Congressional orders are con- 

 taine<l in Kes. May 19. 1902. No. 23. set forth in " I-aws Apiilicable to 

 I the United States Department of Agriculture," 1912. p. 77. 



I ACT MARCH 4. 1913. c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.) 



BlREAl OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



, Salaries. lU reau of Plant Industry: One physiologist and 

 jiathologist. who shall be chief of bureaiL $5,000; one chief clerk. 

 >"J.7r)(): one executive as.sistant in seed distribution. $2,500: one 

 , officer in charge of publications. $"2,250; one landscape gardener, 

 ' $1,800: one oHicer in charge of records, $2,100; one superintendent 

 of .seed weighing and mailing, $2,000; one executive clerk, $2,250: 

 three executive clerks, at $1,080 each: one assistant superintendent 

 of .-eed warehouse. $1,400; one seed inspector. $1,000: nine clerks, 

 cla.ss four; eleven clerks, class three; two clerks, at $1,500 each; 

 seventeen clerks, class two; forty-nine clerks, class one; one clerk, 

 $1,080: nine clerks, at $1,020 each; thirty-one clerks, at $1,000 each; 

 fifty-one clerks, at $000 each: twenty-four clerks, at $840 each; 

 fifteen clerks, at $720 each : twenty-eight messengers, or laborers, at 

 $720 each; eleven messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $060 

 each: twenty messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $000 each; 

 one artist. $1.(;20: one clerk or artist. $1,200; one assistant in illus- 

 trations, $840; one photographer. $1,400; one photographer. $1,200; 

 one photographer. $000; one laboratory aid. $1,440: one laboratory 

 , aid. S1.880: three lal)oratory aids. at'$1.200 each: one laboratory 

 aid, $1,080; two laboratory aids, at $1,020 each; five laboratory aids, 

 I at $840 each: eight laboratory aids, at $720 each; six laboratory 

 I aids, at $000 each; one laboratory apprentice. $720: two ma)) tracers, 

 at $720 each: one niaj) traeer. $000: two gardeners, at $1,440 each; 

 four gardeners, at $1,200 each; eight gardeners, at $1,100 each; 

 fifteen gardeners, at $000 each: nineteen gardeners, at $780 each; 

 one skilled laborer. $000; one skilled laborer. 5t;000: three skilled 

 laborers, at $840 each: one assi.stant in technolog\% $1,400; one 

 assistant in tecimoloirv. $1,380: one meehanical assistant. $1,200; 



