46 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



(See " Liiws Aiiiili<;il»h' to the I'liittHl States Department <'f Agriculture," 1U12. 



pp. 237-256.) 



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



OFFICE t)F EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Salaries, Office of P^xperiment Stations: One director. $4,500: 

 one chief clerk, $2,000: one computer, $2,000; one draftsman, $1,920; 

 one clerk and proof reader, $1,800; one editorial clerk, $1,000; one 

 editorial clerk, $1,400; one editorial clerk, $1,200; one draftsman, 

 $1,200; one clerk or draftsman. $900; one clerk, class four; two clerks, 

 class three; one clerk, $1,500; four clerks, class two; seven clerks, 

 class one; ei^ht clerks, at $1,000 each; twelve clerks, at $900 each; 

 one messenger, $840; three messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, 

 at $(300 each ; four messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $480 

 each; one skilled laborer, $900: five laborers or charwomen, at $480 

 each; two laborers or charwomen, at $240 each: in all, $00,100. 



General expenses. Office of Experiment St.\tions: To carry 

 into ert'ect the provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen 

 hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to establish agricultural 

 experinu'iit stations in connection with the colleges Chtablished in the 

 several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary 

 thei'eto,'" the sums ai)p()rtioned to the several States and Territories 

 to be paid quarterly in advance. $720,000; 



To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March six- 

 teenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act to provide for 

 an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions and regulating the expenditure thereof,*" the sinns afjportioned 

 to the several States and Territories to be paid quarterly in advance. 

 $720,000: Proridcd, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be paid to each 

 State and TeiTitory tuider this Act ; 



'I'o enable the Secretary of Agricidture to enforce the provisions 

 of the above Acts, relative to their administration, including the 

 employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city of 

 AVashington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, oflicial trav- 

 eling exijeuses, ollice fixtures. supi)lies, ajjparatus, telegraph and 

 telephone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside of the 

 District of (^)lumbia, $40,500: and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 |)rescribo the form of the animal financial statement required under 

 the above Acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordanc<' 

 with their provisions, and make report thereon to Congress; 



To enable ihe Secretary of Airrictdture to establish and maintain 

 agricultural expei-iinent stations in Alaska. Hawaii, Porto Rico, and 

 the island of (Jiiaiu. including the erection of buildings, the pre|^ara- 

 tiou. ilbhstration. and distribution of reports and btilletins, and all 

 other necessary expenses. $110,000. as follows: .Vlaska. $:?5.()(H). of 

 which Sinn $5,()()() shall be iinnaHliately available; Hawaii. $30,000: 

 Porto Rico, $30,000; and (luam, $15^000, including not to exceed 

 $2,000 for the purchase of land; and the Secretary of Agriculture is 

 atithori/.ed to sell such j)roducts as are obtained on the land belong- 

 ing to the agricidtural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto 



