THE LEVER ACT 



be established the appropriations hereinafter made to such 

 State shall be administered by such college or colleges as 

 the legislature of such State may direct : Provided further, 

 That, pending the inauguration and development of the co- 

 operative extension work herein authorized, nothing in this 

 act shall be construed to discontinue either the farm manage- 

 ment work or the farmers' co-operative demonstration work 

 as now conducted by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Sec. 2. That co-operative agricultural extension work 

 shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demon- 

 strations in agriculture and home economics to persons not 

 attending or resident in said colleges in the several communi- 

 ties, and imparting to such persons information on said sub- 

 jects through field demonstrations, publications, and other- 

 wise; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as 

 may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture and the State agricultural college or colleges re- 

 ceiving the benefits of this act. 



Sec. 3. That for the purpose of paying the expenses 

 of said co-operative agricultural extension work and the 

 necessary printing and distributing of information in con- 

 nection with the same, there is permanently appropriated, 

 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

 the sum of $480,000 for each year, $10,000 of which shall be 

 paid annually, in the manner hereinafter provided, to each 

 State which shall by action of its legislature assent to the 

 provisions of this act: Provided, That payment of such in- 

 stallments of the appropriation hereinbefore made as shall 

 become due to any State before the adjournment of the regu- 

 lar session of the legislature meeting next after the passage 

 of this act may, in the absence of prior legislative assent, 



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