FOBTY-EIGHTH CON GBESS. Sess. I. CHS. 71, 72. 1884. 39 Lmnmr. For entomological and botanical works of reference, works on chemis- Library. try and mineralogy, charts, current agricultural works for library, miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and the completion of imperfect series, one thousand five hundred dollars. INVESTIGATING DISEASES OF ANIMALS. Investigating diseases of domestic animals: For continuing the in- of dovestigation of infections and contagious diseases to which all classes of m°•*·*° •mm°]°· domestic animals are subject, twenty-five thousand dollars. POSTAGE. For postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles Pnncnge. for correspondents and foreign mail, four thousand dollars. CONTINGHNT EXPEN S. For stationery, freight, express charges, fuel, lights, subsistence and Contingent ex care of horses, repairs of harness, paper, twine, and gum for folding- P•¤¤¤¤· room and for miscellaneous items, namely, for advertising, telegraphing, drygoods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, and for necessary items, including actual traveling expenses while on the business of the Department, fifteen thousand dollarsi Fonmstmr. For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to ex- Forestry. periment and to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, ten thousand dollars. TEA PLANTS. To continue the cultivation and distribution of the tea-plant, three Teaplants. thousand dollars; one thousand of which shall be immediately available. · , SILK CULTURE. For the encouragement and development of the culture and raising Silk culture. of raw silk, fifteen thousand dollars, to he expended under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Sno 2. That no part of the sums herein or hereafter appropriated for Omeers nnn gmthe Department of Agriculture shall be paid to any person, as addi- gym P¤>!¤b}*°d tional salary or compensation, receiving at the same time other com- m;_y'g;’ zglxug pensation as an officer or employee of the Government; and in addition ,,,,,0,, 0,;,,, than to the proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the herein provided. said Department to be furnished to the accounting officers of the Treas- - ury, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall, at the commencement of each regular session, present to Congress a detailed statement of the 1;,,,,,10,1 stm,. expenditures of all appropriations for said Department for the last pre- ment or expendiceding uscal year. ::¥(9;):>b¤¤P¤¤¤d Approved, June 5, 1884. CHAP. 72.-An act to declare the Cantilever Bridgloonntructed by tb Niagara June 7, IBS}. River Bridge Company arose the Niagara 'ver a Post Route. ····-r—‘·m Bb it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Cantilever Bridge ,;:1* “:v;: 3},: f and its appurtenances which has been constructed across the Niagara m, EVO, d,,,,,,?,; River from aupoint on the right bank of the Niagara River between the • lawful an-mmue Falls of the iagara and the mountain ridge above Lewiston, to a point •¤¤i 1¤»*»¤>¤*•·
