200 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 555. 1900. tions of better methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture than those in common use, and for the preparation, printing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directe · to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying) out said investigations in such manner and tosuch extent as maty e warranted by a due re rd to the varying conditions and needs o the respective Stafes and 'ggrritories as may be mutually agreed upon; fifty thousand · dollars. ` B<z¤d - m¤ki¤g i¤· Pmsmc RoAD INQUIRIES: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to qum°s` make in uiries in regard to the system of road management throughout the lllnited States; to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kind of road-making materials in the several States; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor re uired in conducting experiments in the`city of Washington and elsewqhere and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for labor, traveling, and other necessary expenses, and for preparing and publishing bulletins and reports on this subject for distribution, and—to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject, fourteen thousand dollars. uvivision of P·=¤1i¤¤- PUBLICATIONS, DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE: For the preparation, °°S' printing, illustration, publication, indexin , and distribution of documents, bulletins,~and reports, one hundred and five thousand dollars; of which sum fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be avail- F¤¤¤€¤’ b¤“°*i¤S· able for the preparation and printing of farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interest of the {people of the different sections of the _ country, an equal pro ortion of our-fifths of which shall be delivered to, or sent out under tllfe addressed franks furnished by, Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Con ress, as each Senator, Representative éirwavsio Senators or Delegate shalldirectr Provided That the Secretary of Agriculture etcjmgf nepmmeni shall notify Senators and Re resentatives of the title and character of P“*’“°°“°“s· each such bulletin, and also ofp any other publication of the Department of Agriculture not sent to the folding rooms of the Senate and House, with the total number to which each Senator, Representative, and Delegate may be entitled for distribution; and on the face of the envelope ’ inelosingl said bulletins shall be printed the title of each bulletin conm%§g§*3Qg;{’;dPR)§li‘ tained therein: Provided further, That all such bulletins included_ in the quotas of Senators, Representatives, or Delegates not called for on or before the thirtieth day of June in each fiscal year shall revert to the Secretary of Agriculture, and be available to him, either for miscellaneous distribution or in making up Congressional quotas for the next fiscal year; for the pay of artists, draftsmen, and engravers, and of proof readers and indexers when necessary; for the purchase of manuscript for publication, and of tools, instruments, and artists’ materials; for printing proofs, charts, and mags; for drawings, en ravings, photographs, paintingsglithographs, other illustrations, and electrotypes, and for travelinge enses when necessary; for labor, paper, envelopes, gum, twine, and Ufzdgr necessary materials; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required, in the city of Vllashington and elsewhere, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and five thousand dollars. Igjlvisgvn of aegis,) PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION or VALUABLE SEEDS: For the purchase, m,,,r§m'?s°’ L U u` propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required, in the city of Washington and elsewhere; transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, ostal cards, and all` necessary materialand repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in localities ada ted to their culture, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which -amount
