930 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 805. 1901. city of Washington and elsewhere, and for collatin , digesting, reporting, illustrating, and printing the results of suci experiments and investigations; for the purchase of all necessary supplies, apparatus, and office iixtures; for freight and express charges, and traveling expenses, one hundred and forty-six thousand two hundred and eighty do lars, of which sum not to exceed two thousand dollars may be used for the payment of rent. In all, for the Bureau of Forestry, one hundred and eighty-five thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Egggmu of chem- BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. c,§§,§§f§§,_°‘ °h*°‘· BUREAU or CHEMISTRY, sALAn1Es: One chemist, who shall be chief of bureau, three thousand dollars; one assistant chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand three hundred dollars. ` ExP°'“°S· Gnxnnsn EXPENSES, BUREAU or CHEM1s·rnY: Chemical apparatus, chemicals, laboratory fixtures, and supplies, repairs to engine and apparatus; gas and electric current, purchase of supplies and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling and other expenses, labor and expert work in such investigations, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; to continue the collaboration with other bureaus and divisions of the Department desiring chemical investigations and to collaborate with the other departments of the Government, whose heads request the Secretary of Agriculture for such assistance and for other miscellaneous work; for the employment of additional assistant chemists when necessary. uF\y§>1_<;»ad<}1*i‘:(§I§é&{;*]§;d To investigate the adulteraticn of foods, drugs, and liquors, when qdeemed by the Secretary of A riculture advisable; and the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he {has reason to believe that articles are being imported from foreign countries which by reason of such adulteration are dangerous to the health of the peo le of the United States, shall make a request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples from ori inal packages of such articles for inspection and analysis; 0P€¤*¤g P¤°k¤g°$ and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to open such of suspected imports. . . . . . » or1g1nal packages and deliver sipecimens to the Secretary of Agricul- -—¤¤¤i¤€*<>¢>W¤€*- ture for the purpose mentione , giving notice to the owner or con- · signee of such articles, who may be present and have the right to intro- -d·=¤V€¤’ ¤=f¤S¤d· duce testimony; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse de1ivery to the consignee of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to him have been inspected and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health because of such adulteration. _ foggvsjggggygvec of To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character " of proposed food preservatives and coloring matters, to determine their relation to digestion and to health, and to establish the princi- Kgfergggjgpmjleslgiogf ples which should guidetheir use; to enable the Secretary of Agriucrs, ew. culture to investi ate the characte of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and to inspect before shipment, when desired by the shippers or owners of these food products, American food products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before said food products are allowed to be sold in the countries mentioned, and for all necessary ex enses connected with such inspection and studies of methods of anallysis in foreign countries; for .the preparation of reports, the .purchase of apparatus, chemicals, samples, and supplies required in conducting suc investigations, the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting such experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, r
