440 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 313, 314. 1887. Pmmbe. of eighteen hundred and twelve, seventy-five mil}i0n dollars: P¢jov{ded. That, the appropriations aforesaid for Navy pcusmns shall be paul irom Navy. the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same may be suffi- To be separately cient for that purpose : And provided further, That the amount expended ¤¤<><>¤¤¥¢d for- under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately. Exauiining sur- For fees and axpcnscsbf examining surgeons, for services renqeyed S¢<>¤¤» fee - Mc- within the iiscal year eighteen hundred and aightymight, one million Boards. dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, ap uqw authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the cxamxnatmou of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be cxamqnqd on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each addmoual · Proviao. applicant ou such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fcc of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made. Agents_ For the salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, saveutymwo thousand dollars. Cmk.m,G_ For clerk-hire, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
- ,~,,B]_ For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Lighm For lights, seven hundred and iiity dollars. Stationery, mh For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, nine thousand dollars. · mm. For rents, twenty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Treas- Rooms in public ury, where possible, shall cause suitable moms to be set apart in the \>¤i|di¤z¤· public buildings under his control in cities where pension agencies arc located, which shall be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and occupancy of the said agencies respectively. Approved, March 1, 1887. ' Mm-_ g, 138; CHAP. 314.-Au act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection . 1-—-—-— with the colleges established in tho several States under the provisions of an not npproved July second, eighteen hundred aud sixty-two, and of the mts supplementary thereto. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ag,i,,u1m,,,1,,x- States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to aid in acquirperimem: nations. ing and diifusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected Wltb agriculture, and to promote scicutiiic investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science, there shall be established, under direction of the college or colleges or agricultural department of colleges in each State or Territory established, or which may hereafter be established, in accordance with the provisions of an act approved Vox. 12, p. 503. July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “Au act donating public lands to the several States aud Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit; 0t’ agriculture and the mechanic arts," or any of the supplements to said act,a. department to be known and des- Proviao. iguated as an “ agricultural experiment st:ation:" Provided, That in Divjsign of ap- any State or Territory in which two such colleges have been or may bc P¥°P¤¤¤°¤· so established the appropriation hereinafter made to such State or Territory shall be equally divided between such colleges, unless the legislature of such State or Territory shall otherwise direct. ° Scopeofresearch- 81:0. 2. That it shall be the object: and duty of said experiment sta- ¢¤· tions to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; tho chemical composition of useful plants at their ditiéncut stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a. varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composntiou of manures, natural or
