FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ch. 1008. 1157 ant, one thousand five hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand four hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand dollars; ten collaborators, at three hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; one photogra her, one thousand two hundred dollars; one computer, one thousand) dollars; three clerks class one three thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks, at seven hundred and twent dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and forty dollars. GENERAL EXPENSES, BUREAU or Fonnsrmrz To enable the Seere- fjggggggggyggd tary of Agriculture to experiment and to make and continue investi- repom gations and report on orestry, forest reserves, forest tires, and umbering; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitab e trees for the treeless regions;‘to collect and distribute valuable economic forest—tree seeds and plants; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical forestry and in conducting experiments and investigations in the city of Was ington and elsew ere, and for collating, igesting, reporting, illustrating, and printing the results of such experiments ‘ and investigations; for the purchase of all necessary supplies, appa- S¤vv¤¤¤»¤¢<=· ratus, and office fixtures; for freight and express charges, and traveling and other necessary expenses, three hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars, of which sum not to exceed ten thou- B“"" sand dollars may be used for rent. And the employees of the Bureau “"°' °"""°°°°· of Forestry outsideof the city of Washington may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, without additional excpense to the Government, be granted leaves of absence not to excee fifteen days in an r one ear. Total for? Bureau of Forestry, three hundred and fifty thousand _ dollars. BUREAU or ouamisrar. .,,§*r··¤ 0* °‘**¤·’* BUREAU or Cnmnsrrnr, SALARIESZ One Chemist, who shall be Chief *“‘**"°“· of Bureau, three thousand Eve hundred 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; one chief clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks class one, two dthelusapfl four hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand eight hun re dollars. gt}ENER.AL Exrrxsms, BUREAU or Cmzmsrmrz Chemical apparatus ‘_§§,“P§’,”f,§;P:,Q$°* chemicals, lahoratgryl fixtures, and supplges, refpagiis to engine sind a ratus; an e v-ctric current,’purc ase o a necessary office iililjiires, siiges, and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary trave ing and other expenses, telegraph and telephone services, for express and freight charges, labor and expert work in such investigations in the city of \Vashington 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 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. . _ _ To investiglate the adulteration of foods, drugs, and liquors, when “d§‘,;§jf;(§g‘,f,,§;f‘;,‘;i deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisab e; and the Secretary
