SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. C11. 284. 1912. 301 To enable the Secret of Agriculture to make an exhibit at the *°°¤'¤•“*”*“ DW next annual meeting ofmthe Intemational Dry Land Congress, to be ¤am¢ held at Lethbridge, _Alberta, Canada, in October, nineteen hundred ‘°""“"‘1”‘°°°“" and twelve, illustrative of the investigations, roducts, and procmses relating to farming m the subhumid rgon of the United States, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately av able. ’ — That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he hereby is, empowered p¤l.i%°L°‘l °°"` k` to prepare from the several divisions of the Department of Agricul- I"‘“’" *°‘· ture an exhibit to be disglpyed at the Fifth National Corn Exposition, to be held in Columbia, uth Carolina, from January twenty-seventh to February ninth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. That the said exhibit shall be of such nature as the Secretary of Agnculture deems appropriate: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri- I N° HI PI•I ¤¤gm_*°* cu_ ture make such arrangements with the roper o$cers of the ’ said exposition that the Department of Agrimsture shall be at no expense for transplohriation o said exhibit to and from the xsitionz Provided further, t the Secretary of Agriculture shall make ¤I,e*",};_¤°*g‘,;“‘ '°' such arrangements with the progr authorities of said ex%>sition that ` there sha be no expense to e department for any reakage or damage that may occur to the exhibit, nor for the expenses of — such appointees as he may see fit to send to said exposition to demonstrata the exhibit sent. II nm M To enable the Secretary of Agr·iculture to meet the emergency we caused béghe continuous spread of the chestnut-bark lz con- ,,,_°§§,_""'““‘ ’““" tinuing study of the nature and habits of the parasitic - causing the disease, for the purpose of discovering new methods of contro , and by putting into application methods of control already discovered, eighty thousand do_ars, of which sum thirty thousand dollars shall be immediately available, and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend said appropriation in such manner as he shall deem best, in cooperation with e authorities of the States ¤_°g°;’fx,_“°“ "“" concerned or with individuals, and to pay all necessary expenses for · the employment of investiigators, loca and special agents, experts, assistants, and all labor an other necessary expenses, mcluding rent, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as may be rel?u1red: Pro- {,'{,°§‘;‘{·,,,,,,,,,,,_ vidcd,_That of this sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be used m the study of the relation o insects to the chestnut·bark djS°aS°• l · . mums sud new To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the cultiva- sm. tion, acclimat' , and development of the most nutritious and pro- ,,§§§,°I§",§I,°{’;’I,‘;,*I,}f*" ductive typesurlg potatoes, and for the purpose of experimentation and deve opment of American sugpr-beet seed adapted to the irngated lands of the arid West, ten thousand dollars. _ I I I I Hereafter so much of the Act of May twentyl-sixth, mneteen hun- ot mpmysq dred and ten (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page four undred and sixteen), §§,‘· '{·I,I¤},,f,{°,;,, ,, as requires the Secretary of Agriculture to transmit annually to the ¤¤1 Secretary of the Treasury, for submission to Congress, det ed esti- ° mates for executive officers, clerks, and other employees in the vanous bureaus, offices, and divisions of the Department of Agriculture shall not apply to uch employees in the meat·inspection service or employees engaged in the enforcement of the insecticide Act of mnew9l?lzli]l rne‘dngywtll>isA f hDe fAgr1cult o ca ° ct or the artment o ure sixteen million six hundred and fiftyionepthousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars. · Approved, August 10, 1912.
