424 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 131. 1914. tion of such valuable seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings and plants, the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as s all be ““““$ {25 “‘°d"’°P°‘1i?i.° ’°°“"°“t0‘°bZ'¥‘4i.?£4£§"‘Zr?i““‘°h“°· t£¢£° a o anmwcsameare u aserem r sifaptgd, and duch seeds so urchased shall include a variety of vegetable and Bower seeds suitalble for plantiuglqgd culture in the various mggnogg sections of the United States: Promlkd, t the Secretary of Agri-
§&_’°*` culture, after due advertisement and on competitive bids is authorized to award the contract for the supplying of printed achets and
envelopes and packetang, assembling, an mailing of, the seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttmgs, and plants, or any part thereof, for a period of not more than fivetgears nor less than one year, 1f by such m<g=__s¤¤-¤¤¤ <¤¤¤¤- action he can_best protect e interests of the United States. _ An _ equal proportion o five-sixths of all seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their reglqest, after duenotification by the Secretary of that the _ otment to their respective districts is ready for distributaon, be to Senators, Rmnta— tives, and Delegates m Congrea for tnbution among constituents, or mailed by the department upon the receipt of their addrgssed franks, m qackages of such weight as the Secretary of Agn _ ture and the ostmaster General may gomtly determine: ¤ggj*¤°• *¤ *••*¤'“· Provided, however, That upon each envelo or wrapper cont phackages mtl1e tthaetrgof shalstgie plaiéxly indicated, and e no u ato resentati Delgto seeds entirely unfit for the clgirllilrite and lclicalgsly he repregfittsr but all distribute the same so that each Member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be and the best adapted to the locality hnmy distribution he_ represents: Provided, also, Thattheseeds allotted to Senators and “°"°’°“‘”“"" Representatives for distribution m the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth plarallels of latitude shall be ready mmnmm M um for dehvery not later than the ten day of January: Provided, also, qllgd for mamma. Th3·§)88l1Y ];>s1‘lj10Ib of the allotments to glcrgitiors, RG£l'8S8llli8,tiV?f an_ a m_ongressrema unc e t iirstd A,e,::Z%.~..e;¤b¤M giizg o persons w ose names an }.l.‘¥€§2‘}.”.iuSr?§§?L‘Z md R°"“’“°‘iI‘.?“'°“ “‘1?°@ °‘.i‘* 3; h": e 0 _ same season en su e artm t: aff ’°'° """°""°" prhomded also, That the Secretary shallprlzsport, gs psovlged in illiis c , e place quantity, and price of seeds urchased, and the date of pumhtsiseisolzut nothinigrn this paragraph be construed to www of mm. preveigs e retary of nculture from sending to those who pMm,°M,dm_ appg or the same. And the amount herem appropriated shall not be _ verted or used for any_other purpom but for the urchase testing, propagation, and distribution of valuable seedg, bulbs; rixigblsrgytsand other rare and valuable trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, Total for Bureau of Plant Industry, $3,616,045. ’°"‘* “°"‘°°· FOREST SERVICE. P~ ¤f f¤r¤¤w. r¤- Sanmms, Fosmsr Smzvrcnc O f te , h shan · »··~i··—··¢- b..., :.5,000, out .dms.sms$2 sssr§talit7$§mo·e;i)§g1ll1jgfgl office of accounts and Escal agent, $2,500; seven district fiscal agents at $2,000 each; one forest supervisor, $2,700; one forest supervisor; $2,600; exght forest supervisors, at $2,400 each; twenty forest superv1sors,_atf$2,200 each; forty-eight forest supervisors, at $2,000 each; siirty-saigo oreslposupervisoxs, at $1,800 each; five forest supervisors, p $1, eac_ , one deputy forest supervisor, $1,800- four deputy orest supervisors, at $1,700 each; twenty-seven deputy forest supervisors, at $1,600 each; thirty-one deputy forest supervisors,
