portation of eggs of game birds for purposes of propagation, and he shall prescribe all necessary rules and regulations governing the importation of eggs of said birds for such purposes. Act June 3, 1902, c. 983, 32 Stat. 285. Sec. 527. [As amended 1896.] Purchase and distribution of seeds, plants, etc. Provisions relating to the distribution of seeds, plants, etc., accompanying the annual appropriations for the purchase, etc., thereof, are set forth below. A provision contained in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1901 and 1902, that "the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to purchase samples of seeds in open market, test same, and when not found up to standard, he may, at his discretion, publish the results of such of these tests, together with the names of the seedsmen by whom the seeds were sold," Act May 25, 1900, c. 555, 31 Stat. 195, Act March 2, 1901, c. 805, 31 Stat. 928, is not repeated in the similar appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1903, 1904. ACT JUNE 16, 1880, c. 252. [Superseded. Act June 3, 1902, c. 985.] The provisions of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 291, are re-enacted, with some alterations and additions, in the similar appropriation acts of June 3, 1902, c. 985, and of the subsequent year, as set forth below. ACT JUNE 3, 1902, c. 985. Allotment of seeds, etc., to members of Congress for distribution. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the said sum, as nearly as practicable, in the purchase, testing, and distribution of such valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as shall be suitable for the respective localities to which the same are to be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, and such seeds so purchased shall include a variety of vegetable and flower seeds suitable for planting and culture in the various sections of the United States. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their request, after due notification by the Secretary of Agriculture that the allotment to their respective districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or mailed by the Department upon the receipt of their addressed franks; such franks to be furnished by the Public Printer as is now done for document slips with the names of Senators, Members, and Delegates printed thereon, and the words "United States Department of Agriculture, Congressional Seed Distribution," or such other phraseology as the Secretary may direct; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the Department of the results of the experiments therewith: Provided, That all seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of April shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress, and who have not before, during the same season, been supplied by the Department: And provided also, That the Secretary shall report, as provided in this Act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings and plants: Provided, however, That upon each envelope or wrapper containing packages of seeds the contents thereof shall be plainly indicated, and the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall 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 he represents: Provided also, That the seeds allotted to Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twentyfifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude shall be ready for delivery not later than the tenth day of January: * Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, 32 Stat. 293. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1155. These provisions are re-enactments of those contained in the agricultural appropriation acts of 1880 and subsequent years, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 291, with alterations and additions, particularly the requirement that the Public Printer shall furnish franks, etc. They follow the usual appropriation for purchase, etc., of seeds, etc., in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above, and are repeated in the same language in the similar act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, also cited above. Provisions for the printing annually by the Public Printer of franks required for sending out seeds on Congressional orders are contained in Res. May 19, 1902, No. 23, post, under Title XLV, "Public Printing, Advertisements, and Public Documents." Sec. 529. Annual report of expenditures. Special provisions relating to the annual estimates of appropriations for the Department, contained in Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, are set forth post, under Title XLI, "Appropriations." ACT JULY 5, 1892, c. 147. Monthly crop report. The provision of this act and of subsequent similar acts set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 294, is repeated, in the same language, in the agricultural appropriation acts for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904. Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, 32 Stat. 300, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat, 1162. ACT AUG. 8, 1894, c. 238. [Superseded. Act June 3, 1902, c. 985.] The provisions of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 294, are reenacted, with some alterations, in the similar appropriation acts of June 3, 1902, c. 985, and of the subsequent year, as set forth below. ACT JUNE 3, 1902, c. 985. * * Farmers' bulletins; allotment to members of Congress for distribution. General Expenses, Division of Publications: farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as such Senators, Representatives, or Delegates in Congress shall direct: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall notify Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress of the title and character of each such bulletin, with the total number to which each Senator, Representative, and Delegate may be entitled for distribution; and on the face of the envelope inclosing said bulletins shall be printed the title of each bulletin contained therein: Provided, further, That all such bulletins included in the quotas of Senators, Representatives, or Delegates not called for on or before the thirty-first day of May in each fiscal year shall revert to the Secretary of Agriculture, and be available to him, either for miscellaneous distribution or in making up Congressional quotas for the next fiscal year; * * Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, 32 Stat. 299. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1161. These provisions are re-enactments, with some alterations, of those contained in the agricultural appropriation acts of 1894 and subsequent years, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 294. They follow the usual appropriation for such publications in the agricultural appropriation act for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, both cited above. [CHAPTER B] [The Weather Bureau.] ACT OCT. 1, 1890, c. 1266, § 4. The appropriations for salaries in the Bureau, by the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, include, for the Chief of Bureau, $5,000; one Assistant Chief of Bureau, $3,000; and numerous other officers, clerks, and employés. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1148. ACT APRIL 23, 1897, c. 1. [Superseded. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008.] The provisions of this and subsequent acts, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 298, are superseded by the more comprehensive provisions relating to the same subject contained in Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, set forth below. ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1008. Leaves of absence. Salaries, Weather Bureau: Outside of the city of Washington: Professors of meteorology, inspectors, district forecasters, local forecasters, section directors, observers, assistant observers, operators, repairmen, station agents, messengers, messenger boys, laborers, and other necessary employees, for duty in the United States, in the West Indies or on adjacent coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, and in Bermuda, who, without additional expense to the Government, may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be granted leaves of absence not to exceed thirty days in any one year, Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1149. This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. It supersedes the previous provisions relating to the same subject of Act April 23, 1897, c. 1, and subsequent acts, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 298, and of Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, 32 Stat. 287. [CHAPTER C.] [The Bureau of Animal Industry.] ACT MAY 29, 1884, c. 60, §§ 1, 3. Establishment of the Bureau. The appropriations for salaries in the Bureau, in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, include, for the Chief of Bureau, $4,500; one assistant, $2,500; one chief clerk of Bureau, $2,000; and numerous other officers, clerks, and employés. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1150. Regulations for suppression of diseases; co-operation of States and Territories. The agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, appropriate money to carry out the provisions of this act. Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, 32 Stat. 289, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1150. Further provisions for the regulation of the exportation and transportation of live stock and the suppression of disease among such stock by the Secretary of Agriculture are contained in Act Feb. 2, 1903, c. 349, set forth post, under Title LVI A, "Regulation of Interstate and Foreign Commerce," c. 3. ACT MAY 25, 1900, c. 555. Leaves of absence. The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 301, repeated, as stated in the note thereto, in the similar act of 1901, is also repeated, in the same language, in the agricultural appropriation acts for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, 32 Stat. 290, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1151. [TITLE XII A.] [THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.] In the Compiled Statutes of 1901, the provisions relating to the Department of Labor, established by Act June 13, 1888, c. 389, are placed under Title XII A, "The Department of Labor." That Department having been placed under the jurisdiction and made part of the Department of Commerce and Labor, established by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, set forth below, the scope of this title is extended to include the provisions establishing and relating to that Department. ACT FEB. 14, 1903, c. 552. An Act to Establish the Department of Commerce and Labor. (32 Stat. 825.) Establishment of the Department; Secretary of Commerce and Labor; seal. Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Commerce and Labor, and a Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who shall be the head thereof, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive a salary of eight thousand dollars per annum, and whose term and tenure of office shall be like that of the heads of the other Executive Departments; and section one hundred and fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended to include such Department, and the provisions of title four of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, are hereby made applicable to said Department. The said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said Department of such device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal. Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 1, 32 Stat. 825. Rev. St. 158, amended by this section, defines the Executive Departments to which Title IV, relating to all the Executive Departments, shall apply. Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor; clerks; settlement of accounts of salaries and expenses. Sec. 2. That there shall be in said Department an Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars a year. He shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the Secretary or required. by law. There shall also be one chief clerk and a disbursing clerk and such other clerical assistants as may from time to time be author |