SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of said cooperative agricultural extension work and the necessary printing and distributing of information in connection with the same, there is permanently appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $480,000 for each year, $10,000 of which shall be paid annually, in the manner hereinafter provided, to each State which shall by action of its legislature assent to the provisions of this act: Provided, That payment of such installments of the appropriation hereinbefore made as shall become due to any State before the adjournment of the regular session of the legislature meeting next after the passage of this act may, in the absence of prior legislative assent, be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, duly certified to the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That there is also appropriated an additional sum of $600,000 for the fiscal year following that in which the foregoing appropriation first becomes available, and for each year thereafter for seven years a sum exceeding by $500,000 the sum appropriated for each preceding year, and for each year thereafter there is permanently appropriated for each year the sum of $4,100,000 in addition to the sum of $480,000 hereinbefore provided: Provided further, That before the funds herein appropriated shall become available to any college for any fiscal year plans for the work to be carried on under this act shall be submitted by the proper officials of each college and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Such additional sums shall be used only for the purposes hereinbefore stated, and shall be allotted annually to each State by the Secretary of Agriculture and paid in the manner herein before provided, in the proportion which the rural population of each State bears to the total rural population of all the States as determined by the next preceding Federal census: Provided further, That no payment out of the additional appropriations herein provided shall be made in any year to any State, until an equal sum has been appropriated for that year by the legislature of such State, or provided by State, county, college, local authority, or individual contributions from within the State, for the maintenance of the cooperative agricultural extension work provided for in this act.

SEC. 4. That the sums hereby appropriated for extension work shall be paid in equal semiannual payments on the 1st day of January and July of each year by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the treasurer or other officer of the State duly authorized by the laws of the State to receive the same; and such officer shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture, on or before the 1st day of September of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received during the previous fiscal year, and of its disbursement, on forms prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 5. That if any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State for the support and maintenance of cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in this act, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to said State, and no portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in colleges, promoting agricultural trains, or any other purpose not specified in this act, and not more than 5 per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied to the printing and distribution of publications. It shall be the duty of each of said colleges annually, on or before the 1st day of January, to make to the governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in the direction of extension work as defined in this act, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

SEC. 6. That on or before the 1st day of July in each year after the passage of this act the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for cooperative agricultural extension work under this act, and the amount which it is entitled to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State of its appropriation, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the expiration of the Congress next succeeding a session of the legislature of any State from which a certificate has been withheld, in order that the State may, if it should so desire,

appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury.

SEC. 7. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual report to Congress of the receipts, expenditures, and results of the cooperative agricultural extension work in all of the States receiving the benefits of this act, and also whether the appropriation of any State has been withheld, and if so, the reasons therefor.

SEC. 8. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of this act.

Approved, May 8, 1914.

Franking Privilege in Connection with the Smith-Lever Act.

[Extract from act making appropriations for the United States Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915.]

All correspondence, bulletins, and reports for the furtherance of the purposes of the act approved May 8, 1914, entitled "An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and the acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture," may be transmitted in the mails of the United States free of charge for postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster General, from time to time, may prescribe, by such college officer or other person connected with the extension department of such college as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate to the Postmaster General.

Annual Appropriations for the Experiment Stations and the Relations of the Office of Experiment Stations Thereto.

[Extract from act making appropriations for the United States Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915.]

To carry into effect the provisions of an act approved March 2, 1887, entitled "An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July 2, 1862, and of the acts supplementary thereto," the sums apportioned to the several States and Territories to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000;

To carry into effect the provisions of an act approved March 16, 1906, entitled "An act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof," the sums apportioned to the several States and Territories to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be paid to each State and Territory under this act;

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the above acts and the act approved May 8, 1914, entitled "An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture," relative to their administration, including the employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside of the District of Columbia, $50,500; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, and make report thereon to Congress.

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To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the island of Guam, including the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other necessary expenses, $120,000, as follows: Alaska, $40,000; Hawaii, $35,000; Porto Rico, $30,000; and Guam, $15,000; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alasks, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the island of Guam, and this fund shall be

available until used: Provided, That of the sum herein appropriated for the experiment station in Hawaii $5,000 may be used in agricultural extension work in Hawaii.

Agricultural Education Work of the Office of Experiment Stations. [Extract from act making appropriations for the United States Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915.]

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agricultural schools in the several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign countries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organizations more effective for the dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations, and of improved methods of agricultural practice, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and all other necessary expenses, $23,000.

APPENDIX C.

PUBLIC-SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN AMERICAN TERRITORIES, DISTRICTS, AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

ALASKA.

The education of Eskimos, Indians, and other aboriginal races in Alaska is under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Interior, who delegates such direction and control to the United States Commissioner of Education. An annual appropriation is made by Congress for the support of this work. The regulations governing the Alaska school service give to the local employees as much freedom of action as is consistent with the ultimate responsibility of the Commissioner of Education. The superintendent of education of natives of Alaska has general supervision of the work of the bureau of education in Alaska. Each of the five school districts is under the immediate charge of a district superintendent, appointed by the Secretary of the Interior upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Education. The district superintendent delegates to the teachers large powers in local affairs. The Commissioner of Education annually distributes to the purchasing agent in Seattle and to the district superintendents, from the appropriation made by Congress for education in Alaska, definite sums for the purchase of supplies, furniture, equipment, and fuel, for the payment of rental, for furnishing medical relief to natives, for the relief of destitute natives, and for the payment of traveling expenses. District superintendents, under authorizations from the Commissioner of Education, distribute to teachers, physicians and nurses "subauthorizations to enable them to make expenditures for local needs. Except in grave emergency no unauthorized expenditure is permitted. The school service is for adults as well as for children. Instruction is given in native industries, household arts, personal hygiene, village sanitation, morality, nature and effects of alcholic drinks and narcotics, as well as in elementary English subjects. The English language is used in teaching. Children between the ages of 8 and 16 years, unless mentally or physically incapacitated, residing within 1 mile of a United States public school, are compelled to attend.

The governor is ex officio superintendent of public instruction of the "Nelson " schools, and schools in incorporated towns. All moneys derived from liquor licenses, occupation, or trade licenses outside of incorporated towns are deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and there constitute the "Alaska fund"; one-fourth of this fund is devoted to the establishment and maintenance of public schools (known as Nelson schools) for the education of white children and children of mixed blood (outside of incorporated towns) who lead a civilized life. The clerk of the district court is required, upon petition of not less than 12 qualified voters who reside in any camp, village, or settlement outside of the limits of an incorporated town, to establish a school district at such place. Each such district shall embrace not more than 40 square miles nor contain fewer than 20 children between 6 and 20 years old. It is also the duty of the clerk upon establishing a district to cause an election to be held for the selection of a school board to serve one year to consist of a clerk, a treasurer, and a director. The school board is authorized to acquire school property, provide supplies and equipment, employ teachers, and to do everything else necessary for the maintenance of the school. It is the duty of the governor to apportion to each district from the "Alaska fund" not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 for the construction and equipment of a schoolhouse; the residue of such fund must be apportioned among the several school districts for teachers' salaries, fuel, and light for a five months' school each year.

The common council of each incorporated town is required, for the purpose of providing public-school facilities, to appropriate not less than 25 per cent nor more than 50 per cent of the moneys derived from the issuance of various licenses in such town. The board in each incorporated town consists of a

director, a clerk, and a treasurer, elected by the qualified voters of the town for terms of three years, one being elected each year. The board has general supervision and control of the public school, and is authorized to employ teachers, provide fuel and light, and to do everything else necessary for the maintenance of the school. Public schools in incorporated towns are for the education of white children and children of mixed blood who lead a civilized life.

CANAL ZONE.

The President is authorized by act of Congress to "complete, govern, and operate the Panama Canal and govern the Canal Zone, or cause them to be completed, governed, and operated, through a governor of the Panama Canal and such other persons as he may deem competent to discharge the various duties connected with the completion, care, maintenance, sanitation, operation, government, and protection of the canal and Canal Zone."

The governor of the Canal Zone has, under authority delegated by the President, established in the executive department of the Canal Zone government a division of schools which is under the immediate control of a superintendent. The governor appoints and fixes the salaries of the superintendent and teachers. Separate schools are maintained for white and colored children. School privileges and transportation are free to children of employees and nonemployees residing in the Canal Zone and to the children of nonresident employees. No child under 6 years of age is admitted to the schools. Medical inspection is provided. Two schools with high-school grades are maintained for white children; other schools for whites are elementary; schools for colored children are all elementary.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Congress provides for the control of the public schools of the District of Columbia by a board of education consisting of nine members appointed by the supreme court judges of the District; three members are appointed each year for a term of three years; three must be women, and all must have been residents of the District for five years immediately preceding their appointment. The board of education determines the general policy of the public schools; appoints its own officers, including a secretary who must not be a board member; directs expenditures, and annually transmits to the Commissioners of the District an estimate of funds needed for public-school purposes, such estimate to be included in the estimate of appropriations needed for all municipal purposes for the ensuing fiscal year. The board is authorized to appoint a superintendent of schools, an assistant superintendent for white schools, an assistant superintendent for colored schools, directors, principals, supervising principals, teachers, and other employees. The superintendent is appointed for a term of three years, unless sooner removed. He has a seat in the board, but no vote. He directs and supervises all matters pertaining to instruction. No subordinate to the superintendent shall be appointed, transferred, promoted, or dismissed without the written recommendation of the superintendent.

Schools are divided into the following classes: Elementary, high, normal, and manual training. Separate schools for white and colored children are maintained.

The boards of examiners for the examination and certification of teachers consist of the superintendent and two heads of departments of the white schools for the white teachers, and of the superintendent and two heads of departments of the colored schools for colored teachers. The board of education annually designates the appointive members of these boards. Teachers in elementary schools must be graduates of a Washington normal school, or must pass required examinations. Teachers are divided into classes for purposes of payment and promotion.

Children between the ages of 8 and 14 years are required to attend school, unless excused for lawful cause. Textbooks are furnished free to pupils in the elementary schools.

Medical inspection is provided. The board of education is authorized to grant the use of school property for civic and certain other community public

uses.