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to each State and Territory; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall include the additional sums above authorized to be appropriated in the annual estimates of the Department of Agriculture, or in a separate estimate, as he may deem best. The funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be applied only to paying the necessary expenses of conducting investigations or making experiments bearing directly on the production, manufacture, preparation, use, distribution, and marketing of agricultural products and including such scientific researches as have for their purpose the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and efficient agricultural industry, and such economic and sociological investigations as have for their purpose the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life, and for printing and disseminating the results of said researches. (Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 1, 43 Stat. 970.)

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Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 371. Legislative assent to grant.-The grants of moneys authorized by sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382 of this title are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purposes of said grants: Provided, That payment of such installments of the apropriations authorized in sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382 of this title to be made as shall become due to any State or Territory before the adjournament of the regular session of its legislature meeting next after February 24, 1925, shall be made upon the assent of the governor thereof duly certified to the Secretary of the Treasury. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 2, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 2, 43 Stat. 971.)

CROSS REFERENCE

Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§372. Governor's assent when legislature not in session.-As to such installments of the appropriations as may be due June 7, 1888, or may thereafter become due, when the legislature may not be in session, the governor of the State or Territory to be affected thereby may make the required assent, and upon a duly certified copy thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury he shall cause the same to be paid in the manner provided in section 362, 363, 365, 368-368c, 377-379 of this title until the termination of the next regular session of the legislature of such State or Territory. (June 7, 1888, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 176.)

CROSS REFERENCE

Assent by legislature when in session, see sections 368b, 371 of this title. § 373. Time and manner of payments; reports of expenditures to Secretary. The sums by sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 373-376, 380, 382 of this title authorized to be appropriated to the States and Territories for the endowment and support of agricultural experiment stations shall be annually paid in equal quarterly payments on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October of each year by the Secretary of the Treasury upon a warrant of the Sec

retary of Agriculture out of the Treasury of the United States, to the treasurer or other officer duly appointed by the governing boards of such agricultural experiment stations to receive the same and such officers 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 and of its disbursement on schedules prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 2, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 2, 43 Stat. 971.) CROSS REFERENCE

Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 374. Replacement by State, etc., of moneys misapplied.If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State or Territory for the endowment, support, and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations as provided in sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382 of this title shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to such State or Territory. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 3, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971.) CROSS REFERENCE

Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 375. Use of funds for purchase, repairs, etc., of buildings, or for purchase or rental of lands, restricted. No portion of the appropriation authorized by section 369 of this title exceeding 5 per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or to the purchase or rental of land. No portion of the appropriation authorized by section 370 of this title exceeding 10 per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings or to the purchase or rental of land. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 3, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971.)

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Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 376. Certification of amounts due States, etc.; withholding certificate; appeal to Congress.-On or before the 1st day of July in each year the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Territory whether it is complying with the provisions of sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382 of this title and is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriations for agricultural experiment stations under sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373376, 380, 382 of this title and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold from any State or Territory a certificate of its appropriations, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reportd to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate

in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress in order that the State or Territory may, if it shall 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. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 4, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 4, 43 Stat. 971.)

CROSS REFERENCE

Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 377. Unexpended part of annual appropriation. Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of any agricultural experiment station that a portion of the preceding annual approriation remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual approriation to such station, in order that the amount of money approriated to any station shall not exceed the amount actually and necessarily required for its maintenance and support. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 6, 24 Stat. 441.) CROSS REFERENCE

Withholding annual appropriations from States not complying with requirements, see section 376 of this title.

§ 378. Stations established separate from colleges; agricultural college given preference over other colleges.-In States having colleges entitled to the benefits of sections 362, 363, 365, 368368c, 377-379 of this title and having also agricultural experiment stations established by law separate from said colleges, such States shall be authorized to apply such benefits to experiments at stations so established by such States; and in case any State shall have established under the provisions of sections 301-308 of this title an agricultural department or experiment station, in connection with any university, college, or institution not distinctly an agricultural college or school, and such State shall have established or shall hereafter establish a separate agricultural college or school, which shall have connected therewith an experimental farm or station, the legislature of such State may apply in whole or in part the appropriation by sections 362, 363, 368-368c, 377379 of this title made, to such separate agricultural college or school, and no legislature shall by contract express or implied disable itself from so doing. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 8, 24 Stat. 441.)

§ 379. Relation of college to State, etc., unaffected.-Nothing in sections 362, 363, 365, 368-368c, 377-379 of this title shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges affected thereby and the government of the States or Territories in which they are respectively located. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 7, 24 Stat. 441.)

§ 380. Report to Congress by Secretary.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual report to Congress on the receipts and expenditures and work of the agricultural experiment stations in all of the States and Territories, and also whether the apropriation of any State or Territory has been withheld; and if so, the reason therefor. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 5, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 5, 43 Stat. 972.)

CROSS REFERENCE

Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 381. Expenditures by Secretary for administrative purposes. -The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and supplies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment Station Record, bulletins and reports, as he may find essential in carrying out the objects of sections 362, 363, 365, 368-368c, 377-379 of this title. (Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 805, 31 Stat. 935.)

§ 382. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved.--Congress may at any time amend, suspend, or repeal any and all of the provisions of sections 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382 of this title. (Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 6, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 6, 43 Stat. 972.) CROSS REFERENCE

Alaska, extension of benefits to, see section 369a of this title.

§ 383. Payment to Georgia Experiment Station authorized.The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay all appropriations to the Georgia Experiment Station, authorized by sections 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 368-368c, 369, 371, 373-380, 382 of this title in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 29, 1888, establishing the Georgia Experiment Station, and the Act of Auguest 18, 1906 (Georgia laws, 1906, p. 1161): Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture over and respecting the supervision of the operation of the said Georgia Experiment Station as set forth in sections 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 368-368c, 369, 371, 373-380, 382 of this title. (Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178, 40 Stat. 998.)

§ 384. Card index of agricultural literature; copies to be furnished by Secretary.-The Secretary of Agriculture may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Department of Agriculture in connection with its administration of sections 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 368-368c, 369, 371, 373-380, 382 of this title, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expenses involved in the preparation of these copies, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 144, 38 Stat. 1109.)

§ 385. South Carolina Experiment Station; cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture; lump apropriation. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and/or other agencies in making investigations and experiments in dairying and livestock industries and of the problems pertaining to the establishment and development of such industries, including cropping systems, soil

improvement, and farm organization studies of such industries, and for demonstration, assistance, and service in developing the agriculture of the Sand Hill region of the Southeast. (Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 367, § 1, 44 Stat. 1397.)

§ 385a. Same; annual appropriation.-There is hereby authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year necessary appropriations to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry on the cooperative experiments contemplated by section 385 of this title. (Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 367, § 2, as added Feb. 4, 1928, ch. 24, 45 Stat 57.)

§ 386. Hawaii experiment station; establishment; how conducted; buildings and equipment.-Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, the Territory of Hawaii shall be entitled to share in the benefits of sections 301-308, 341-343, 344-348, 362, 363, 365, 368-368c, 377-379 of this title: Provided, That the experiment station so established shall be conducted jointly and in collaboration with the existing Federal experiment station in Hawaii in enlarging and expanding the work of the said Federal station on cooperative plans approved by the Secretary of Agriculture; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate the work of the Territorial station with that of the Federal station and of the United States Department of Agriculture in the islands: Provided further, That the Territory of Hawaii shall make provision for such additional buildings and permanent equipment as may be necessary for the development of the work. (May 16, 1928, ch. 575, § 1, 45 Stat. 571.)

§ 386a. Same; appropriations. To carry into effect the provisions in section 386 of this title for extending to Hawaii the benefits of this chapter, in the order and amounts designated by the sections therein, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated in addition to the amounts appropriated to the Department of Agriculture for use in Hawaii: $30,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936; $50,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937; $60,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938; $70,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939; $80,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940; and $90,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and thereafter a sum equal to that provided for each State and Territory for agricultural experiment stations established under sections 362, 363, 365, 368-368c, 377379 of this title. (May 16, 1928, ch. 575, § 2, 45 Stat. 572.)

§ 386b. Same; increase of appropriations provided for in section. 343. The permanent annual appropriations provided for in section 343 of this title are hereby authorized to be increased by an amount necessary to carry out the provisions of section 386 of this title but without diminishing or increasing the amount which any State is entitled to under the provisions of said section 343. (May 16, 1928, ch. 575, § 3, 45 Stat. 572.)

§ 386c. Alaska experiment stations; agricultural extension work. Sections 341-343, 344-348 and sections 362, 363, 365, 368368c, and 377-379 of this title, are extended to the Territory of Alaska: Provided, That no appropriations shall be made under this section until annually estimated as to funds and amounts by the Secretary of Agriculture; the estimates to be based upon his

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