388 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 72, 78. 1862. Dqfies <>fC<>m- Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department ’m°‘"°”°"‘ all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of hooks and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments, (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office,) by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as may require such tests ; to propagate such as may be worthy of p1·0pagation,.and to dis- Annual report. tribute them among agriculturists. He shall annually make a general report in writing of his acts to the President and to Congress, in which he may recommend the publication of papers forming parts of or accompanying his report, which report shall also contain an account of all Special reports. moneys received and expended by him. He shall also make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President 01- either House of Congress, or when he shall think the subject in Charge of his charge requires it. He shall receive and have charge of all the prop- P'°Y°"Y" erty of the agricultural division of the Patent Office in the Department of the Interior, including the fixtures and property of the propagating E¤¤i>¤¤d5¤v¤ garden. He shall direct and superintend the expenditure of all money °f“PP’°p““°°°°' appropriated by Congress to the Department, and render accounts thereof, _ _ and also of all money heretofore appropriated for agriculture and remainu F"““k“’€ P"" ing unexpended. And said Commissioner may send and receive through °g°' the mails, free of charge, all communications and other matter pertaining to the business of his Department, not exceeding in weight thirty-two ounces. Commissioner Sec. 4. And be it furthen enacted, That the Commissioner of Agricul-
- ';Zf°5§;’,;"t&'; ture shall appoint a chief clerk, with a salary of two thousand dollars,
7 '$ • • • » whoshn11m,&¤. who in all cases during the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the said principal office shall become vacant, shall perform the duties of Commissioner, and he shall appoint such other employes as Congress may from time to time provide, with salaries corresponding to the salaries of similar officers in other Departments of the Government; and ch;¤¤”*zm¤m€;•gu_ he shall, as Congress may·from time to time provide, employ other perim, &c_’ sons, for such time as their services may be needed, including chemists, botanists, entomologists, and other persons skilled in the natural sciences pertaining to agriculture. And the said Commissioner, and every other person to be appointed in the said Department, shall, before he enters Om of °‘H°°· upon the duties of his office or appointment, make oath or alhrmation truly and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him. And the said PQMS of C3m· Commissioner and the chief clerk shall also, before entering upon their $,`§}°32;kfm duties, severally give bonds to the Treasurer of the United States, the former in the sum of of ten thousand dollars, andthe latter in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditional to render a true and faithful account to him or his successor in office, quarter yearly accounts of all moneys which shall be by them received by virtue of the said office, with sureties to be approved as sufficient by the Solicitor of the Treasury; which bonds Custody therevf shall be filed in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, to be by him put in suit upon any breach of the conditions thereofl Ammovnn, May 15, 1862. _M¤y 17, 1862- CHAP. LXXIII.-An Act to incvrpgrate the Washington and Georgetown Railroad ompany. yy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United endl Ge;>r%etown States of America in Congress assembled, That Eliab Kingman, Frankpm:;°';mm;’;'l}; lm Tenney, J. J. Coombs, Sayles J. Bowen, Charles H. Upton, Henry md, Addison, Hallett Kilbourn, and their associates and assigns, be and they are hereby created 0. body corporate, under the name of the “Washing— ton and Georgetown Railroad Company," with authority to construct and
