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’1‘rr1.n x11.-—DEPARTMEN'1` OF AGRl()ULTl]ltE. 87 T I 'l` L E X I I . TH E DEPA RTL/IENT OF .AGRICUL'F I.' R E. Sov. Sec. 520. Establishment of the Department of 525. Custody of property, records, &e·. Agriculture. 526. Duties of Commissioner. 521. Commissioner of Agriculture. 527. Purchase and distribution of seeds, 522. Clerks and employes. plants, &c. 523. Ofhcers and employés. 528. Annual and special reports of (bm- 524. Bonds of Commissioner and chief missioner. clerk. 529. Annual report of expenditures. Sr-zo. 520. There shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Embushmemog Agiriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire Department ofAg— an to diffuse among the eople of the United States useful information "°“l*“"*’- on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and compre— 15 May 1862 Q hensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute 72,s.2,v.i2,p.3s7i among the people new and valuable seeds and plants. Sec. 521. The Department of Agriculture shall he under the char e of (30mm;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,; a. Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be appointed b the President, Agriculture. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be entitled rrr---? to an salary of four thousand dollars a year. 7212 l,l$Yf2l86€kS· 3 Mm-., 1873, c. 226, ¤.`3, G. 17, { sos. Sec. 522. There shall be in the Department of Agriculture: lCl€’k“ '““l °’“‘ One chief clerk, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year. Esmee One chemist, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year. 15 May, 1862. v. One assistant chemist, at a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars 72é“f&l_P· 8 Y€¤1‘- 226, v. 1F p. mic?` One entomologist, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year. 20 June; 1874, C. One microscopist, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a 328, ¢‘· 18, p- 107. ear. Y One botanist, at a salai of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One statistician, at se salary of two thousan dollars a year. One superintendent of experimental gardens and grounds, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year. One assistant superintendent of experimental gardens and grounds, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars a year. One disbursing clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One superintendent of the seed-room. at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One assistant superintendent of the seed—r0on1, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars a year. One librarian, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One engineer, at a salary of one thousand four hundred dollars a year. One su rintendent of the folding-r0om,at a salary of one thousand two nunalia dollars a year. Two attendants in the museum, at a salary of one thousand dollars a year each. _ _ One carpenter, at a saiary of nine hundred and sixty dollars a ·ear. Sec. 523. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appointa chief) clerk, Omcem and em with n salary of two thousand dollars a year, who in a·ll cases during the ployés- necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the office of Commis- 15 Mw, 1862, c sicnei- shall become vacant, shall perform the duties of Commissioner, 72, s. 4,v.l2, p.388 and he shall appoint such other employes as Conqess may from time to time provide, with salaries corresponding to the salaries of similar \officers in other Departments of the Government; and he shall, as Congress may from time to time provide, employpther persons, for such time as their services may be needed, including chemists, botamsts, sr—03—-ll