. 196 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 555. 1900. g&*§§g},‘g€*°¤‘ ‘°"°¤’*‘ B1oLoe1cAL INVESTIGATIONSZ For biological investigations, including the geographic distribution and migrations of animals, birds, an plants; or the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy; or an investigation of the food habits of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and foI'BSt1‘yf,.fo1' the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for freight and express charges; for preparation and publication of reports, and for illustrations, field work, and travelingand other ex enses in the practical wotk of the division, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. _ tiP¢g¤¤<2cz1c¤1 i¤vc¤· Piomonoercn. INvnsT1eAT1oNs: Investigating, collecting, and disg° ° s' semihatin information relating to the fruit industry; the collection and distriution of seeds, shrubs, trees, and specimens; and for collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants; the employ- ment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for traveling and other necessary expenses, nine thousand five hundred dollars. L¤¤<>¤¤*¤>¤¥- · LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT or AGRIGULTURE: Chemical apparatus, chemicals, laboratory fixtures, and supplies, repairs to engine and apparatus; gas and electric current, purc asc of supplies and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling and other ex uses, labor and expert work in such investiga- _ tions, in the city of Ellllashington and elsewhere, and in collating, , digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments, four thousan dollars; for rent of laboratory building, two thousand five hundred dollars; for the employment of additional assistant
chemists, when necessary, and for employment of not to exceed four
laliorers in division of chemistry when necessary, seven thousand do lars; A T Scil characteristics- To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue the investigation relative to the various typical soils of the United States to determine their chemical characteristics and especially the nature of the nitrifying organisms contained therein; - _ .u1·`ccd¤hd¤{;¤es¤.d¤!¤;d o investigate the adulteration of foods, drugs, and liquors, when qum ° m ° s' deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable; and the Secretary of Agriculture,-whenever he has reason to believe that articles are bein imported from foreig}1 countries which are dangerous to the healgx of the people of the nited States, shall make a request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples from original packages of °fogQ_<;£)¤}%¤;g€d1;*;.§i§0¤gtg¤ such articles for inspection and analysis; and the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to open such original packages and
deliver specimens to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose —noticewcwncr. mentioned, giving notice to the owner or consignee of such articles, —<1e1ivery5rcf¤¤cd of who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony; and °°1°°°'i°““ g°°° ’°t°' the Secretary of the Treasury shallrefuse delivery to the consignee of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to him ' have been inspected and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health; °0{]*gi°,{g§1**{s*§’;€r;?·§g To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the cause of the deterioration in the " gluten content of wheat on the Pacific coast and in other parts of the country, and to study the methods for increasing`the content of valuable food constituents in wheat and other cereals; -—cf prcncscd fccd 0 enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character . °r°°°"°°v°s° of proposed food preservatives and coloring matters; to determine their relation to digestion and to health, and to establish the principles which should guide their use; ‘
- _f#m,{g;§€;*00§,°*I§§0gf To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of
.ucn,em. e the chemical andphysica tests which are applied to American food prod-
