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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 1008,1009. 1903. 1165 States and Territories, and as may be mutually agreed upon; and the R°P°’”· Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise, twenty thousand dollars. Inaroyrron INVESTIGATIONS1 To enable the Secretary of Agriculture I"**—'”“°“· to investigate and report upon the laws as aifectin irrigation and the rights of riparian proprietors and institutions rebatin to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home or abroad, with especial suggestions of better methods for the utilization of irri ation waters in agriculture than those as common use, and upon bans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage, and) upon the use of different kinds of power for irrigation and other agricultural purposes, and for the preparation, printing, and illustration of reports Reports. and bulletins on irrigation, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions aud needs of the respective States and Territories as. may be grqfually agreed upon, and all necessary expenses, sixty-five thousand o ars. Pursue Bono mqummsz To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to P¤*>¤¤ ¤>·¤¤· make inquiries in regard to the system of road management throughout the United States; to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kind of road·makiug materials in the several States; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor re uired in conducting exgeriments in the city of Washington and elsewlhere; and in collating, igesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; to enable the»Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the chemical and physical character of road materials. for the pay of experts, chemists, and laborers, for necessary office iixtures, supplies, apparatus, and matel rials; telegra h and telephone service, traveling, and other necessary expenses, and) for preparing and publishing bulletins and reports on this subject for distribution, and to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and ex riment stations in disseminating information on this subject, thirty—li,§e thousand dollars, three thousand dollars of which sum shall be immediately available. Emmaomzcr Arraoranriouz To enable the Secretary of Agriculture e1_§gg_*g,$x*;°>‘;g:§ag$ to stamp out and eradicate the foot and mouth disease and other con- ous mama1d15mm. tagious diseases of animals, to be used for no other purpose, five hun- _ dred thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1903. CHAP. 1009.-An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post·OfIice March as. 1903. Department for the tiscal year ending une thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House (¢;fRepresentat£vee of t/ue United States of America in ébngress assemble , That the following sums be, rg¤;;:fi0¤n;rvi¢¤ ea and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the ost-Office p vlii, 5, p. sb. Department, in conformity with the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: orricm or Tru: rosrmsrna-cmxnmr. P°*‘"‘“““"G°“‘°’“L For advertising, seven thousand dollars. Auvemsmg. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster—General, six mS°*"**“°°“—‘— thousand dollars.