294 rirrrsizvrzivrri ooneanss. sm. 1. cn. ess. 1902. thousand dollars; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required, in the city of Washington and elsewhere; all necessary office fixtures, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal cards, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in localities adapted to their culture, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which amount not more than forty-three thousand dollars shall be expended for labor in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and not less than one hundred and eighty thousand dollars shall be allotted for Congressional distribution. cjgdiffpm ‘° 1* And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the ` said sum, as nearly as practicable, in the purchase and distribution of such valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and lants, the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as shall be suitable for the respective localities to which the same are to be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, and such seed so purchased shall include a variety of vegetable and ilower seeds suitable for planting and culture in the various sections mg§Qg'°“*°““l ““°" of the United States. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants shall, u n their request, after due notification by the‘Secretar of Agricultiire that the allotment to their respective districts is ready fo1' distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or maile by the. Department
- ’“°*· PMI- upon the receipt of their addressed franks; such franks to be furnished
by the Public Printer as is now done for document slips with the names of Senators, Members, and Delegates printed thereon, and the words “United States Department of Agriculture, Congressional Seed Distribution/’ or such other hraseology as the Secretary may direct; ‘ _ and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the P"°""°"· Department of the results of the experiments therewith: 1*;-ovfdezl, m{]§_g*}jjj;*;gd;>*€t,;*¤· That all seeds, bulbs, gants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators. 'Representatives, and elegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of April shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving pre erence to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress. and who have not before, during the same season, been sup- “°*"‘""‘*"""*"‘*°“· plie by the Department: /l7l(l]}7‘0U2.(]¢¢`d also, That the Secretary shall report,asprovided in this Act, the place, uantity,andprice of seeds urehased,and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shail be Y., mmm of ap, construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending seeds ,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,,;_ to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, _ _ propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, ,eQQ§§;:‘Qjj,;‘pg;,Sf"“‘ vines, cuttings, and plants: I’»·rnn`ded, }z0wet•e¢·, That upon each envelo or wrapper containing packages of seeds the contents thereof shall bg I lainly indicated. and the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator-, ,.,§§’§l“"‘l""‘“" °"“* Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall distribute the same so that each meni- _ ber may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best SOf§§,Q@n‘QjfQ,‘{;;’,f "’ adapted to the locality he represents: [’z·rwz`de¢l a/xo, That the seeds allotted to Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of P h f _ latitude shall be ready for delivery not later than the tenth day of ,,_,,_,,l‘,Q"&,'jf${},§. QQQLQ January: 1’7·:»;·»rIe¢I_/4n·!h»»r, That twenty thousand dollars of the sum ¤¤¢·¤¤* me- thus appropriated, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall nirect, may be used to collect. purchase. test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines. cuttings, and plants from foreign countries for experiments with reference to their introduction into this country; and the seeds. bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants thus collected. purchased. tested. and propa-
