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SIXTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 79. 1914. 373 in connection with the college or colleges in each State now receiving, or which may hereafter receive, the benefits of the Act of Congress V°’·12»P·5°3· approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts" (Twelfth Statutes at Large, gage five hundred and three), and V L 417 of the Act of Congress approved ugust thirtieth, eighteen hundred ° z°'p‘ ' and ninety (Twenty-sixt Statutes at Large, fpage four hundred and V0, 34 p_,,81_ seventeen and chapter cig-ht hundred and orty-one), agricultural ' extension work which sh be carried on in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture: Pramkled, That in any State {,",§,?;.',,,?7g,,,ub,S,,,, in which two or more such co eges have been or hereafter may be *°•¤¤*¤*¤*°· established the appropriations hereinafter made to such State shall be administered liy such college or colleges as the legislature of such State Fam m mm may direct: ravided further, That, pending the inauguration and w¤r1¤,ew.,_i>°f¥e@. development of the cooperative extension work herein authorized, ,'},°,‘§,,‘§f°““““ ' nothing in this Act shall be construed to discontinue either the farm management work or the farmers’ cooperative demonstration work as now conducted by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Ag'i°“1t'"°‘ · • · - Method of imtruo· Sec. 2. That cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist tion eumasezmuegs, of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agricul- °‘°· ture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons ' information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publi- Dcmmnltion 0, cations, and otherwise; and this work shall be carried on in such wm. manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges receiving the beneits of this Act. Pe t ml Sec. 3. That for the pmpose of pa ° the expenses of said coo(pera— ,pp, ,, {tmmy, tive agricultural extension work and the necessary printing an dis- S““’· tributmlg of information in connection with the same, there rstper- 1,,,,,, p_ ,3,, manent y appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not o erwise aplpropriated, the sum of $480,000 for each year, $10,000 of which s all be paid annually, in the manner hereinafter provided, to ·‘“°“‘°"°"“‘°‘“'°· each State which shall by action of its legislature assent to the pro- 1,,,,,,,,% visions of this Act: Provided, That {payment of such installments of x A¤~;¤¢¤fs¤:¤i:=¤r¤ the a propriation hereinbefore ma e as shall become due to any jggm `"°°° °°°` State Ibefore the ad_]£1u·nment of the regular session of the legislature meeting next after the passage of this Act may, in the absence of prior legislative assent, be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, Addmoml mma, duly certified to the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That ing ¤ppr<>r»ri¤¤¤¤¤- there is also appropriated an additional sum of $600,000 for the Bscal year followin 51at in which the foregoing appropriation first becomes available, and for each year thereafter for seven years a sum exceeding by $500,000 the sum appropriated for each preceding ear, and ““‘""'“"‘ for each year thereafter there is glermanently appropriate} for each year the sum of $4,100,000 in ad 'tion to the sum o $480,000 here- Ap m,_,,,,P,mm_ mbefore_ provided; Pmmkied farther, That before the funds herein quired appropriated shall become available to any college for any hscal year E ani or the wogik tgisbefcarxied (fin underci this Act Shlall lip sérbmrttcd t e_proper o ci o eac co e e an a prove the ecretary . 0;Agr1c11lture. Such additional sufins shallpbe used orirly for the pill`- merriiipmumal °u°°' poses herembefore stated, and shall be allotted annually to each State y the Secretary of Agriculture and paid in the manner hereinbefore provided, rn the proportion which the rural population of each State ears to the tota rural (population of all the States as determméd by E ml t the next preceding Fe eral census; Provided further, That no apagl- qur.'3,d ¤§§,“§§.`L,.,2Z ment out of the additional appropriations herein provided sh e made in any year to any State until an equal sum has been appro-