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SIXTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 131. 1914. 44] in the suhhumid region of the United States, including labor and all expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $20,000. oornnarrvm rms PROTECTION or Fonnsrnn Warmzsnmns or·· r¤.°n$1'$’§"Z°tQ$L‘]'Z"Z”'° Navroanrn sranaus: For cooperation with any State or grou of Sg°,;_Pg¤¤g_=° with States in the protection from fire of the forested watershedg of u¤¤.•wi° l”°°°°` na¥able streams, under the provisions of section two of the Act V°"““·P·°‘“· of arch first, nineteen hundred_and eleven, entitled "An Act to enable an_y;JState to cooperate with any other State or States, orwrth the mted States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers," $100,000. That section of the Act entitled "An Act to enable any ,,’§‘,‘§',°,:,P#,mP,‘;,"§‘°,'gf State to cootperate with any other State or States, or with the United VN-, ,36- v- gw. States, for e protection of the watersheds of naviggrble streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lan for the u of conserving the ngggability of na ble rivers," approve¢l)Ml-sg first, nineteen hun and eleven Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixtyll-sthree), is hereby amended by striking out the word "five" in the t line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-five." Exrnnmnms arm nnmorvsrrwrrous nr Lrvrr-srocx monucrrorw m°' •¤° °°*· nv rm; cam:-suoarr arm corrrou DISTBICTS or mm Sryrns: m_¤:£•p¤p¤¤w gpg: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the au- pmumm. uv thorities of the States concemed, or with individuals, to make such investigations and demonstrations as may be necessary rn connection with the development of live-stock production in the cane-sugar ,,0,,,, and cotton districts of the United States, $60,000: Pro·vided,_That no dgmmsmmauupart of this appropriation shall be used in the purchase of animals for I-ced'm€1Purp0S€s’ . . . . · Schutitlcem lo ees. That ereafter the maximum salamiily of any scientific investigator, Maximum §.y’d,, or other employee engshgled in scien c work from the gen- °”"°"· eral appropriations o e Department of Agn ture, shall not exceed at the rate of $4,500 per annum. _ _ wut mh De The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to mm. ° p"°' prepiare a plan for reorganizing, redirecting, and systematrzing the , ’f’°§,c:“,°”g°'¤*;';*;_· wor of the De artment of Agriculture as the mterests of economical ¤!ill*¤¤d· and eiiicient agministration may require; such tplan shall be submitted to Congress in the Book of Estimates for e fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen; and the estimates of enqixenses of the De- Spwbrpisnion or empartment of Agriculture for the fiscal year nineteen undred and six- °° ° °°"°“"°“°‘ teen shall be pre ared and submitted m accordance therewith. In { Hereafter emprioyees of the Department of _A.§'lCl|1tU1‘6 assigned to ,,uJ,$'§,§’ *§,'§,"2,°°°;,,, permanent duty in Alaska, Hawau, Porto Rico, and Guam mauy, in g}g,{·*;,g,g§ngg» x the discretion of the Secretary of Agiculture, without addition ex- oam. ’ pense to the Government, be granted leave of absence not tp exceed thirty days in any one year, which leave may, m exceptional and meritorious cases where an employee is 111, be extended, the discretion of the Secretary of Agricultme, not to exceed thirty days adrgtioggl in any hue yealhi h af ml _ Ex my I e cretary o Afric ture may ere ter exchange gene scr- ¤ ¤ ¤1>r¤¤· entiiic apparatus an laboratory equipment purchased from any umm appropriation of the Department of Agriculture. To enable the Secreta of Agriculture to make studies of coopera- g*j1’;ile;?*°gi*·;b0 tion among farmers in ge United States in matters of rural credits u¤¤,sqmm;aee. pm" and of other forms of cooperation in rural communities; to diffuse m§°,,‘f,*,{_‘”““”8 '“‘°" amo the people of the nited States useful information owing out dl? these stu `es, in order to provide a basis for broader u tron of results secured by the research, experimental and demonstration work of the Department of Agriculture, agricultural colleges and