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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH . 401 JUNE 29, 1937 approved June 29, 1935 (U . S . C ., Supp . II, title 7, sees . 427-427g), $1,800,000 . In all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico for agricultural experiment stations, $6,232,500. SA LARI ES AND EXP ENSE S Administration of grants to States and coordination of research To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the Acts approved March 2, 1887 (U . S . C., title 7, sees . 362, 363, 365, 368, 377-379), March 16, 1906 (U . S. C., title 7, sees . 369, 375), February 24 1925 (U . S . C ., title 7, sees . 361, 366, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382), Al'ay 16, 1928 (U . S . C ., title 7, sees . 386-386b), February 23, 1929 (U. S. C., title 7, sec. 386c), March 4, 1931 (U. S. C., title 7, sees . 386d-386f), and June 20, 1936 (U . S . C ., Supp . II, title 7, sec. 369a), and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, relative to their administration and for the administration of agricultural experiment stations in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, including the employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, official trav- eling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and tele- phone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside the District of Columbia, $161,735 ; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their pr ovis ions , coo rdin ate the r esea rch work of t he D epart ment of Agri- culture and coordinate the research work of the Department with that of the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the line s authorized in said Acts, and make repo rt thereon to Congress . Insular experiment stations : To enable the Secretary of Agricul- ture to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, i ncluding the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other necessary expenses, $69,311, as follows : $2,066 for Hawaii, and $67,245 for Puerto Rico : Prouided, That the Secretary of Agric ultur e may , at his di scret ion, trans fer su ch eq uipme nt, i nclud - ing the library, of the Hawaii Experiment Station, as he may deem necessary and advisable to the experiment station of the University of Hawaii, conducted jointly and in collaboration with the Federal station under the Act of May 16, 1928 (U . S. C., title 7, sees. 386- 386b) ; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experi ment stations in Haw aii and Puerto Rico, and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts . In all , sal aries and expens es, $ 231,0 46 . Total, Office of Experiment Stations, $6,463,546, of which amount not to exceed $150,105 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $725 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia . SPECIAL RESEARCH FUND, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for To tal. 399 Sa laries and ex- panse s. Administration of stati ons, etc . 24 Stat.440; 34 Stat. 63; 43 Stat. 970; 45 S tat . 571,1256 ; 46 Stat . 1520 . 7 U.S.C.°°361-363, 365, 366, 368-371, 373- 380, 382, 386-3861. 49 Stat . 1553. 7U.S.C.,Supp.H. °369a. Ha waii and P uerto Ric o . Rent. Annual fin anc ial statement, forms . Insular experiment statio ns . Proviso. Transfer of equip- ment . 45Stat.571. 7U.S.C.°°386- 386 b . Sale of products. Receipts covered in. Services in the Dis- trict . Vehicles, field serv . ice . Special research fun d; adminis trative expenses.