361e. Payment of allotments to State agricultural experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers; accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such replacement.

361f. Publications of experiment stations; free mailing. 361g. Secretary of Agriculture; powers and duties; rules and regulations; determination of amount of entitlement; deduction of unexpended balances. 361h. Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations.

3611. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved. 362, 363. Transferred.

Sec.

390c. Allocation of funds.

(a) Appropriations authorization.

(b) Distribution formula.

(c) Administration; rules and regulations. 390d. Eligibility for payments.

390e. Matching funds; availability of unused allotments in succeeding fiscal years.

390f. Multiple-purpose physical facilities; fund support

basis.

390g. Amount of allocation; ascertainment and notification.

390h. Fiscal accountability.

(a) Directors and treasurers or other officers of State agricultural experiment stations; accounting; reports to Secretary.

(b) Repayment by States of diminished, lost or misapplied funds; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such repayment. 3901. Reports to Congress. 3901. State agricultural experiment stations eligible for benefits; division of appropriations.

390k. Administration; appropriations authorization.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 361. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674. Section, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 591, § 4, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 4, 43 Stat. 971, provided for the administration of the agricultural experiment station program, and is now covered by section 361g of this title. EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

Section 2 of act Aug. 11, 1955, which repealed this section and sections 364, 366, 369, 369a, 371-376, 380, 382, 383, 386-3861, 427a-427h, and 427] of this title, provided in part that any rights or liabilities existing under such repealed sections or parts of sections should not be affected by their repeal.

§ 361a. Congressional declaration of purpose; definitions.

It is the policy of Congress to continue the agricultural research at State agricultural experiment stations which has been encouraged and supported by the Hatch Act of 1887, the Adams Act of 1906, the Purnell Act of 1925, the Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935, and title I, section 9, of that Act as added by the Act of August 14, 1946, and Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, and to promote the efficiency of such research by a codification and simplification of such laws. As used in sections 361a to 361i of this title, the terms "State" or "States" are defined to include the several States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. As used in sections 361a to 361i of this title, the term "State agricultural experiment station" means a department which shall have been established, under direction of the college or university or agricultural departments of the college or university in each State in accordance with sections 301 to 305, 307, and 308 of this title; or such other substantially equivalent arrangements as any State shall determine. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 1, 24 Stat. 440; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 671.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Hatch Act of 1887, referred to in the text, was classified to sections 362, 363, 365, 368-368c, and 377-379 of this title, and is now classified to sections 361a-3611 of this title.

The Adams Act of 1906, referred to in the text, was formerly classified to sections 361, 366, 369, 371, 373-376, 380, and 382 of this title.

The Purnell Act of 1925, referred to in the text, was formerly classified to sections 361, 366, 370, 371, 373376, 380, and 382 of this title.

The Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935, referred to in the text, was classified to sections 427-4271 of this title. Sections 427 and 4271 of this title are still in existence.

Title I, section 9, of that Act, referred to in the text, was classified to section 427h of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to continue agricultural research at the agricultural experiment stations, to restate the declaration of purpose, and to insert definitions of "State" and "State agricultural experiment station." Former provisions which required division of appropriations between colleges of same state are now contained in section 361h of this title.

ARLINGTON ESTATE

Besides the provisions establishing agricultural experiment stations, contained in act Mar. 2, 1887, a portion of the Arlington estate in the State of Virginia was set apart for experimental agricultural purposes by act April 18, 1900, ch. 243, 31 Stat. 135, and provisions for establishing and maintaining a general experimental farm and agricultural station thereon were made by the subsequent agricultural appropriation acts.

ADMISSION OF ALASKA AND HAWAII TO STATEHOOD Alaska was admitted into the Union on Jan. 3, 1959, upon the issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, and Hawaii was admitted into the Union on Aug. 21, 1959, upon the issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74. For Alaska Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 86-3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48.

CROSS REFERENCES

Exemption of experiment stations from penalties under Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, see section 1372(d) of this title.

Increased annual appropriations for the endowment and maintenance of agricultural colleges, see sections 321326 and 328 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 418 of this title.

§ 361b. Congressional statement of policy; researches, investigations and experiments.

It is further the policy of the Congress to promote the efficient production, marketing, distribution, and utilization of products of the farm as essential to the health and welfare of our peoples and to promote a sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to the maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity and security. It is also the intent of Congress to assure agriculture a position in research equal to that of industry, which will aid in maintaining an equitable balance between agriculture and other segments of our economy. It shall be the object and duty of the State agricultural experiment stations through the expenditure of the appropriations hereinafter authorized to conduct original and other researches, investigations, and experiments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry of the United States, including researches basic to the problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, and such investigations as have for their purpose the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life and the maximum contribution by agriculture to the welfare of the consumer, as may be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 2, 24 Stat. 440; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 671.)

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to restate the policy of Congress.

CROSS REFERENCES

Additonal appropriations for research work, see section 4271 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 361d, 418 of this title.

§ 361c. Appropriations and allotments of grants. (a) Authorization.

There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of sections 361a to 361i of this title such sums as Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary.

(b) Allotments to States.

Out of such sums each State shall be entitled to receive annually a sum of money equal to and subject to the same requirement as to use for marketing research projects as the sums received from Federal appropriations for State agricultural experiment stations for the fiscal year 1955, except that amounts heretofore made available from the fund known as the "Regional research fund, Office of Experiment Stations" shall continue to be available for the support of cooperative regional projects as defined in subsection (c) (3) of this section, and the said fund shall be designated "Regional research fund, State agricultural experiment stations," and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be entitled to receive annually for the administration of sections 361a to 3611 of this title, a sum not less than that available for this purpose for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955: Provided, That if the appropriations hereunder available for distribution in any fiscal year are less than those for the fiscal year 1955 the allotment to each State and the amounts for Federal administration and the regional research fund shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of such reduction.

(c) Allotment of additional sums.

Any sums made available by the Congress in addition to those provided for in subsection (b) of this section for State agricultural experiment station work shall be distributed as follows:

1. Twenty per centum shall be allotted equally to each State;

2. Not less than 52 per centum of such sums shall be allotted to each State, as follows: Onehalf in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the rural population of the State bears to the total rural population of all the States as determined by the last preceding decennial census current at the time each such additional sum is first appropriated; and one-half in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm population of all the States as determined by the last preceding decennial census current at the time such additional sum is first appropriated;

3. Not more than 25 per centum shall be allotted to the States for cooperative research in

which two or more State agricultural experiment stations are cooperating to solve problems that concern the agriculture of more than one State. The funds available for such purposes, together with funds available pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for like purpose shall be designated as the "Regional research fund, State agricultural experiment stations", and shall be used only for such cooperative regional projects as are recommended by a committee of nine persons elected by and representing the directors of the State agricultural experiment stations, and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. The necessary travel expenses of the committee of nine persons in performance of their duties may be paid from the fund established by this paragraph;

4. Not less than 20 per centum of any sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection for distribution to States shall be used by State agricultural experiment stations for conducting marketing research projects approved by the Department of Agriculture;

5. Three per centum shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for administration of sections 361a to 361i of this title.

(d) Allotment of amounts in excess of $90,000.

Of any amount in excess of $90,000 available under sections 361a to 361i of this title for allotment to any State, exclusive of the regional research fund, State agricultural experiment stations, no allotment and no payments thereof shall be made in excess of the amount which the State makes available out of its own funds for research and for the establishment and maintenance of facilities necessary for the prosecution of such research: And provided further, That if any State fails to make available for such research purposes for any fiscal year a sum equal to the amount in excess of $90,000 to which it may be entitled for such year, the remainder of such amount shall be withheld by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(e) Definition of "Administration".

"Administration" as used in this section shall include participation in planning and coordinating cooperative regional research as defined in subsection (c) 3 of this section.

(f) Adjustment of payments.

In making payments to States, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to adjust any such payment to the nearest dollar. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 3, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 671.)

CODIFICATION

Section is based on first sentence of section 3 of act Mar. 2, 1887. The second sentence of said section 3 was reenacted in act Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971, and was classified to former section 366 of this title which was repealed by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674.

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to authorize appropriations and to provide for allotment of grants. Former provisions which related to advice and assistance by the Secretary of Agriculture are now covered by section 361g of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Additional appropriations for research work, see section 4271 of this title.

Annual appropriations for agricultural colleges, see section 322 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 361e, 418 of this title.

§ 361d. Use of funds.

Moneys appropriated pursuant to sections 361a to 3611 of this title shall also be available, in addition to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority of section 361b of this title, for printing and disseminating the results of such research, retirement of employees subject to the provisions of section 331 of this title, administrative planning and direction, and for the purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. The State agricultural experiment stations are authorized to plan and conduct any research authorized under section 361b of this title in cooperation with each other and such other agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the agricultural problems involved, and moneys appropriated pursuant to sections 361a to 3611 of this title shall be available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating, and conducting such cooperative research. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 4, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 672.)

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide for printing and disseminating the results of research, retirement of employees, administrative planning and direction, purchase and rental of land, and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. Former provisions which related to issuance and free mailing of publications are now contained in section 361f of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 418 of this title. § 361e. Payment of allotments to State agricultural experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers; accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such replacement.

Sums available for allotment to the States under the terms of sections 361a to 361i of this title, excluding the regional research fund authorized by section 361c (c) (3) of this title, shall be paid to each State agricultural experiment station in equal quarterly payments beginning on the first day of July of each fiscal year upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Each such station authorized to receive allotted funds shall have a chief administrative officer known as a director, and a treasurer or other officer appointed by the governing board of the station. Such treasurer or other officer shall receive and account for all funds allotted to the State under the provisions of sections 361a to 361i of this title and shall report, with the approval of the director, to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day of September of each year a detailed statement of the amount received under provisions of said sections during the preceding fiscal year, and

of its disbursement on schedules prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. If any portion of the allotted moneys received by the authorized receiving officer of any State agricultural experiment station shall by any action or contingency be diminished, lost, or misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State concerned and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be allotted or paid to such State. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 5, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 673.)

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide for quarterly payment of allotments, to require annual report of allotments and disbursements, and to provide for replacement of funds diminished, lost, or misapplied. Former provisions which authorized appropriations for investigations and experiments are now contained in sections 361c and 361d of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 418 of this title. § 361f. Publications of experiment stations; free mailing.

Bulletins, reports, periodicals, reprints of articles, and other publications necessary for the dissemination of results of the researches and experiments, including lists of publications available for distribution by the experiment stations, shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States under penalty indicia: Provided, however, That each publication shall bear such indicia as are prescribed by the Postmaster General and shall be mailed under such regulations as the Postmaster General may from time to time prescribe. Such publications may be mailed from the principal place of business of the station or from an established subunit of said station. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 6, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 673.)

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to authorize free mailing of publications by the agricultural experiment stations. Former provisions which related to the unexpended balance of annual appropriation are now contained in section 361g of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Penalty mail, authorization to use, see section 3202 of Title 39, Postal Service.

Preparation and printing of annual report of experiment stations, see section 418 of this title.

Sale of card index of literature prepared in connection with the administration of sections 361a-3611 of this title, see section 384 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 418 of this title; title 39 section 3202.

§ 361g. Secretary of Agriculture; powers and duties; rules and regulations; determination of amount of entitlement; deduction of unexpended balances. The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the responsibility for the proper administration of sections 361a to 361i of this title, and is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of said sections, including participation in coordination of research initiated under said sections by the State agricultural experiment stations, from time to time to indicate such lines of inquiry as to him seem most

important, and to encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by and between the several State agricultural experiment stations, and between the stations and the United States Department of Agriculture.

On or before the first day of July in each year after the passage of sections 361a to 361i of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain as to each State whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriations for agricultural experiment stations under said sections and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive.

Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of Agriculture from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of funds by any State agricultural experiment station that any portion of the preceding annual appropriation allotted to that station under sections 361a to 361i of this title remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual allotment to the State concerned.

If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold from any State any portion of the appropriations available for allotment, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be carried to surplus. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 7, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 673; June 29, 1960, Pub. L. 86-533, § 1(22), 74 Stat. 249.)

AMENDMENTS

1960-Pub. L. 86-533 repealed provisions which required the Secretary of Agriculture to make a report to the Congress of the receipts, expenditures and work of the agricultural experiment stations in all the States under the provisions of sections 361a-3611 of this title.

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to prescribe the powers and duties of the Secretary of Agriculture, to provide for the determination of the amount of entitlement, to authorize deduction of unexpended balances, and to require reports. Former provisions which stated that the relation of the college to the State was unaffected are now contained in section 361h of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 418 of this title. §361h. Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations.

Nothing in sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction State agricultural experiment stations have been established and the government of the States in which they are respectively located. States having agricultural experiment stations separate from such colleges or universities and established by law, shall be authorized to apply such benefits to research at stations so established by such States: Provided, That in any State in which more than one such college, university, or agricultural experiment station has been established the appropriations made pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title for such State shall be divided between such institutions as the legislature of such State shall direct. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 8, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 674.)

AMENDMENTS

1947-July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 530. 1946-June 22, 1946, ch. 445, § 1, 60 Stat. 277.

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide that the relation between the college and the State is to be unaffected, and to require division of appropriations.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 418 of this title. § 361i. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved.

The Congress may at any time, amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of sections 361a to 3611 of this title. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 9, 24 Stat. 442; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 674.)

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to reserve the right to Congress to amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of sections 361a-3611 of this title, and to eliminate provisions which subjected grants of moneys to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 418 of this title.

SS 362, 363. Transferred.

Sections, acts Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, §§ 1, 2, 24 Stat. 440; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 671, were transferred to sections 361a and 361b, respectively, of this title.

§ 364. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 675. Section, act Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 840, required all agricultural experiment stations to devote a portion of their work to the examination and classification of the soils of their respective States and Territories.

EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

Any rights or liabilities existing under this section as unaffected by repeal, see section 2 of act Aug. 11, 1955, set out as a note under former section 361 of this title.

§ 365. Issuance and mailing by stations of bulletins or reports; free postage.

Section, acts Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 4, 24 Stat. 441, Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 672, was transferred to section 361d of this title. Former provisions of section 365 of this title which related to issuance and free mailing by stations of bulletins or reports are now contained in section 361f of this title.

§ 366. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674. Section, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 3, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971, provided for annual reports by agricultural experiment stations to governors.

EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

Any rights or liabilities existing under this section as unaffected by repeal, see section 2 of act Aug. 11, 1955, set out as a note under former section 361 of this title.

1945-May 5, 1945, ch. 109, § 1, 59 Stat. 143. 1944-June 28, 1944, ch. 296, § 1, 58 Stat. 432. 1943-July 12, 1943, ch. 215, § 1, 57 Stat. 400. 1942-July 22, 1942, ch. 516, § 1, 56 Stat. 670. 1941-July 1, 1941, ch. 267, § 1, 55 Stat. 412. 1940 June 25, 1940, ch. 421, § 1, 54 Stat. 536. 1939-June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 944. 1938 June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 715. 1937-June 29, 1937, ch. 404, 50 Stat. 399. 1936 June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1425. 1935-May 17, 1935, ch. 131, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 251. 1934-Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 471. 1933-Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 203, 47 Stat. 1435. 1932-July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 613. 1931-Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 278, 46 Stat. 1246. 1930-May 27, 1930, ch. 341, 46 Stat. 396. 1929-Feb. 16, 1929, ch. 227, 45 Stat. 1192. 1928-May 16, 1928, ch. 572, 45 Stat. 542. 1927-Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 979. 1926-May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 502. 1925-Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43 Stat. 824.

S$ 368 to 368b. Transferred.

Section 368, acts Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 3, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 671, was transferred to section 361c of this title. Former provisions of section 368 which provided for assistance and advice by the Secretary of Agriculture are now covered in section 361g of this title.

Section 368a, acts Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 5, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 673, was transferred to section 361e of this title. Former provisions of section 368a which authorized appropriations for investigations and experiments are now contained in section 361d of this title.

Section 368b, acts Mar. 8, 1887, ch. 314, § 9, 24 Stat, 442; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 674, was transferred to section 3611 of this title. Former provisions of section 368b made grants of money authorized by section 368a of this title subject to the legislative assent of the States and Territories.

§ 368c. Suspension or repeal of provisions.

CODIFICATION

Section, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 10, 24 Stat. 442, which was not reenacted by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, 69 Stat. 671, reserved the right to Congress to amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of act Mar. 2, 1887, and is now covered by section 3611 of this title.

§§ 369 to 376. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674.

Section 369, act Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 1, 34 Stat. 63, authorized annual appropriations for agricultural experiment stations, and is now covered by section 361c of this title.

Section 369a, acts June 20, 1936, ch. 631, §§ 1, 2, 49 Stat. 1553, 1554; Aug. 29, 1950, ch. 820, 64 Stat. 563, extended provisions of former sections 343a, 343b, 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, and 382 of this title to Alaska, and is now covered by section 361a of this title.

Section 370, act Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 1, 43 Stat. 970, authorized an additional appropriation of $60,000 for each fiscal year, and is now covered by section 361c of this title.

Section 371, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 2, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 2. 43 Stat. 971, made grants of money authorized for agricultural experiment stations subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories.

Section 372, act June 7, 1888, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 176, provided for assent to installments of appropriations when the legislature is not in session.

Section 373, act Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 2, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 2, 43 Stat. 971, prescribed the time and manner of payments to agricultural experiment stations and required a report of expenditures to the Secretary of Agriculture, and is now covered by sections 361c and 361e of this title.