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169. Sale of copies of card index.-And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the card index of the publications of the Department and of other agricultural literature prepared by the library, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies. And the Secretary of Agriculture hereafter may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. And the Secretary of Agriculture hereafter may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Department of Agriculture in connection with its administration of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page four hundred and forty), and the Act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirtyfourth Statutes at Large, page sixty-three), and the Acts amendatory of and supplementary thereto [7 U. S. C., secs. 362, 363, 366, 368, 369, 371], and charge for the same a price covering the additionaĺ expenses involved in the preparation of these copies, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. 264, 266; Mar. 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1109; 5 U. S. C., sec. 551.)

170. Sale of photographic prints and maps.-The Secretary of Agriculture hereafter may dispose of photographic prints (including bromide enlargements), lantern slides, transparencies, blueprints, and forest maps at cost and ten per centum additional, and condemned property or materials under his charge in the same manner as provided by law for other bureaus. (Mar. 4, 1907, 34 Stat. 1269; 5 U. S. C., sec 552.)

171. Sale of prints and lantern slides.-And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish, upon application, prints and lantern slides from negatives in the possession of the department and to charge for the same a price to cover the cost of preparation, such price to be determined and established by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. (Mar. 4, 1907, 34 Stat. 1281; 5 U. S. C., sec. 553.)

172. Loan, rent, or sale, of films.-That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, under such rules and regulations and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe, to loan, rent, or sell copies of films: Provided, That in the sale or rental of films educational institutions or associations for agricultural education not organized for profit shall have preference; all moneys received from such rentals or sales to be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (May 31, 1920, 41 Stat. 718; 5 U. S. C., sec. 554.)

173. Sale of samples of pure sugars.-Hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may furnish, upon application, samples of pure sugars, naval stores, microscopical specimens, and other products to State

and municipal officers, educational institutions, and other parties and charge for the same a price to cover the cost thereof, such price to be determined and established by the Secretary, and the money received from sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (Mar. 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1101; 5 U. S. C., sec. 555.)

174. Reports. The Secretary of Agriculture shall annually make a general report in writing of his acts to the President, in which he may recommend the publication of papers forming parts of or accompanying his report, which shall also contain an account of all moneys received and expended by him. He shall also make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress, or when he shall think the subject of his charge requires it. (R. S. sec. 528, May 29, 1928, 45 Stat. 993; 5 U. S. C., sec, 557.)

174a. Same; expenditure of appropriations; accounting.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall direct and superintend the expenditure of all money appropriated to the Department and render accounts thereof. (R. S., sec. 3677, Feb. 9, 1889, secs. 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659; 5 U. S. C., sec. 557a.)

174b. Same; additional statement of expenditures.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall furnish proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the Department of Agriculture to the General Accounting Office. (Mar. 3, 1885, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 356; Aug. 11, 1916, 39 Stat. 492; June 10, 1921, sec. 301, 42 Stat. 23; May 29, 1928, 45 Stat. 992; 5 U. S. C., sec. 558.)

174c. Schedule of expenditures in annual Budget.-That a separate schedule of expenditures, transfers of funds, or other transactions hereunder [in the office of the Secretary of Agriculture] shall be included in the annual Budget. (Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, title I, 48 Stat. 469; 5 U. S. C., sec. 558a.)

175. Cooperation with State and other agencies.-That hereafter in carrying on the activities of the Department of Agriculture involving cooperation with State, county, and municipal agencies, associations of farmers, individual farmers, universities, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, or other local associations of businessmen, business organizations, and individuals within the State, Territory, district, or insular possession in which such activities are to be carried on, moneys contributed from such outside sources, except in the case of the authorized activities of the Forest Service, shall be paid only through the Secretary of Agriculture or through State, county, or municipal agencies, or local farm bureaus or like organizations, cooperating for the purpose with the Secretary of Agriculture. (July 24, 1919, 41 Stat. 270; 5 U. S. C., sec. 563.)

176. Same; salaries of employees of department.-The officials and the employees of the Department of Agriculture engaged in the activities described in the preceding paragraph and paid in whole or in part out of funds contributed as provided therein, and the persons, corporations, or associations making contributions as therein provided, shall not be subject to the proviso contained in the Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1917, in Thirty-ninth Statutes at

Large, at page 1106 [5 U. S. C., sec. 66]; nor shall any official or employee engaged in the cooperative activities of the Forest Service, or the persons, corporations, or associations contributing to such activities be subject to the said proviso. (July 24, 1919, 41 Stat. 270; 5 U. S. C., sec. 564.)

177. Transfer of lot in Forest Grove, Oregon, to Bureau of Entomology. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized and directed to transfer all right, title, and interest in fractional block 6, of Naylor's addition to the city of Forest Grove, in Oregon, to the United States of America, for the use of the Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture. (Nov. 6, 1919, 41 Stat. 349.)

178. Secretary of Agriculture to have charge of Olmstead lands.-That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, from and after the passage of this Act, have charge of the several tracts of land in Clay and Graham Counties, North Carolina, known as the Olmstead lands, aggregating approximately thirty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-three acres, being the lands conveyed to the United States by Levi Stevens and wife on March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in compromise and settlement of an indebtedness due the United States by E. B. Olmstead. (July 6, 1912, sec. 1, 37 Stat. 189.) 179. Lands to be subject to provisions of Act March 1, 1911, ch. 186.That the said lands shall be subject to such of the provisions of the Act approved March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirtysixth Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one) [16 U. S. C., secs. 552, 563], as apply to lands purchased thereunder. (July 6, 1912, sec. 3, 37 Stat. 189.)

179a. Existing private rights not affected.-That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect in any way any private or corporate rights now existing with reference to said lands. (July 6, 1912, sec. 4, 37 Stat. 189.)

180. Secretary of Agriculture to adjust claims to Olmstead lands.— That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized to adjust all claims to the so-called "Olmstead lands" in the State of North Carolina, which were placed under his administrative care by the Act of July 6, 1912 (37 Stat. 189). (June 14, 1934, sec. 1, 48 Stat. 959.)

181. Interest of United States to be conveyed by quit claim deed. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon a finding by him, and approved by the Attorney General, that by reason of long-continued Occupancy and use thereof a party is justly entitled to any of said Olmstead lands, to convey by quitclaim deed to such party the interest of the United States therein, or to pay to such party from any appropriation which hereafter may be made to carry out the purpose of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 936), such sum as the Secretary of Agriculture shall find to be just compensation for the release of the claim of such party to said lands, other claims of title to said Olmstead lands found to be superior to that of the United States may be settled by the Secretary of Agriculture through allowing the removal of timber from the lands claimed in such an amount as he finds equitable and acceptable to the claimant in full satisfaction of his claim, or with the approval of the National Forest Reservation

Commission the Secretary of Agriculture may make payment in satisfaction of the claim from funds appropriated for carrying out the provisions of the said Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 936). (June 14, 1934, sec. 2, 48 Stat. 959.)

182. Cass Lake, Minn.; acceptance of title to dam on.-That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to a dam and appurtenances thereto constructed and hitherto maintained under authority of law by the J. Neils Lumber Company at the outlet of Cass Lake in the State of Minnesota, together with the right of way for the abutment of said dam on lot 2, section 21, township 146 north, range 30 west, fifth principal meridian, and the flowage rights thereon, and to thereafter maintain or reconstruct said dam in good and serviceable condition: Provided, That when Lake Winibigoshish is at such a level as to hold Cass Lake at a level of two and five-tenths feet or more on the Cass Lake gauge enough of the dam shall be removed or kept open to permit the passage of boats and logs. (May 22, 1926, sec. 1, 46 Stat. 618.)

183. Submerged lands; purchase or compensation. That if the maintenance of the dam by the United States as provided in section 1 hereof shall cause any lands in private ownership to be submerged and damaged the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, acquire title to said lands so submerged, by purchase under the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirtysixth Statutes at Large, page 961) [16 U. S. C., secs. 516, 517], or in lieu of such purchase may compensate the owners of said submerged lands for all damages sustained by reason of said submergence upon proper showing of proof that said damages are due exclusively to the maintenance of the dam as authorized herein. (May 22, 1926, sec. 2, 46 Stat. 618.)

184. Appropriations.-That to carry out the purposes of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, the sum of $5,000 and annual appropriations of like sums to carry out the purposes of this Act during the ensuing years are hereby authorized.* (May 22, 1926, 44 Stat. 618.)

185. Marquette National Forest Purchase Unit; Secretary of Commerce authorized to transfer to Department of Agriculture Island Numbered 6.--The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to transfer to the Department of Agriculture for inclusion within the Marquette National Forest Purchase Unit, Government Island Lighthouse Reservation, otherwise known as "Island Numbered 6", in the Les Cheneaux Group in the north end of Lake Huron, no longer required for lighthouse purposes, containing an area of approximately two hundred and fourteen and twenty-five one-hundredths acres; reserving a small proportion of the protected water front for construction operations of the Lighthouse Service and right to reoccupy any portion thereof for lighthouse purposes. (May 28, 1935, sec. 13, Public 81, 74th Cong.)

186. Secretary of Commerce authorized to transfer to Secretary of Agriculture Sapelo Lighthouse Reservation. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture for

use of the Bureau of Biological Survey the Sapelo Lighthouse Reservation, Georgia, which is no longer required for lighthouse purposes, comprising an area of approximately one hundred and ninetyfive acres with appurtenant structures thereon. (May 28, 1935, sec. 33, Public, 81, 74th Cong.)

187. Secretary of Commerce authorized to transfer to Department of Agriculture unused portion of Hilton Head Lighthouse Reservation.— The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to transfer to the Department of Agriculture_the_unused portion of the Hilton Head Lighthouse Reservation, South Carolina, excepting the light tower and rights of ingress and egress for purposes of maintaining the light in the tower. (May 28, 1935, sec. 24, Public 81, 74th Cong.)

188. Secretary of Agriculture authorized to transfer forest reservation lands in Forrest and Perry Counties, Miss., to Mississippi or War Department. That if any of the lands purchased or to be purchased by the United States under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 513-521, inclusive; Supp. VII, title 16, secs. 513-521, inclusive), within the limits of townships 1, 2, and 3 north, ranges 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, in Forrest and Perry Counties, State of Mississippi, are determined to be chiefly valuable and necessary for a National Guard encampment and related military purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture, with the consent and approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission established by section 4 of said Act of March 1, 1911, may, and he hereby is, authorized to convey full title to said lands to the State of Mississippi or the War Department of the United States: Provided, That there is paid into the Treasury of the United States, or made available by transfer on the books of said Treasury, sums of money equal to the full amounts expended by the Department of Agriculture for the purchase of said lands, and the money so paid into or transferred on the books of the Treasury shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purchase of other lands under the provisions of said Act of March 1, 1911, as amended. (Mar. 2, 1935, Public, 16, 74th Cong.)

189. Secretary of Agriculture authorized to use fund appropriated from duties collected under customs laws for purpose of increasing exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products.-There is hereby appropriated for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year end. ing June 30, 1936, an amount equal to 30 per centum of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws during the period January 1 to December 31, both inclusive, preceding the beginning of each such fiscal year. Such sums shall be maintained in a separate fund and shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture only to (1) encourage the exportation of agricultural commodities and products thereof by the payment of benefits in connection with the exportation thereof or of indemnities for losses incurred in connection with such exportation or by payments to producers in connection with the production of that part of any agricultural commodity required for domestic consumption; (2) encourage the domestic consumption of such commodities or products by diverting them, by the payment of benefits or indemnities or by other means, from the normal channels of trade and commerce; and (3) finance adjustments in the quantity planted or produced for market of agri

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