State duly authorized by the laws of the State to receive the same; and such officer shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture, on or before the 1st day of September of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received during the previous fiscal year, and of its disbursement, on forms prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. (May 8, 1914, c. 79, § 4, 38 Stat. 374.) Historical Note See historical note under sections 341 and 343, ante, of this title. § 345. State to replace funds misapplied, etc.; restrictions on use of funds; reports by colleges. If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State for the support and maintenance of cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in sections 341 to 348, inclusive, of this chapter, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to said State, and no portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in colleges, promoting agricultural trains, or any other purpose not specified in sections 341 to 348, inclusive, of this chapter, and not more than 5 per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied to the printing and distribution of publications. It shall be the duty of each of said colleges annually, on or before the 1st day of January, to make to the governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in the direction of extension work as defined in sections 341 to 348, inclusive, of this chapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. (May 8, 1914, c. 79, § 5, 38 Stat. 374.) Historical Note See historical note under section 341, ante, of this title. Cross-References Misapplication of funds received for endowment of institutions for colored students, see 325, ante, of this title. § 346. Ascertainment and certification of amounts due States; certificates withheld from States; appeal to Congress. On or before the 1st day of July in each year the Secretary of Agriculture shall as certain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for cooperative agricultural extension work under sections 341 to 348, inclusive, of this chapter, and the amount which it is entitled to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State of its appropriation, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the expiration of the Congress next succeeding a session of the legislature of any State from which a certificate has been withheld, in order that the State may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury. (May 8, 1914, c. 79, § 6, 38 Stat. 374.) Historical Note See historical note under section 341, ante, of this title. Almost identical provisions regarding ascertainment of amount due states, or territories, and report of appropriation withheld in the case of annual appropriations for institutions for colored students, is made by § 326, ante, of this title. $ 347. Reports to Congress by Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual report to Congress of the receipts, expenditures, and results of the cooperative agricultural extension work in all of the States receiving the benefits of sections 341 to 348, inclusive, of this chapter, and also whether the appropriation of any State has been withheld; and if so, the reasons therefor. (May 8, 1914, c. 79, § 7, 38 Stat. 374.) Historical Note See historical note under section 341, ante, of this title. The Department of Agriculture is required to prepare an annual report of its work and expenditures under §§ 341-348, of this title, of which 8,000 copies are to be printed annually, by provision of § 418, post, of this title. Cross-References See327, ante, of this title. § 348. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved. Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of sections 341 to 348, inclusive, of this chapter. (May 8, 1914, c. 79, § 8, 38 Stat. 374.) Historical Note See historical note under section 341, ante, of this title. Section 361. Secretary of Agriculture to administer chapter. The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the proper administration of this chapter. (Feb. 24, 1925, c. 308, § 4, 43 Stat. 971.) Historical Note This section is a part of section 4 of an act entitled "An act to authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural experiment stations, and for other purposes," cited above. Further provisions from this section will be found in § 376, post, of this title. Other sections of this act will be found set out in this title as §§ 366, 370, 373-375, 380 and 382. § 362. Authorization of agricultural experiment stations; division of appropriation between colleges of same State. In order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science, there shall be established, under direction of the college or colleges or agricultural department of colleges in each State or Territory established, or which hereafter may be established, in accordance with the provisions of sections 301 to 308 inclusive of chapter 13 of this title, a department to be known and designated as an "agricultural experiment station": Provided, That in any State or Territory in which two such colleges have been or may be so established the appropriation hereinafter in this chapter made to such State or Territory shall be equally divided between such colleges, unless the legislature of such State or Territory shall otherwise direct. (Mar. 2, 1887, c. 314, § 1, 24 Stat. 440.) Historical Note This section is section 1 of the Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887, entitled "An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto." The other sections of this act, in so far as the same are in present force and effect, are set out under §§ 363, 365, 368, 377-379, of this title. See, also, sections 301-308, ante, of this title. Provisions making increased annual appropriations for the endowment and maintenance of agricultural colleges are made by sections 321-328, ante, of this title. Notes of 1. Experiment station as part of college.-In Montana it has been held that the experiment station and extension service departments, conducted in connection with agricultural college of state university, were not component parts or departments of agricultural college created under Mont. Rev. Codes, 1921, § 852, so as to warrant use therefor of proceeds of extra tax levy under Rev. Codes 1921, § 2148, for the University of Montana (House Bills 451, 453 [Laws 1925, pp. 440, 446]) in view of the provisions contained in this chapter and chapter 13 of this title. State v. Erickson (1926) 244 P. 289, 75 Mont. 429. 2. Appropriations.—Indiana Mill Tax Act of 1913, limiting the appropriation payable to any university for maintenance, does not apply to an appropriation under this section. Indiana State Board of Finance v. State (1919) 121 N. E. 649, 188 Ind. 36. Saving provision of that Act, providing for tax for support of Purdue University, held not to apply necessarily to state appropriations; federal appropria Besides the provisions establishing agricultural experiment stations, contained in this act a portion of the Arlington estate in the State of Virginia was set apart for experimental agricultural purposes by Act April 18, 1900, c. 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. Current provisions for continuing the necessary improvements to establish and maintain the agricultural station on the estate are contained in Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1926 (Act Feb. 10, 1925, c. 200, 43 Stat. 832). Decisions tions to departments of university being thereby preserved. Id. Federal appropriations for Agricultural Experiment and Extension Departments of Purdue University held subject to be cut off by action of state so as to warrant construction of preserving clause of Indiana Mill Tax Act of 1913, as applying to such appropriation. Id. 3. Necessity of state appropriation.The money donated by the United States to the University of Nebraska by the provisions of this chapter, known as the "Experimental Station" fund, may be expended by the regents for the purposes expressed by the donation, without any specific legislative appropriation than that implied by Neb. Const. art. 8, § 2, and contained in Comp. St. Neb. 1905, c. 87, § 19 (Cobbey's Ann. St. 1903, § 11,State v. Searle (1906) 108 N. W. 215). 1120, 109 N. W. 770, 77 Neb. 155. more Cited without specific application.Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Agricultural College v. Irvine (Wyo. 1907) 27 S. Ct. 613, 615, 206 U. S. 278, 51 L. Ed. 1063. § 363. General scope of researches and experiments. It shall be the object and duty of agricultural experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories. (Mar. 2, 1887, c. 314, § 2, 24 Stat. 440.) Historical Note See note under section 362, ante, of this title. Notes of Decisions Cited without specific application.-State v. Erickson (1926) 244 P. 287, 75 Mont. 429. $364. Examination of soils. As far as practicable, all agricultural experiment stations shall devote a portion of their work to the examination and classification of the soils of their respective States and Territories, with a view to securing more extended knowledge and better development of their agricultural capabilities. (Mar. 2, 1889, c. 373, 25 Stat. 840.) Historical Note This was a provision following an appropriation for experiment stations in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1890, cited above. The scope of the investigations of experiment stations is prescribed by section 363, ante, of this title. Notes of Decisions Cited without specific application.-State v. Erickson (1926) 244 P. 287, 75 Mont. 429. § 365. Issuance and mailing by stations of bulletins or reports; free postage. Bulletins or reports of progress shall be published at agricultural experiment stations at least once in three months, one copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the States or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to such individuals actual |