Nebraska advertiser., 1862-06-05

there shall BE aPp0iBted BY the President, by
and with the advice and consent Of the Sen
ate, a Commissioners Of Agriculture" who
shall be the chief executive o6cer OF the De-
partment Of Agricultuue, who shall hold his
Office by a tenure similar 70 that Of other civil
officers appoinssd BY the Presidert, and who
shall receive foF his compensation = salary Of
three thousand dollars per annum-
Sec. 4. And belt further enacted, That
il shall be the duty Of the COMMISSIONER Of
Agriculture to acquire and preserve 10 his
Department all information concensng agri-
culture which he can obtain By means Of books
aud correspondence, and by practical and
scientific experiments, accurate records Of
which experiments shall be kept 10 his office
by the collection Of statistics and by any
other appropriate means within his power to
collect, as be may be able, new and valuable
seeds and plants /; to test, BY cultivation, the
value of such of them as may require such
tests to propagate such as may Dc worthy Of
propagation, and to distribute them among
agTicultursts. He shall annually make a re-
port in writing of bis acts to the President
and to Congress, in which he may recommend
the publication of papers forming parts Of or
accompanying his report, which report shall
also contain an account Of all moneys received
and expended BY him. He shall also make
special reports on particular subjects when
ever required to DO SO by the President o.
either House Of Congress, OF when he shall
think the subject in his charge requires #. Re
shall receive and have charge Of all the pro-
perry Of the agriculturaldiyisiO of the Patent
Office III the Department ef the Interior. in
Guiding the fixtures and property of the pro-
pagating garden. He shall direct and super
intend the expenditure Of all money appFO-
prialed By Congress to the Department and
render accounts thereof, aud asOof al money
heretofore appropriated for agriculture and re-
naming unexpended. And said Commission
er may seId and receive through the mails,
free of charge, all communications and other
matter pertaining to the business Of his De-
partinent. not exceeding in weight thirt 1.-TWO
ounces.
Sec. 5. Aud DO it further enacted, That
the Commissions of Agriculture shall appoint
a chief clerk, with a salary OF two thousand
dollars. who in all cases during the necessary
absence of the Commissioners, or when the
said principal Office shall become vacant, shall;
perform the duties Of Commissioner, and be
shall appoint sueh other employees as Con
greSs may from time to time provide, with
salaries corresponding to the salaries Of similar
officers in other Departments of the Govern
ment; and be shall, as Congress may from
time to time provide, employ other persons.
for such time as their services may be needed,
including chemists, botanists. entomolOgists,
and other persons skilled IN the natural
sciences pertaining to agriculture. And the
said Commissioner, and every other person to
be appointed in he said Department. shall,
before he enter upon The duties of his Office or
appointment, make oah or affirmation truly
and faithfully to execute the trust committed
to him. And the said Commissioners and the
chief clerk shall also, before entering upon
their duties, seyerally give konds to the Treas
ursr Of the United States, the former in the
sum of ten thousand dollars and the latter in
the sum of FIVE thousand dollars, conditional
to render a true and faithful account to him or
his successor in Office, quarter yearly accounts
of all moneys which shall be by them re-
ceived by virtue Of the said Office, with sure
ties to be approved as sufficient by the Solicit
tor Of the Treasury ; which bonds sball be
filed in the office Of the First Comptroller Of
the Treasury, to be by him put in suit upon
any breach Of the conditions thereof.
Approved, May 10, 1862.