Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-04-06
JUST A LITTLE CUT

to Use the Executive Veto in Order
to Keep the Expsnses Of the State
Within the Revenue.
APPROPRIATION FOR EXPERT
MENT STATION
Is. B. No. 1O3-Lewis)
An Act Appropriating Money For the Pur-
chase Of Pure Bred Stock For Breeding
Purposes For the Experiment Station at
Fargo. For Salary Of State Veterinarian
For Enlargng the Scope Of Investigation
by the Station Staff Of the Experiment
sub-Experiment Station at Edgeley and
Erecting Suitable Builings Thereon. For
Locating and Maintaining and Erecting
Msr Sn IN Wsrs cnsn
ty. and Locating and Operating Sub
Station at or Near Dickinson, in Stark
County.
Be 1t enacted, etc.:
Section 1. There is hereby appro-
priated annually out of any money in
the state treasury, not otherwise ap-
sand ($20,000) dollars for state sup
port and maintenance of the Agricul-
tural Experiment station at Fargo, for
the purchase Of pure bred live stock
for breeding purposes, for salary Of
state veterinarian, for publishing addi-
tional bulletins and other needed agri-
cultural literature, for maintaining
and operating the sub-experiment sta
tion at Edgeley and erecting suitable
buildings thereon, for locating and
maintaining and erecting suitable
buildings on sub-experiment station
at or near Minot, in Ward county,
for locating and operating a grass
| trial station and for other purposes as
hereinafter provided; for extending
the capacity Of the agricultural sta
tion for making investigations in
grain and plant breeding, seed test
ing. diseases of cereals and vegetables,
improvement and dissemination Of
native and cultivated grasses, tree
culture, and fruit improvement, crop
rotation and methods of cultivation,
dairy husbandry, diseases of domestic
animals and animal husbandry, reten-
ton of moisture and maintenance Of
soil fertility and for such other OBJ
jects as may be of economic benefit
to farmers and ranchmen.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
board of trustees of the North Da-
kota Agricultural college to set apart
annually the sum of five thousand dol
lars of the amount appropriated in
section l of this act for the expenses
of maintaining the sub-experiment sta
ton at Edgeley, for erecting suitable
buildings thereon and for making such
investigations and experiments as may
be deemed necessary for the solution
OF agricultural, horticultural and other
problems peculiar to districts of the
state where the soil and climatic con-
ditions differ from those of that por-
tion of the state known as the Red
River valley.
Sec. ;. 1t shall be the duty of the
board of trustees of the North Da-
kota Agricultural college to set apart
annually the sum of five thousand
dollars of the amount appropriated in
section l of this act for the expenses
of locating sub-experiment station
at or near Minot, in Ward county. for
erecting suitable buildings thereon
and maintaining said station and for
making such investigations and ex-
periments as may be deemed neces-
sary for the solution of agricultural,
horticultural and other problems, in
Guiding experiments in grasses, and
other problems peculiar to that por-
ton of the state where the same
differ, owing to soil and climatic con-
ditions, from those of the eastern pOr-
tion of the state; provided, that be-
fore the provisions of this section shall
become operative not less than one
hundred sixty acres of land, of
kind and character to be approved by
the board of trustees of the North
Dakota Agricultural college, shall be
donated to the state of North Dakota
and transferred to said state by a
good and sufficient deed of warranty,
without expense to said state.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the further duty
of the said board of trustees to es-
tablish grass trial station at or near
Dickinson, Stark county, for the pur-
pose of making experiments with
native and other grasses with the view
of improving the supply of forage and
pasture of the grazing districts, and
other products of the soil as the said
board may authorize: and said board
is hereby authorized to appropriate a
sufficient sum Of money as provided
for in section l of this act to make
such experiments; provided, however,
that no such experiments as in this
section provided shall be undertaken
or authorized unless suitable area
of land shall be donated, free OF
charge. and placed at the disposal of
the board of trustees during the period
for which said experiments are author
lied and conducted.
Sec. 5. There being no available
funds for the support and maintenance
of the snb-experiment station at
Edgeley, or for locating and estab.
fishing and maintaining sub-experi-
ment station at or near Minot or for
establishing a grass experiment sta
tion at or near Dickinson and for
other needed improvements and invest.
igations and such funds being required
before July 1. 1903, an emergency ex-
lists and this act shall take effect and
be in force and effect from and after
its passage and approval
VETOED ITEMS.