PRESENT AGRICULTURAL Hi Li
MAY PUT ALASKA UNfjER
NEW PROGRAM, .
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If the present Agricultural Bill,rhich has
parsed the HoUse, passes the Senate and
becomes a lav;, the Agricultural Experiment
mork hi Alaska vrill be placed under the
Department of Agricultural from Tashingtor
This nev; bill carries,for the first timo,
a special appropriation for research on
agricultural problems in Alaska. This has
come about duo to the important nosition
of Alaska in tho national security of the
nation. The bill contains a single appro
riation of $144,940 for research on agri
cultural problems of Alaska. Should the
sale of products, from. Experiment Stations
rhich are returned to the appropriation,
equal that of several recent years. thS
total funds available rill exceed $200,OOC
• rlich is more than double that of former
years.
The bill states:
"To enable the Secretary, through such
officers and employees of the Department
of Agriculture and the Territory of Alaskf
as he may designate, to establish and
maintain a program for research into tho
basic agricultural needs and problems of
the Territory of Alaska,'$144,940, includ
ing minting and binding, th6 employment
of -personal services in the District of
Columbia, and the construction or acquisi
tion of necessary buildings and facilities
■ ' thout regard to restrictions of- exist
ing lam. In carrying out such urogram the
Secretary is authorized to use such
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USED CHEST OF DRAPERS—DRESSER—or CUP
BOARDS. Leav'e-'rrord at'the Co-op Office or
yrri.te Box 855, Palmer, Alaska._
authorities as have heretofore been made
■available by the Legislature of the Terri
tory of Aladca to the Agricultural Experi
ment Station of the University of Alaska
And with other public and private agencies.
The provisions of this paragraph shall be
effective from afid after the date of the
enactment hereof, and the Secretary is
authorized to take such stons and to issue
such regulations as he may determino to
e.ffectuato the orderly discharge of his
responsibilities hereunder. There arc here
by transferred to the Secretary the'use of
’such'equipment and other facilities,build
ings, and grounds of the Territorial agri
cultural'experiment station, including its
branches, as he may determine to be necese
sary, other than any land in general use'
heretofore for other university purpfises,
and the Secretary may to the extent deemed
■advisable continue the employment'of the
existing personnel of the station. Uotv.lth
standing any other provision of lav, in
cluding the lavs of the Territory of Alaska
there are hereby transferred for the use
of the Secretary any unexpended balances
nor; available, and any moneys hereafter
received for credit thereto, of all funds
heretofore appropriated by the legislature
or aquirod hndof authority of lar for the
construct ion,use, and development of the
Territorial agricultural experiment sta
tion, the availability of such funds to bo
unaffected by this transfer.-"
JOAN lESLtE- - ROBERT HUTTON -- EDWARD ARNOLD
ANN HARDING
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FRANK MORGAN-- ELIZABETH TAYLOR- TOM DRAKE
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