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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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and what rotation and treatment will be most effective in increasing and retaining the productive capacity of Illinois lands; and that, to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually, for the years 1901 and 1902: Provided, that the work outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a committee of five to be appointed by the Illinois Farmers' Institute, |4. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to discover and demonstrate the best methods of orchard treatment in the fruit sections of the State, and the most effective remedies for insect and fungous enemies to fruit and trees; and that, to carry out the provision of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000; annually, for the years 1901 and 1902: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a committee of five to be appointed by the Illinois State Horticultural Society. §5. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to investigate the dairy conditions of the State, and to discover and demonstrate improved methods of producing and marketing wholesome milk and other dairy products; and that, to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) annually, for the years 1901 and 1902: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a committee of five to be appointed by the Illinois Dairymen's Association. $6. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to investigate and demonstrate the best methods of seeding, cultivating and marketing sugar beets on the various soils to be found in the several sections of the State; and that, to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) annually, for the years 1901 and 1902: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a committee of five to be appointed by the Illinois Sugar Beet Growers' Association. 57. That the committees representing the several associations herein named shall meet annually at the College of Agriculture at Urbana, at such time as may be designated by the dean of said college, that they shall serve without compensation except for expenses, to be paid out of the respective funds, and that said committees shall make their respective associations, at their annual meetings, full reports of the work in progress under the provisions of this act. 28. That the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum herein appropriated upon the order of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, countersigned by its Secretary, and with the corporate seal of said University: Provided, that no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for salaries of! teachers: And, provided further, that any revenue arising from the operations of the several sections of this act shall revert to the respective funds from which obtained for further extension of the work outlined. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to take away from the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois the usual authority conferred by law over the expenditure of moneys appropriated to said University. The recommendations of the committee herein provided for shall be advisory, but the use of the moneys herein appropriated shall rest in the discretion of said Board for the purposes herein set forth, and said Board shall account therefor. Approved May 10, 1901.