EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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WHEREAS, By an Act of Congress passed at the first ses-
sion of the Fifty-ninth Congress of the United States the

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Adams Bill, H. R. 345, entitled " An Act to provide for an
increased annual appropriation for Agricultural Experiment
Stations," and regulating the expenditure thereof; and
WHEREAS, Said Act of the first session of the Fifty-ninth
Congress provides that before funds, as made available under
the said Act shall be paid to any State, such State shall give
its legislative assent to the purposes of said grants ;. and
WHEREAS, The Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, a
department of the Maryland Agricultural College, is the only
institution in this State established under the provisions of
the Act of Congress of 1862, and of the Act of Congress
approved March 2, 1887,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the assent of the State of Maryland be and the

Preamble.

same is hereby given to the purposes of the grant made by
said Act of the first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress and
that the said Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, a
department of the Maryland Agricultural College, be and the
same is hereby designated as the institution entitled to
receive the moneys appropriated for Maryland and that the
treasurer of the said institution be and is hereby designated
as the proper person to receive the said appropriations.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the assent of the State of
Maryland to the grants of money for the purposes, upon the

Assent given to
purposes of
the grant.

terms and in accordance with the several conditions and pro-
visions contained in said Act, is hereby signified and
expressed and the Secretary of the State is hereby directed
to transmit a certified copy of this Act to the Treasurer of
the United States and to the Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 30, 1906.

Assent given to
grants of
money.