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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 14 — Agricultural Experiment Stations

§ 388. Station for southern Great Plains area; establishment

Statutory text

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause such shade, ornamental, fruit, and shelter-belt trees, shrubs, and vines as are adapted to the conditions and needs of the southern Great Plains area, comprised of those parts of the States of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico lying west of the ninety-eighth meridian and east of the five thousand-foot contour line, to be propagated at one of the existing field stations of the Department of Agriculture in such area, and seedlings and cuttings and seeds of such trees, shrubs, and vines to be distributed free of charge under such regulations as he may prescribe for experimental and demonstration purposes within such area.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 70–377 § 1 · 45 Stat. 430

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 388

    (Apr. 16, 1928, ch. 377, § 1, 45 Stat. 430.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Apr. 16, 1928, ch. 377, § 1, 45 Stat. 430.)

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Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

Credits

(Apr. 16, 1928, ch. 377, § 1, 45 Stat. 430.)

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