The United States federal Agriculture Appropriation Act, governing agricultural appropriations for 1906, was signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 3, 1905.[1] Under the act the Office of Public Road Inquiries and the Division of Tests within the Bureau of Chemistry were merged effective July 1, 1905 to form the Office of Public Roads.[2][3]
References
- ^ Gates, Otis H., ed. (1913). Laws Applicable to the United States Department of Agriculture (revised, 1912 ed.). U. S. Government Printing Office. p. 114. OCLC 5190280.
33 Stat. 861.
- ^ "Records of the Bureau of Public Roads". National Archives of the United States. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ Eno, F. H. (1936). Soil Surveys for Highways: A Review of Present Practices and a Brief History ([Ohio State University] Engineering Experiment Station Circular 33). Ohio State University Studies, Engineering Series. Vol. 5. p. 10.