Section 4. That for the purpose of cooperating with the States in pre-
paring teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects and teachers
of trade and industrial and home economics subjects there is hereby appro-
priated for the use of the States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $500,000; for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, nineteen .hundred and nineteen, the sum of $700,000; for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of
$900,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, and annually thereafter, the sum of $1,000,000. Said sums
shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population
bears to the total population of the United States, not including
outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United States cen-
sus: Provided, That the allotment of funds to any State shall be
not less than a minimum of $5,000 for . any fiscal year prior to
and including the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, nor less .than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter.
And there is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as
may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum
allotment provided for in this section: For the fiscal year ending June thirj^ieth,
nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $46,000; for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth', nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $32,000; for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of
$24,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, and annually thereafter, the sum of $90,000.
