Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of conducting investigations concerning the causes, nature, treatment and prevention of the diseases of the domestic animals of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the object of discovering new facts which may be applied advantageously and profitably by the owners of live stock and those engaged in the care and rearing of animals.