The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July 2, 1862, and of the Acts supplementary thereto”approved March 2, 1887, as amended and supplemented and known as the Hatch Act, and extended to Alaska by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska,” approved February 23, 1929, in behalf of the University of Alaska, except that no substations may be established by the Board of Regents except by direct authority of the legislature. The commissioner of revenue is designated as the officer to whom the money shall be paid.