An Act for tlie Incorporation of a State Board 



of Agriculture. 



General Assembly, May Session, A. D. 18T1. 



Be it enacted bj the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 

 eral Assembly convened : 



Sec. 1. The governor, one person appointed from each county 

 by the incorporated agricultural society in that county or when there 

 are several incorporated societies in one county, by mutual agreement 

 of those societies, or in rotation from each society as it may be ar- 

 ranged by them, and four persons appointed by the governor, with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, shall constitute the State Board of 

 Agriculture. 



Sec. 2. One half of the appointed members of the board shall 

 retire from oflBce on the second Wednesday of May, in each year, ac- 

 cording to their appointments. The vacancies thus occurring shall 

 be filled by the Governor and Senate, or by the agricultural societies, 

 as the offices were before filled, and the persons thus appointed shall 

 hold their offices for two years from the expiration of the former 

 terms. Other vacancies may be filled in the same manner for the re- 

 mainder of vacant terms. At the first meeting of the board, the in- 

 dividuals whose term of office expires in one year shall be determin- 

 ed by lot. 



Sec. 3. The board shall meet at one of the state capitals, where 

 the general assembly shall meet at least once in each year, and as 

 much oftener as may be deemed expedient. The members of the 

 board of agriculture shall receive no compensation for their services 

 but each member shall receive his necessary traveling expenses while 

 engaged in the duties of his office, for a term of service not to exceed 

 fifteen days in each year unless delegated by the board to some special 

 duty requiring longer service. 



Sec. 4. The board may appoint and prescribe the duties of a sec- 

 retary who shall be ex-officio a member of the same ; and who shall 

 receive for his services out of the appropriation for the use of the 

 board, such sum as the board shall direct. 



