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TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XVIII. 4. 



Department 

 of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Director 

 responsible 

 to Governor. 



Board of 

 Agriculture. 



Functions of 

 Board. 



Regulations. 



Repeal. 



Commence- 

 ment. 



3. There shall be a Department of Agriculture with a Director and 

 such other officers as may be appointed by the Governor at such salaries 

 as the Governor with the consent of the Legislative Council may from 

 time to time direct. 



4. The Director shall be responsible to the Governor for the adminis- 

 tration and discipline of the Department. 



5._(1.) There shall be a Board to be called " The Board of Agriculture 

 of Trinidad and Tobago " consisting of the Governor, the Director, and 

 not less than twelve nor more than thirty persons to be appointed by 

 the Governor and interested in the agricultural industries of the Colony. 



(2.) In case of the absence on leave or through illness of any 

 member of the Board the Governor may appoint any person similarly 

 qualified to act in his stead. 



(3.) Every member of the Board shall hold office for the term of 

 four year.s from the date of his appointment. 



(4.) The Governor shall be the President of the Board and the 

 Director shall be the Vice-President. 



(5.) Five members, including the Chairman, shall form a quorum. 



(6.) On the commencement of this Ordinance the Board of Agricul- 

 ture established under the Ordinance No. 35 of 1908 shall be dissolved. 



6. — (1.) The Board shall be advisory and consultative and shall have 

 no executive or administrative functions. 



(2.) It shall be the duty of the Board to advise upon all questions 

 connected with the agricultural interests of the Colony which may be 

 referred to it by tha Governor or the Director, and further it shall be 

 competent for the Board to make recommendations to the Governor or 

 the Director in connection with such questions without previous reference. 



7. The Governor may make regulations for the conduct of the 

 business and proceedings of the Board, for the organization of the 

 Department, and generally for the eti'ective carrying out of the purposes 

 of this Ordinance. 



Such regulations shall be laid before and be subject to the 

 approval of the Legislative Council and shall be published in the 

 Botjal Gazette. 



8. The Ordinances Nos. 35 of 1908, 16 of 1909, 2 of 1910 and 15 of 

 1911 are hereby repealed. 



9. This Ordinance shall commence on a day to be fixed by the 

 Governor by Proclamation. 



Passed in Council this Sixth day of December, in the year of Our 

 Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. 



J. M. FARFAN, 



Acting Clerk of the Council. 



