All Act to establisli a Board of Agriculture. 





Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in Legis- 

 lature assembled, as follows : 



Sectioj^. 1. A State Board of Agriculture is hereby established, to 

 consist of one member from each county in the state, and the governor 

 and secretary of state shall be members ex officio. Said members 

 shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and shall be elected 

 by ballot, as follows : Where there is but one agricultural society, the 

 member shall be elected annually : where there is more than one, 

 the oldest incorporated society shall elect the first year, and the others 

 in succRssivp years by rotation, according to the dates of their respect- 

 ive incorporations. No member or officer of the legislature shall be a 

 member of the Board of Agriculture, and in all cases the members 

 sbnll bfi p.lppfArl nf f>,g nimvvcvi ix^o.»^:«go or fairs of such societies or at 

 any regular meetings thereof called for such purpose, and tin^j 01.-.11 

 receive a certificate of their election, signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of such society ; and in case of any vacancy occurring in the 

 representation of any society at this board, it may be filled by an ap- 

 pointment by the president and secretary of such society. 



Sect. 2. And the first meeting of said board, shall be held at the 

 state house in Augusta, on the third Wednesday of January next. 



Sect. 3. At the first meeting of the Board of Agriculture, and at 

 each annual meeting on the third Wednesday of January thereafter, 

 the board shall organize by the choice of a president and such other 

 officers as may be deemed necessary. 



Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of this board to investigate all such 



subjects relating to agriculture, horticulture and the arts connected 



therewith in this state, as they may think proper; and it is hereby 



empowered to take, hold in trust, and exercise control over, any dona- 



!i-) tions or bequests that may be made to it for promoting agricultural 



:j-j education, or the general interests of husbandry. 



Sect. 5. The Board of Agriculture shall meet at the state house, 

 __^ in Augusta, once a year ; and they are hereby empowered annually to 

 elect a suitable person to act as secretary of the board, and to prescribe 



