286 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



good sense of tho farmers to adopt such improvements into tlieir prac- 

 tice, when ful'y enlightened upon the subject and convinced of their 

 utility. 



S. L. GooDALE, Chainiimi. 



REroRT OS Topic Xo. 10. 



The committee to whom was assigned the duty "to inquire whethei 

 any legislation is necessary to secure more complete and perfect agri- 

 cultural statistics of the State," have attended to that duty, and report 

 for your consideration : 



An act additional to chapter of the codified laws of the State, 



relative to the duties of the assessors of cities, towns and plantations. 



Sect. 1. The assessors of each city, town and plantation in this 

 State, are hereby required to collect and transmit to the Secretary of 

 the Board of Agriculture, on or before the first day of July in each 

 year, such statistical information as may be required by said Board, 

 relative to the industrial pursuits of their several precincts, as they 

 may be annually presented on the first day of April. 



Sect. 2. If the assessors of any city, town or plantation, shall 

 willfully neglect to make the returns aforesaid, in the manner afore- 

 said, such assessors shall forfeit to the State a sum not exceeding fifty 

 dollars, to be recovered on complaint by the Secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture. 



And also. An Act additional to chapter of the codified laws of 



the State, relative to the duties of the Board of Agriculture : 



Sect. 1. The Secretary of the Board of Agriculture shall cause to 

 be printed blank tables, conveniently arranged, for the returns of such 

 facts relative to the industrial pursuits of this State, as may be deemed 

 necessary by said Board, to present a clear and statistical view of the 

 industry of the State, and shall furnish 'three copies of the same, 

 together with a copy of the directions prescribed by the Board of Agri- 

 culture, to the assessors of cnch city, town and plantation, on or before 

 the first day of April in each year. 



Sect. 2. The Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, after he 'shall 

 have received the returns aforesaid, from the assessors of the several 

 cities, towns and plantations, shall cause to be prepared and printed, 

 under his direction, a true abstract of the same, for the use of the Leg- 

 islature, at the next session thereof. 



C'.vi.vrx CiiAMBEELAix, Clwirmon. 



