528 Third Annual Report of the 



(Amended hy section 1 of chapter 675 of the Laws of 1894.) 



§ 85. The New York agricultural experiment station. The 

 institution known as the New York agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion, established in the village of Geneva for the purpose of pro- 

 moting agriculture in its various branches by scientific investiga- 

 tion and experiment shall continue under the control and man- 

 agement of a board of trustees. Such board of trustees shall be 

 known as the board of control of the state experiment station and 

 shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the governor 

 whose term of office shall be three years. The governor shall be 

 a member of the board by virtue of his office. Such board of con- 

 trol shall annually elect a president from their own number and 

 appoint a secretary and treasurer to hold their offices during the 

 pleasure of the board. Such board of control shall have general 

 management of the station and shall appoint a director to have 

 oversight and management of the experiments and investigations 

 which shall be necessary to accomplish the objects of said institu- 

 tion, and may employ competent and suitable chemists and other 

 persons necessary for carrying on the work of the station. Such 

 board shall have the direction of the expenditure of all moneys 

 appropriated to the institution and annually make a full report 

 to the commissioner of agriculture of their proceedings^, receipts 

 and expenditures. No member shall receive any compensation 

 for his services as such; but shall be paid his necessary traveling 

 expenses and those expenses incurred by him by an actual attend- 

 ance upon the meeting of such board. The board shall make such 

 rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the commissioner 

 of agriculture, as may from time to time become necessary to 

 carry out the objects of the station. 



§ 86. The state weather bureau. The state meteorological 

 bureau and weather service, shall hereafter be known as the state 

 weather bureau, and shall be under the control and management 

 of the commissioner of agriculture. Such commissioner may ap- 

 point the director of such bureau but such director shall not re- 

 ceive any compensation for his services. The commissioner may 

 continue the central office and station for meteorological observa- 



