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colleges established in the several states, under the provisions of 

 an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and 

 of the acts supplementary thereto." Such benefits of such acts 

 which this state is authorized thereby to apply to any college, 

 institution or agricultural experiment station within this state, 

 are applied to the agricultural experiment station established 

 under the direction 'of Cornell university and the agricultural ex- 

 periment station at Geneva, and this state consents that such ap- 

 propriation, money or benefits to or for the use of this state, or of 

 any institution within this state, payable under or in pursuance 

 of such act of congress, shall be paid nine-tenths thereof to the 

 treasurer of Cornell university, the officer designated to receive 

 the same, and one-tenth thereof to the officers of the agricultural 

 experiment station at Geneva designated to receive the same, to 

 be expended as provided in such act of congress. Such experi- 

 ment station shall, annually, on or before the first day of Decem- 

 ber, make, to the commissioner of agriculture, a full and detailed 

 report of its operations, including a statement of its receipts and 

 expenditures for the year ending with the thirtieth day of Septem- 

 ber then next preceding. Such experiment station may, with the 

 consent and approval of the commissioner of agriculture, appoint 

 horticultural experts to assist such experiment station, in the 

 fifth judicial department, in conducting investigations and experi- 

 ments in horticulture; in discovering and remedying the disease 

 of plants, vines and fruit trees; in ascertaining the best means of 

 fertilizing vineyard, fruit and garden plantations, and of making 

 orchards, vineyards and gardens prolific; in disseminating horti- 

 cultural knowledge by means of lectures or otherwise; and in pre- 

 paring and printing for free distribution, the results of such in- 

 vestigations and experiments, and such other information as may 

 be deemed desirable and profitable in promoting the horticultural 

 interests of the state. Such experts may be rem'oved by such 

 experiment station, in its discretion, and may be paid for their 

 services such sum as it may deem reasonable and proper, and as 

 shall be approved by the commissioner of agriculture. All of such 

 work by such experiment station and by such experts shall be 

 under the general supervision and direction of the commissioner 

 of agriculture. 



