Commissioner of Agriculture 257 



Maintenance 



(1) School: 



Salaries $13,000 00 



Traveling expenses for school 1.000 00 



Laboratories 1.000 00 



Advertising 300 00 



Office supplies and expenses 500 00 



Fuel and water 1,500 00 



Miscellaneous 700 00 



18,000 00 



(2) Farm: 



Labor 4,000 00 



Seed '. 400 00 



Fertilizer 1,200 00 



Feed 2,000 00 



Fuel and water 300 00 



Repairs 300 00 



Miscellaneous 800 00 



9,000 00 



$37,000 00 



The board recommends that appropriations for the above esti- 

 mates for equipment and maintenance be provided as follows: 



(1) For maintenance in the appropriation bill, twenty-three 

 thousand dollars ($23,000) ; (2) for further buildings and 

 equipment in the supply bill, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) ; 

 (3) for maintenance, including any deficit for 1909-10 in the 

 supply bill, four thousand dollars ($1,000), payable from moneys 

 paid by the said school into the treasury pursuant to section 37, 

 chapter 58, Laws of 1909, being the State Finance Law. 



Adopted, December 1, 1909. 



Boot me C. Davis, 



President. 



AMENDMENTS TO THE AGRICULTURAL LAW 



article 2 



Section 3 should be amended by striking out in line 8 after the 

 word " expenses ", the words " not to exceed $500 ", so that the 

 statute shall read that the Commissioner of Agriculture shall re- 

 ceive his necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his 

 official duties. 



In section 4 of article 2 in line 2, strike out the words "not 

 more than five," so that the section shall read : " The Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture may appoint and employ expert butter and 

 cheese makers." This recommendation is made from the fact that 



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