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in a nursery or elsewhere so far as it relates to fumigation. 

 The provisions of this and the preceding section shall not ap- 

 ply to florists green house plants, flowers or cuttings commonly 

 known as green house stock, and no certificate shall be re- 

 quired for shipment of native stock collected in the United 

 States, not grown in nurseries, nor to stock so shipped into the 

 state that its sale and shipment become either inter-state com- 

 merce traffic or commerce with foreign nations. (As amended 

 by chapter 519 of the Laics of 1902.) 



Section 81 was repealed by chapter 182 of the Laics of 1898. 



§ 85. The New York Agriculture Experiment Station. — The insti- 

 tution known as the New York agricultural experiment station, 

 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- 

 agament 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 gover- 

 nor 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 

 control shall annually elect a president from their own number 

 and appoint a secretary and treasurer to hold their offices dur- 

 ing 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 in- 

 vestigations which shall be necessary to accomplish the objects 

 of said institution, 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 ex- 

 penditure of all moneys appropriated to the institution and annu- 

 ally, on or before the first day of December, make a full report 

 to the commissioner of agriculture of their proceedings, receipts 

 and expenditures, for the year ending with the thirtieth day of 

 September then next preceding. No member shall receive any com- 

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

 traveling expenses and those expenses incurred by him by an 



