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by tho hoard. Up to the present year tlu- work was practically under the direction 

 of thediri'ctor, the regents and i)resideiit of the university takin<i no cogni/.aiici' of the 

 details, hut only of the sutress of the work hy the people of the State. Now, how- 

 ever, there are fortnightly meetings of the station staff j>resided over hy the director, 

 in which tho station policy and expenditures, as well as the work to he done, are gen- 

 erally discussed and decided upon, especially as to the ajjportionnient of funds. 



COLORADO. 



Agricultural Experiment Station, Furl CoUins. 



Department of tln' State Agricultural College of Colorado. 



ThegoverniTig l)oardof the Colorado Station is the State l)oardi>f agriculture, which 

 consists of eight memhers appointed hy the governor and confirmed hy the State 

 senate, with tl-.e governor of the State and the i)residentof the college ex oHicio. The 

 term of office is eight years. Two memlKTs are appointed hiennially. If vacancies 

 occur hefore the term of otliceexpires they are tilled l)y the remaining UKMubers. There 

 are a munher of standing committees, hut these committees do not have the authority 

 of the hoard except hy special authorization. The most important committee is the 

 executive conunittee, consisting of Ww mi'm])ers selected hy ballot for two years, 

 which was formed especially to supervise the affairs of the experiment station. This 

 committee meets monthly and audits the expenditures of both experiment station 

 and college. The board holds two meetings annually, one in December and one in 

 June. Other meetings may be called by the jjresident of the board at the request of 

 three members. Regulations governing the future action of the board and staff were 

 adopted in December, 1899, as follows: 



KK(ilILATIO\S OF THE StATK Bo.XKD OF AOKICULTURE GOVERNING THE EXPERIMENT 



Station. 



Resolved, That the following communication from the Director of Experiment 

 Stations of the United States l)e s{)read on the records and adopted, as expressing 

 the future policy of the board regarding the work and organization of the experiment 

 station : 



" U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



"Office of Experiment Stations, 

 '^Washington, D. C, August 19, 1S99. 

 "Hon. P. F. Sharp, 



"PresiilenI ' if the Board of Agrlndture, Denver, Colo. 



"Dear Sir: Referring to our recent conversation regarding the organization and 

 work of the Colorado I<]xperinient Station, it seems to me that the following points 

 shoni<l especially engage the attention of the governing board in considering the 

 reorganization of the station: 



"(1) The stati(jn is, under the law, a department of the college, and as such 

 should have an organization which will consolidate it and enable it to work as a unit. 

 Experience shows that this can best be done l)y giving the station its own executive 

 head (a director) and organizing a staff to work under his imnn-diate direction. 



"(2) The director should be made fully responsible for the i)lanning and carrying 

 out of the w'ork of the station, for its expenditures and publications, and for the 

 management of all business details, and he should be given ample authority for these 

 puqioses. The board should look to him for tlu' initiative in all matters relating to 

 the station, including the noininati<m of mend)ers of the staff, and should ordinarily 

 (■online itself to \\w appointment of the officers of the station and |>assing upon the 

 l>lans for work and expenditures submitted by the director, through the pre.sident 

 of the college, and auiliting accounts. The director and other chief otlicers of the 



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