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on the work of the station and of general oversight of all expenditures. It must 

 make an annual report to the eonimissioner of agriculture of its proceedings, receipts, 

 and exptiiditures. The present policy of the board appears to be to leave the deter- 

 mination of the work of the station and of the details of administration fully in the 

 hands of the director and his staff. 



Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, llhnrn. 



Department of Cornell University. 



The Cornell Station has recently undergone a reorganization and some changes 

 ma<le in the methods f»f conducting the business. In the past it has been the cus- 

 tom to allow the heads of divisions great freedom in the selection of lines of work, 

 but no exjjentlitures of any kind are made by any department in the university 

 until the executive committee has made appropriations for such expenditures. As 

 the end of the fiscal year approaches, the director is given authority to adjust bal- 

 ances l)etween the divisions f)r bureaus. Purchases made by heads of divisions 

 nmst be ai)proved by the purchaser iK-fore thej^ are entered in the books and 

 approved In' the director l)efore they are paid. A bookkeeper renders a monthly 

 statement for each division of the monthly expenditures of that division. At the 

 close of the year a detaile<l report of all the expenditures is submitted to the presi- 

 dent and acted upon l)y the board of trustees for approval. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



North. Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Went Raleigh. 



Department of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



The North Carolina Station is under the control of the board of agriculture, which 

 has the direction of the State department of agriculture and the agricultural college, 

 the station officers being el(!cte<l annually and compensation l)eing fixed by the board. 

 The board has adopted the policy of leaving all funds-outside of salaries in the hands 

 of the director, to be expended in the way he thinks most desirable in the lines of 

 work submitted to and approved by him. 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Ayricullnral College. 



Department of North Dakota Agricultural College. 



The North Dakota Station is under the control of the board of trustees of the col- 

 lege, consisting of seven members api)ointed by the governor and cf)n(irmcd by the 

 legislature for terms of six years. Board meetings are held monthly. The station 

 council, consisting of the director and heads of divisions, outlines the work in the 

 committee of the whole, and carri«-s it out almost exclusively under verbal agree- 

 ment. No code of rules has been adopted. 



OHIO. 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wnoslvr. 



The government of the Ohio Station is vested in a boar<l of control " consisting of 

 five members, not more than three of whom shall belong to thesame political party, 

 who shall be appointed l»y the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the 

 senate, and whose term of ofiice sliall be for five years." The board hoMsan annual 

 meeting in Cohnnbus beginning witii the first Monday in .\hvnli ;md special meet- 

 ings at other times and places upon the call of the president and upon the written 

 requestor two members of the board. The i>oar<i app<tint.s the director of the sta- 



