208 RKPOKT OK ()l'"KI('K <)K KXI'KRIMKNT STATIONR. 



tioii ami (ixos the salaries and terms of all ollicers and eiiiploypes of the station. 

 The director is >;i\»'n contml of tlie affairs of the station in all its dei>artnients and is 

 made responsible to tiie lioanl fm- tiie ellieiiMit inanaf^einent of station affairs. Willi 

 the approval of the l)oard, he appoints ehiefs of the departments, assistants, and other 

 employees, and assi<,'ns tliem to their respective dnties. lie has the jxjwer to sns- 

 pend any otlicer or other emjiloyee of the station for canse, but must at onco rei>ort 

 his action, with reasons for it, to the Imanl of control for final action. Tlic followinj^ 

 by-laws liave been adopted: 



r>v-L.\ws oi' THK Ohio .Vdincn/riKAi. Kxi'kiument Station. 



DEI'AirrMKNTS. 



(1) I'nder the "general manau'i'nient and control of the director the .station shall 

 be organize<l in four administrative departments, namely: (1) Executive depart- 

 ment; (2) Agricultural department; i'.^i) Ilorticnltiiral dciiarfincnt; and (4) Depart- 

 ment of i)lanf physiology and pathology. 



The director shall have immediate charge of tlie executive department, and the 

 other dejmrtnients shall he respectively under the management of chiefs, to be style(l 

 "Agriculturist," " Ilorticulturi.st," and "Botanist." 



(13) The executive department shall include all lines of work not specifically 

 assigned to other departments. Within this department shall be established sections 

 of chemistry, entomology, and animal pathology, un<ler charge of a chemist, an 

 entomologist, and a veterinarian. 



(8) The agricultural dejiartment shall be under the supervision of the agricul- 

 turist, who shall be superinten<lent of the farm and of the field, feeding, dairying, 

 and breeding experiments. 



(4) The horti(ailtural department shall be under the supervision of the horticul- 

 turist, who shall be sn])erintcndent of orchards, gardens, and greenhouses, and of 

 ex])eriments with fruit and vegetables, including potatoes. 



(5) The department of plant physiology and pathology sliall be midcr the super- 

 vision of the l)otanist, who shall be superintendent of the plant pathological labora- 

 tories and of investigations in hotany and plant physiology and pathology. 



(6) The department chiefs shall have authority to em2)loy such assistants, fore- 

 men, and laborers as may be required for the execution of their w<jrk, su'oject to the 

 ap])roval of the director and the board of control. 



(7) The department chief longest in service shall be vice-director of the station. 



EMPLOYEES. 



(1) Hours oflahor. — Assistants, foremen, teamsters, and laborers employed l)y the 

 month or year will be recpiired to observe such hours for service or labor as may l)e 

 designated by the chief of the department in which they may be employed. Ten 

 hours will constitute* a day's work in the average for men, and nine hours for women, 

 but this time must be exclusive of time consumed in caring for teams and in going to 

 or from the field or place of work, and in cases of emergency the station may require 

 more than ten hours' work for a few days at a tinie without extra compensation. 



(2) Sunday labor. — Ever}^ assistant, foreman, or other laborer employed by tlie 

 month or year will be required to perform, without extra pay, such share of the 

 necessary work of caring for laboratories, ti>anis, live stock, dairy, greenhouses, 

 gardens, orchards, and fruit plantations on Sunday as may be allotted him by the 

 chief of his department, this work to be counted as part of the duties for which his 

 salary or wages is the full compensation. 



(3) HoUduya and vacations.— A\\ enqjloyees of the station who are engaged by the 

 year will be permitted to lose two weeks' time each year without reduction of salary 

 or wages, this time to be taken during the following-named holidays or at such 



