REGULATIONS OF OOVKKMNG BOARDS OF STATIONS. 8(>'.> 



and cuntirined l)y the State senate. An executive committee of the boanl of visitors, 

 known as tiu' JKjanl of control, has iinnie<liatt' rharpe of station affairs. This com- 

 mittee meets quarterly. The <lirector is the executive officer of the station, has 

 charjje of all correspondence and j^eneral direction of work, suggests lines of investi- 

 gations, edits puhlications, audits accounts, etc. 



It is supixtsed tliat the Ixiard has never a<lopted rules and n^ulations governing 

 the station; at lea.^t none have been adopted since the records of the station were 

 burne<l a few years since. 



wasiiix(;tox. 



Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, I'uUman. 

 Dei)artinent of Washington Agricultural College an<l School of Science. 



The board of control of the Washington Station is the board of regents of the col- 

 lege, which consists of five members, ajiiMjinted 1)y the governor, with tlie consent of 

 the senate for terms of six years. The board elects a j)resident and a treasurer 

 from its own numlier, and the president of the college serves as secretary. Meetings 

 are hehl bimonthly. The policy of the board of regents regarding the organization 

 and government of the station is set forth in the following resolutions, adopted in 

 December, 1901: 



^^ Resolved, That the following system of organization of the experiment station be, 

 and hereby is, established. There shall be a director, who shall have the oversight, 

 direction, and management of its work, and who shall determine finally upon all 

 questions of the college and the ajiijroval and direction of the board of regents. He 

 shall bear the same relation to the i)resident of the college as other heads of depart- 

 ments of the college. 



"There shall be a station staff, consisting of the director and the scientific workers 

 selected by the board of regents. The staff shall hold stated meetings at least 

 monthly, at which it shall discuss and vote upon questions concerning the general 

 policy of the station, methods of experiment station work, the advisalnlity of under- 

 taking or i»ursning certain lines of work, the conducting of farmers' institutes, the 

 bulletins ami rejjorts to be issued, their contents, and the size of the edition to l:>e 

 issued, and such other matters as may tend to i)romote the efficiency of the station. 

 The director shall preside at all meetings when i)resent, and shall appoint a presid- 

 ing officer pro tem who shall j>reside in the absence of the director. The staff shall 

 ke«'p a record of its proceedings and its recommendations. The final decision and 

 direction of all matters shall rest with the director, subject to the ajtproval and 

 directi(»n hereinafter provided." 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantoum. 



Department of West Virginia University. 



The governing board of the West Virginia Station is the board of regents of the 

 university, which consists of nine meml>ers appointed by the governor for terms of 

 six years. Innnediate supervision of station affairs is a.s«igne<l to a committee of 

 three, called the station committee. An auditing committee of the board of ri*gents 

 is aniuialiy apjxtinted to audit the expenditures of the station. No system of rules 

 governing the experiment station has ever been fonnulated. Its relation to the 

 imiversity is the same as that of other de]>artments. The director of the station has, 

 from time to time, Ik-ch given authority to employ various labor, |>urchii.<e various 

 su|)plies, an<l engage in various experiments, l)ut this has been done by spe»'ial order 

 of the regents. 



