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ACT OF REORGANIZATION. 



An act of reorganization of the Michigan State Agricultural College was 

 approved March 15, 1861. As amended the law now reads as follows, the 

 sections being numbered according tothe Compiled Laws and according to the 

 laws 1861, act No. 188: 



THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



Ak act to reorganize the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, and 

 to establish a State Board of Agriculture. 



[Approved March 15, 1861. Laws of 1S61, p. 30T.1 



Section 1. *The People of the State of Michigan enact, that a board is 

 hereby constituted and established, which shall be known under the name and. 

 style of the "State Board of Agriculture." It shall consist of six members 

 besides the Governor of the State and the president of the State Agricultural 

 College, who shall be ex officio members of the board, the Governor, by and 

 with the consent of the senate, on or before the third Wednesday of January 

 of each biennial session, shall appoint two suitable persons to fill the vacan- 

 cies that shall next occur, which vacancies shall be so filled that at least one- 

 half the members shall be practical agriculturists. 



Sec. 2. (Comp. Laws, § b533.) The State Board of Agriculture shall be a 

 body corporate, capable in law of suing and being sued, of taking, holding, 

 and selling personal and real estate, of contracting and being contracted with, 

 of having and using a corporate seal, and of causing to be done all things 

 necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 3. (Comp. Laws, §3534.) Any vacancy in the said Board, caused by 

 death, resignation, or removal from the State, may be filled by a majority of 

 the members. A majority shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. 

 The members of the 13oard shall receive no per diem compensation for their 

 services, but shall be paid their traveling and other expenses while employed 

 on the business of the Board. 



Sec. 4. (Comp. Laws, § 3535, amended 1873, No. 145, § 4.) They shall 

 meet quarterly at stated times at the State Agricultural College, and may 

 meet at such other times and places as they may determine. 



Sec. 5. (Comp. Laws §3536.) At their first meeting the members shall 

 choose one of their number as president of tlieir own Board. 



Sec. 6. (Comp. Laws, § 3537.) At their first meeting, or as soon after as 

 a competent and suitable person can be obtained, they shall choose a secretary 

 of the Board. If chosen from their own number, a vacancy shall be tiuis cre- 

 ated in the Board. A treasurer shall also bo chosen at their first meeting, who 

 may or may not be from the members of their Board, as they shall determine. 

 They shall also take such bonds from the secretary and treasurer as shall be 

 deemed adequate to secure the faithful i>erformance of their duties by those 

 respective officers. The secretary and treasurer shall be cliosen biennially, 



*Comp. Laws § 353-2, as amended by Act 145 of the Laws of 1873, p. I'Ji, approved AprU 2J, ms. 



