AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRINTING OF THE 

 REPORT OF THE VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State 

 of Verniont: 



Section i. Section two hundred and forty-seven of the 

 Vermont Statutes shall be amended so as to read as follows : 



The Secretary shall prepare on or before the 30th day of 

 June annually, a detailed report of the proceedings of the Board 

 with such suggestions in regard to its duties and the advance- 

 ment of the interests herein specified as may seem pertinent, and 

 he may append thereto such abstracts of the proceedings of the 

 several agricultural societies, and farmers' clubs in the State as 

 may be advisable, and the report of the Vermont Dairymen's 

 Association. The report shall show under separate heads the 

 work of the Board relating to the different subjects herein men- 

 tioned. 



Sec. 2. The provisions of section two hundred and fiftv- 

 one of Vermont Statutes requiring the printing of a report by the 

 Vermont Dairymen's Association is hereby repealed. 



Approved November 24, 1896. 





CHAPTER 21. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Section 



245. Members; vacancies. 



246. Meetings. 



Section 



247. Report. 



248. Statistical information. 



Section 245. The Governor, the President of the Uni- 

 versity of Vermont and State Agricultural College, and three 

 other persons appointed by the Governor, and confirmed by the 

 Senate during each biennial session of the General Assembly and 

 who shall hold their office for the term of two years from and 

 after the first day of December in the year in which the ap- 

 pointment is made, shall constitute the Board of Agriculture for 

 the improvement of the general interests of husbandry, the pro- 

 motion of agricultural education throughout the State, and for 

 the discharge of such other duties as are hereinafter set forth : 

 vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the Governor. Said 

 Board shall appoint from its number a Secretary. 

 CZ) Sec. 246. The Board shall hold one meeting in each 



2? county annually, and others if deemed expedient, and may em- 

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