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Lair uf June 1'!, 1S79, relative to the departmentul and romnvninl Instruction in ar/rlriiltnre 



in Pi-ance. 



A Kill I, K 1. AVitliiii ;i iK-riutl of six years followiiijr tlu' ])r()iiuilj,':ili()n ul' tin- prosent 

 law a rliair of airiii-ulmrf sliall be e.stablishe(l, in acronlaiue uith tlic follo\viii<i; 

 rules, in the departments not already i)ossessiii.t,' this institution. 



The j)ro«rrainnie of instruction shall inelude all branches of af^ricultural industry, 

 and more specially tlu' study of tlie methods of cultivation of the region. 



Akt. '2. The departmental professors of atrricnltiire will lie chosen liy competition, 

 and upon the report of a jury selected liy the minister of agriculture and commerce, 

 and constituted in the following manner: 



(1) The inspector-general of agriculture, president; 



(2) The inspector of the academy; 



(3) A professor of chemistry or physics; 



(4) A professor of natural sciences. 



These two last examiners will be chosen from the teaching staff of the agricultural 

 institute or of an agricultural school, and, in their default or absence, they must belong 

 to the State university. 



(5) A professor of the veterinary college or of the nearest scIkjoI of medicine, or a 

 certificated veterinary surgeon. 



(6) Three agriculturists, chosen by the departmental commission from among the 

 members of the agricultural associations of the department, who ari' nominated by 

 each of these associations. 



(7). A councilor-general, designated Ijy his colleagues. 



The professors of agriculture will be a|)pointed liy an order concerted between the 

 minister of agriculture and connnerce and the minister of public instruction and fine 

 arts. 



Art. 3. The competition will take place at the chief town of the department; the 

 examination will turn upon the general princii)les of agriculture, vine growing, arbori- 

 culture and horticulture, and on the sciences in their application to the situation, 

 the productions, and the climate of the department. 



Art. 4. The programme of the competition will be decided upon liy the ministers 

 of agriculture and public instruction, in accordance with the advice of the agricul- 

 tural associations and the general council of the department. 



Art. 5. The candidates must (in order to be admitted to the competition) be 

 Frenchmen, and be at least 25 years of age. If they can produce the diploma of 

 bachelor of science, or that of the agricultural institute, or of an agricultural school, 

 a certain number of marks fixed by the minister of agriculture will be allowed to 

 them. 



Art. 6. The professors of agriculture must give lessons at the normal primary 

 school (near to which they oitght to reside, if this is possible) , also at other establish- 

 ments of public instruction where they are required, and they must give agricultural 

 lectures in the different communes of the department to the teachers and agricul- 

 turists of the region. 



Art. 7. The salary of the departmental professor of agriculture will be paid from 

 the funds of the budget of the ministry of agriculture and from those of the budget 

 of the ministry of public instruction. 



The expenses of the journeys will be chargeable to the department. 



Art. 8. The functions, as also the dismissal, of the departmental professors of 

 agriculture wall be determined by public administrative enactment. 



The order in question will determine the salary of the departmental professors. 



It will also fix the minimum expenses of the journeys of the professors of agricul- 

 ture with reference to each department in accordance with the advice of the general 

 council. 



