﻿COMMISSIONEK 
  OF 
  AgEICULTUKE. 
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  CHAPTER 
  134. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agents 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  

   diseases 
  of 
  yellows 
  or 
  black 
  knot. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  March 
  20, 
  1895, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-lifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  eighty-three 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law 
  is 
  

   amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (Amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  482 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1898.) 
  

  

  § 
  83. 
  Appointment 
  and 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  When 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  

   has 
  good 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  any 
  such 
  contagious 
  disease 
  exists, 
  

   or 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  danger 
  of 
  its 
  introduction, 
  in 
  any 
  town 
  or 
  city 
  in 
  

   the 
  state, 
  he 
  shall, 
  on 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  board 
  of 
  such 
  town 
  

   or 
  the 
  common 
  council 
  of 
  such 
  city, 
  forthwith 
  appoint 
  a 
  competent 
  

   freeholder 
  of 
  such 
  town 
  or 
  city 
  as 
  his 
  agent, 
  such 
  freeholder 
  to 
  be 
  

   recommended 
  by 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  town 
  board 
  or 
  common 
  council 
  

   who 
  shall 
  within 
  ten 
  days 
  after 
  his 
  appointment, 
  file 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  

   of 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  such 
  town 
  or 
  city 
  his 
  acceptance 
  of 
  the 
  appointment 
  

   and 
  the 
  constitutional 
  oath 
  of 
  ofiQce. 
  Such 
  agent 
  shall 
  not 
  'hold 
  

   office 
  or 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  compensation 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  thirty 
  

   days 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  calendar 
  year, 
  unless 
  the 
  supervisor 
  'Of 
  such 
  town 
  

   or 
  the 
  mayor 
  of 
  such 
  city 
  shall 
  requesrt 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  term. 
  

   If 
  so 
  requested 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  may 
  extend 
  the 
  

   term 
  of 
  such 
  agent 
  for 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  additional 
  days, 
  not 
  exceed- 
  

   ing 
  thirty, 
  specified 
  in 
  such 
  request, 
  and 
  such 
  agent 
  shall 
  be 
  enti- 
  

   tled 
  to 
  compensation 
  accordingly. 
  Such 
  agent 
  shall 
  on 
  or 
  with- 
  

   out 
  complaint, 
  whenever 
  it 
  comes 
  to 
  his 
  notice 
  that 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  

   diseases 
  known 
  as 
  yellows 
  or 
  black 
  knot 
  exists 
  or 
  i^ 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   exist 
  within 
  tJhe 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  or 
  city, 
  proceed 
  without 
  delay 
  

   to 
  examine 
  the 
  trees 
  or 
  fruit 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  infected, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  

   disease 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  exist, 
  a 
  distinguishing 
  mark 
  shall 
  be 
  placed 
  

   upon 
  the 
  diseased 
  trees. 
  If 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  the 
  black 
  knot, 
  such 
  

   distinguishing 
  mark 
  shall 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  some 
  afl'ected 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  