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  CHAPTER 
  675. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agricultural 
  

   experiment 
  stations 
  witbin 
  this 
  state, 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  therefor. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  May 
  12, 
  1S94, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-liftlis 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

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

   Assctubly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Sections 
  eighty-five 
  and 
  eighty-seven 
  of 
  chapter 
  three 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   ninety-three, 
  entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constitut- 
  

   ing 
  articles 
  one, 
  two, 
  three, 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  chapter 
  thirty-three 
  of 
  

   the 
  general 
  laws," 
  are 
  hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  85 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  The 
  

   institution 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Sta- 
  

   tion, 
  established 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Geneva^ 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   moting 
  agriculture 
  in 
  its 
  various 
  branches 
  by 
  scientific 
  investi- 
  

   gation 
  and 
  experiment 
  shall 
  continue 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  and 
  man- 
  

   agement 
  of 
  a 
  board 
  of 
  trustees. 
  Such 
  board 
  of 
  trustees 
  shall 
  be 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  experiment 
  station 
  and 
  

   shall 
  consist 
  of 
  nine 
  members 
  to 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  

   whose 
  term 
  of 
  office 
  shall 
  be 
  three 
  years. 
  The 
  governor 
  shall 
  be 
  

   a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  his 
  office. 
  Such 
  board 
  of 
  con- 
  

   trol 
  shall 
  annually 
  elect 
  a 
  president 
  from 
  their 
  own 
  number 
  and 
  

   appoint 
  a 
  secretary 
  and 
  treasurer 
  to 
  hold 
  their 
  offices 
  during 
  the 
  

   pleasure 
  of 
  the 
  board. 
  Such 
  board 
  of 
  control 
  shall 
  have 
  general 
  

   management 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  and 
  shall 
  appoint 
  a 
  director 
  to 
  have 
  

   oversight 
  and 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  experiments 
  and 
  investigations 
  

   which 
  shall 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  accomplish 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  said 
  institu- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  may 
  employ 
  competent 
  and 
  suitable 
  chemists 
  and 
  other 
  

   persons 
  necessary 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  Such 
  

   board 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  expenditure 
  of 
  all 
  moneys 
  

   appropriated 
  to 
  the 
  institution 
  and 
  annually, 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  December, 
  make 
  a 
  full 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  of 
  their 
  proceedings, 
  receipts 
  and 
  expenditures, 
  for 
  the 
  

   year 
  ending 
  with 
  the 
  thirtieth 
  day 
  of 
  September 
  then 
  next 
  pre- 
  

  

  