﻿1078 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  I.AWS 
  OK 
  1897. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  128. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  making 
  an 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  agriculture 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  college 
  of 
  agriculture 
  of 
  Cornell 
  university. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  March 
  25, 
  1897, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

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

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  For 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  agricultural 
  knowledge 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  state, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  or 
  so 
  much 
  

   thereof 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necesssary, 
  is 
  hereby 
  appropriated 
  out 
  of 
  any 
  

   money 
  in 
  the 
  treasury 
  not 
  otherwise 
  appropriated 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  

   the 
  college 
  of 
  agriculture 
  at 
  Cornell 
  university 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  in 
  

   giving 
  instruction 
  throughout 
  the 
  state 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  schools, 
  lec- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  other 
  university 
  extension 
  methods, 
  or 
  otherwise^ 
  and 
  

   in 
  conducting 
  investigations 
  and 
  experiments; 
  in 
  discovering 
  the 
  

   diseases 
  of 
  plants 
  and 
  remedies; 
  in 
  ascertaining 
  the 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  

   fertilization 
  of 
  fields, 
  gardens 
  and 
  plantations; 
  and 
  best 
  modes 
  of 
  

   tillage 
  and 
  farm 
  management 
  and 
  improvement 
  of 
  live 
  stock; 
  and 
  

   in 
  printing 
  leaflets 
  and 
  disseminating 
  agricultural 
  knowledge 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  lectures 
  or 
  otherwise; 
  and 
  in 
  preparing 
  and 
  printing 
  for 
  

   free 
  distribution 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  such 
  investigations 
  and 
  experi- 
  

   ments; 
  and 
  for 
  republishing 
  such 
  bulletins 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  useful 
  in 
  the 
  

   furtherance 
  of 
  the 
  work; 
  and 
  such 
  other 
  information 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  

   deemed 
  desirable 
  and 
  profitable 
  in 
  promoting 
  the 
  agricultural 
  in- 
  

   terests 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Such 
  college 
  of 
  agriculture 
  may, 
  with 
  the 
  

   consent 
  and 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  employ 
  

   teachers 
  and 
  experts 
  and 
  necessary 
  clerical 
  help 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  carry- 
  

   ing 
  out 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  this 
  bill. 
  Such 
  teachers, 
  experts 
  and 
  cleri- 
  

   cal 
  help 
  may 
  be 
  removed 
  by 
  the 
  college 
  of 
  agriculture 
  in 
  its 
  dis- 
  

   cretion; 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  their 
  services 
  such 
  sum 
  or 
  sums 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  deemed 
  reasonable 
  and 
  proper 
  and 
  as 
  shall 
  be 
  approved 
  by 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  All 
  of 
  such 
  work 
  by 
  such 
  teach- 
  

  

  