946 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
measures for prevention of damage resulting therefrom. It shall be the 
duty of the Iowa agricultural experiment station to co-operate with the 
department of agriculture in carrying on these investigations. [28 
G. A., eh. 58, § 6.] 
Sec. 1657-h. Executive commitee. The president, vice-president, and 
secretary shall constitute an executive committee, which shall transact 
such business as may be delegated to it by the board of agriculture. The 
president may call meetings of the board when the interests of the depart- 
ment require it. [28 G. A., ch. 58, § 7.] 
Sec. 1657-i. State fair. The board shall have full control of the state 
fair grounds and improvements thereon belonging to the state, with 
requisite powers to hold annual fairs and exhibits of the productive re- 
sources and industries of the state. They may prescribe all necessary 
rules and regulations thereon. The board may delegate the management 
of the state fair to the executive committee and tw^o or more additional 
members of the board; and for special work pertaining to the fair they 
may employ an assistant secretary and such clerical assistance as may 
be deemed necessary. All expenditures connected with the fair including 
the per diem and expenses of the manager thereof, shall be recorded 
separately and paid from the state fair receipts. The said board of 
agriculture shall have the power to authorize or forbid the construc- 
tion of street railways within the state fair grounds and may define the 
motive power by which the cars thereon shall be propelled and to author- 
ize or forbid the location and laying down of tracks for street railways in 
said grounds. [28 G. A., ch. 58, § 8.] [29 G. A., ch. 166, § 1.] 
Sec. 1657- j. Duties of officers as to bequests. The department of agri- 
culture is hereby authorized to take and hold property, real and personal, 
derived by gifts and bequests, and the president, secretary and treasurer 
shall have charge and control of the same, subject to the action of the 
board, and shall give bonds as required in case of executors, to be ap- 
proved by the board of agriculture and filed with the secretary of state. 
[28 G. A., ch. 58, § 9.] 
Sec. 1657-k. Secretary — duties — Iowa Year Book of Agricultuie. The 
board shall elect a secretary for a term of one year, w^hose duties shall 
be such as usually pertain to the office of a secretary, under the direction 
of the board. He shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the 
annual state agricultural convention and all meetings of the board; he 
shall draw all warrants on the treasurer and keep a correct account 
thereof; he shall compile and superintend the printing of the annual 
report of the state department of agriculture, which shall be entitled 
"The Iowa Year Book of Agriculture," and shall include the annual report 
of the dairy commissioner, the state dairy association, and the Iowa 
agricultural experiment station, the annual report of the state veterina- 
rian, the Iowa weather and crop service, the Iowa improved stock breeders' 
association, or such part thereof as the executive committee may ap- 
prove, and such other reports and statistics as the board may direct, 
which shall be published by the state; he shall perform such other duties 
as the board may direct. [29 G. A., ch. 58, § 10.] 
