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account thereof; he shall compile and superintend the printing of the an- 

 nual report of the state department of agriculture, which shall be entitled 

 "Iowa Year Book of Agriculture," and shall include the annual report of the 

 dairy commissioner, the State Dairy association, and the Iowa Experiment 

 Station, the annual report of the state veterinarian, the Iowa weather and 

 crop service, and the Iowa Improved Stock Breeders' association, or such 

 part thereof as the executive committee may approve, 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. 



Section 11. The Iowa Year Book of Agriculture shall be printed and 

 bound in cloth and in such number as the executive council may direct, 

 to be distributed as follows: One copy to each state officer and member 

 of the general assembly; ten copies to the state library and ten popies 

 to the libraries of the State University and the State College of Agricul- 

 ture and Mechanic Arts, one copy to each library in the state open to the 

 general public, one copy to the president and secretary of each county and 

 district society, and one copy to the board of supervisors of each county 

 in which there is no agricultural society, and the balance as may be direct- 

 ed by the board of agriculture. The executive council shall receive com- 

 petitive bids for he printing and binding of the Year Book and let the con- 

 tract to the lowest responsible bidder; such bidding, however, shall be 

 confined to concerns in Iowa, and to firms and corporations paying the 

 union scale of wages. 



Section 12. The present officers and directors of the State Agricul- 

 tural society, upon taking effect of this act, shall be, and they 'are hereby 

 made and constituted officers and directors of the department of agricul- 

 ture, who with the ex officio members named in section two (2) hereof, 

 shall have full control and management of the department of agriculture 

 until the members of the state board of agriculture are elected, as provided 

 in section three (3) of this act. 



Section 13. The office of the department of agriculture shall be in 

 rooms eleven (11) and twelve (12), in the capitol building; the said office 

 shall be entitled to such supplies, stationary, postage and express as may 

 be required, which shall be furnished by the executive council in the 

 same manner as other offices are supplied. The salary of the secretary 

 shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum; and when 

 the board deem it necessary it may employ an assistant at an expense of 

 not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) per month. 



Section 14. The board shall elect a treasurer for the term of one 

 year, whose duties it shall be to keep a correct account of the receipts and 

 disbursements of all moneys belonging to the department of agriculture, 

 and shall make payments only on warrnts signed by the president and 

 secretary thereof, except in payment of premiums. He shall execute a 

 bond for the faithful performance of his duty, to be approved by the board 

 and filed with the secretary, and shall receive such compensation for his 

 services as shall be fixed by the board, not exceeding one hundred ($100) 

 per annum. 



