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month and at such other times as it shall determine by its rules. The 

 members shall receive their necessary traveling expenses while in the 

 performance of their official duties. 



Section HC. Subject to the approval of the governor and council, the 

 commission may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary and such 

 experts as it may require and may remove them with like approval. It 

 may also employ such other necessary clerks and employees as it may 

 require and fix their compensation. Authorized representatives of the 

 commission may travel outside the commonwealth for the purpose of 

 carrying out the provisions of section eleven D. 



Section HD. The commission may conduct researches into industrial 

 and agricultural conditions within the commonwealth, and shall seek to 

 co-ordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for the promotion 

 of the industrial, agricultural and recreational interests in the common- 

 wealth, and may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, 

 charts and pamphlets which in its judgment will further the purpose for 

 which it is created, and, on behalf of the commonwealth, may accept 

 contributions, and, subject to the approval of the governor and council, 

 may expend the same and may contribute to the New England Council 

 such sum or Sums as the governor, with the advice and consent of the 

 council, may approve for the purpose of furthering the recreational ad- 

 vantages of the New England states, and also may expend such sums as 

 may be appropriated by the general court to carry out the purpose of thi.s 

 and the two preceding sections. Approved May 29, 1937. 



It was the intent of those who sponsored this legislation that a substantial 

 part of the appropriation would be used for advertising farm products. We 

 have felt for a long time that the State should take an active part in bringing 

 home to the consumer general information relating to the quality of our farm 

 products and the great variety that can be obtained in this State. It has been 

 our contention for a long time that agriculture and industry should proceed 

 hand in hand along the path to recovery and prosperity. If our farmers are 

 prosperous and have greater buying power it would seem only natural that 

 our industries will benefit. We are confident that the Massachusetts Industrial 

 and Development Commission will be of great assistance to Massachusetts 

 agriculture in the future. 



Amendments to the Seed Law 



During the past year several minor amendments* have been made to the seed 

 law giving to the Director of the Experiment Station authority to cause such 

 testing and analyses of seeds as seem necessary and desirable. The following 

 four sections clarify existing law and give to the director certain powers that 

 were already in force in the practical operation of the seed law: 



Section 26 IH. The commissioner of agriculture, either in person or by 

 his assistants, shall have free access at all reasonable hours to each build- 

 ing or other place where agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof are stored, 

 sold or offered or exposed for sale for the purpose of inspection of such 

 seeds and, upon tendering the market price, may take samples of such 

 agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof for tests and analyses. Such 

 samples shall be thoroughly mixed and two official samples taken there- 

 from; each official sample shall be securely sealed. Such official samples 

 shall be submitted by said commissioner or his deputy to the director of 

 the Massachusetts agricultural expei'iment station, in this and the four 

 following sections called the director, for testing and analyzing. One of 

 such samples shall be held by the director or his duly authorized assistant 

 at the disposal of the person named on the label as the vendor of the 

 agricultural seed sampled, for six months after the results of the analysis 

 have been reported as provided in the following section, and the other 

 sample retained by the director or such assistant for analysis. 



• Chapter 288, Acts of 1937. 



