AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, 1915. 



PART I. — LEGISLATION CONFERRING POWERS AND DUTIES 

 ON THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



TERM OF MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD. 



General Acts, Chapter 114. 



An Act relative to the tenure op office of members of the state 

 board of agriculture. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Chapter eighty-nine of the Revised Laws is hereby 

 amended bj^ striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the 

 following: — Section 2. The term of office of the present members of the 

 board shall expire on the first Tuesday of December of the last year of 

 the term for which thej" were appointed, and the term of office of members 

 hereafter appointed shall be three years, and one third of the members 

 shall retire annually on the first Tuesday of December, except that ap- 

 pointments to fill vacancies, other than those which occur from the expira- 

 tion of terms, shall be made in the same manner as original appointments 

 for the residue of the unexpired term. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Ay-proved 

 March SO, 1915. 



INSPECTION OF NURSERY STOCK. 



General Acts, Chapter 161. 

 An Act relative to the inspection of nursery stock. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section six of chapter five hundred and seven of the acts 

 of the year nineteen hundred and twelve is hereby amended by inserting 

 after the word "inspector", in the first line, the words: — either personally 

 or through his deputies, — and by adding at the end of the section the 

 words : — The state nursery inspector, either personally or through his 

 deputies, shall also have power to inspect all fruits brought into the state 

 from any other state, province or country, grown on plants, shrubs or 

 trees of kinds which also grow out of doors in this state, and, should such 

 fruits be found to be infested with injurious insects or plant diseases Uable 



