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Using the aforesaid powers, the Commissioner has created a 

 Division of Poultry and Poultry Products. 



Section 1 of Chapter 652 of the acts of 1968 defines "depart- 

 ment" as it relates to civil service as a "department, board, or 

 commission, or any division, institutional unit, or other unit 

 of a department in case such unit is established by law, ordinance 

 or by-law. " 



Although there is a Division of Poultry and Poultry Products 

 within the Department of Agriculture at the present time, it was 

 not established by law, ordinance, or by-law, so, therefore, can 

 not be considered as a separate entity by the Division of Civil 

 Service. To protect the rights of individuals employed in this 

 division, it is necessary that this legislation be acted upon 

 favorably. 



No. 4 - AN ACT FURTHER DEFINING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE 

 RECLAI'IATION BOARD. 



Through the years amendments have been made to Chapter 252 

 of the General Laws. Section 1 was last amended in 1929, and the 

 wording therein mentions, "the following eighteen sections." 

 Since 1929, Sections 5B and 6A have been added. Section 2 was 

 last amended in 1926, and the wording therein mentions "the 

 following fourteen sections." Since 1926, Sections 4A, 5A, 5B, 

 6A and 14C have been added. Section 4 v;as last amended in 1923, 

 and the wording therein mentions, "Sections 1 to 14B, inclusive." 

 Since that time a Section 14C was added. In order to correct 



