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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



BY-LAWS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



•Officers and 

 Committees, 

 how consti- 



Officers, how 

 ■elected. 



Special 

 ■committees. 



CHAPTER I. 



Officers. 



Article 1. The officers of the Massachusetts State 

 Board of Agriculture shall be a president, two vice-presi- 

 dents, a secretary, and eight standing committees ; said 

 committees to consist of five members each, except the 

 executive committee, which shall consist of seven mem- 

 bers, and be composed of the chairmen of the seven other 

 committees. The eight standing committees shall be : — 



1. An executive committee. 



2. A committee on agricultural societies. 



3. A committee on domestic animals and sanitation. 



4. A committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds. 



5. A committee on dairy bureau and agricultural prod- 



ucts, 

 6. 



7. 



A committee on agricultural college and education. 

 A committee on experiments and station work. 



8. A committee on forestry, roads, and roadside im- 

 provements. 



Art. 2. The Governor of the Commonwealth shall be 

 ex-officio president of the Board. The vice-presidents and 

 secretary shall be elected annually by ballot. The stand- 

 ing committees shall be appointed by the chair at the an- 

 nual meeting, with approval of the Board, except that the 

 committee on dairy bureau and agricultural products 

 shall include the three members designated by the Gov- 

 ernor, as provided in chapter 412 of the Acts of 1891, 

 and the committee on experiments and station work shall 

 include the two members of the Board of Control of the 

 State Experiment Station elected by the Board of Agri- 

 culture, as provided by chapter 333 of the Acts of 1888. 



Art. 3. The secretary of the Board shall be an ex- 

 officio member of each standing committee. Special com- 

 mittees may be chosen from time to time, as the Board 

 may deem expedient. 



