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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Duties of sec- 

 retary con- 

 tinued. 



Attend insti- 

 tutes. 



Prepare 

 papers, etc. 



Librarian 

 and curator. 



the first Wednesday in January, with the approval of the 

 Board, submit to the General Court such parts of his 

 annual report as contain recommendations and suggestions 

 for legislation in the interests of agriculture, and shall in 

 each year cause to be made and published with his full 

 report, in a volume for distribution, as full an abstract of 

 the doings of the Board and of the returns of the agri- 

 cultural societies as he may deem useful, which volume, 

 to be known as the " Agriculture of Massachusetts," 

 shall be completed, printed, presented to the General 

 Court, and distributed as soon as possible after the annual 

 meeting of the Board. (See Public Statutes, chapter 

 20, sections 7, 8 and 9, and chapter 144, Acts of 1893.) 



The secretary shall, as opportunity offers, attend insti- 

 tutes, agricultural fairs, and other meetings in the inter- 

 ests of the agriculture of the State, or he may delegate 

 this work, if his time will not permit, to agents, as pro- 

 vided for in chapter 20, section 10, of the Public 

 Statutes. 



The secretary or his assistants shall also prepare sub- 

 jects for discussions at institutes and public meetings, and 

 shall collate and tabulate, from time to time, such infor- 

 mation as may be of service to the State. 



The secretary shall appoint one of his clerks librarian 

 and curator, who shall act under his directions. 



Duties of 

 executive 

 committee. 



Powers not 



otherwise 



delegated. 



The Executive Committee. 

 Art. 4. All matters relating to the general welfare of 

 the Board or the agriculture of the State, as well as all 

 legislative measures, shall be referred to this committee. 

 It shall have general oversight of all moneys expended by 

 the Board or under its direction, or taken in trust or 

 donated to it, as well as of all accounts and records of 

 the Board ; it shall also have general oversight of the 

 editing and printing of the annual report and all other 

 publications of the Board, and shall have all the powers 

 of the Board not otherwise delegated until the next meet- 

 ing of the Board, and shall report to the Board at the 

 aonual meeting. 



The Committee on Agricultural Societies. 

 Art. 5. All matters relating to the exhibitions of 



Duties of 

 committee on 



agricultural agricultural societies, the fixing of the dates of the same, 



societies. ~ 70 



the appointment of inspectors, the making of regulations 



