AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, 1917. 



PART I. — LEGISLATION CONFERRING POWERS AND 

 DUTIES ON THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXPENSES OF STATE BOARD. 



General Acts, Chapter 286. 

 An Act relative to the expenses of the state board of agriculture. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section L Section four of chapter eighty-nine of the Revised Laws, 

 as amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-six of the acts of the year 

 nineteen hundred and eleven, and by chapter two hundred and fifty of the 

 General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, and by section two 

 of chapter forty-six of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and 

 sixteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the words "a sum not 

 exceeding five thousand dollars", in the sixth and seventh lines, and in- 

 serting in place thereof the words : — such amount as the general court 

 may appropriate, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4- The board 

 may appoint, and prescribe the duties of, a secretary, who shall receive 

 an annual salary of three thousand dollars, and who, with the approval of 

 the board, may employ a first clerk at an annual salary of eighteen hun- 

 dred dollars, and may annually expend for other clerical service such 

 amount as the general court may appropriate. The secretary may arrange 

 for lectures before the board, and may issue for general distribution such 

 publications as he considers best adapted to promote the interests of agri- 

 culture; but the expense of such lectures and publications, unless otherwise 

 provided for, shall be paid out of the appropriation for the dissemination 

 of useful information in agriculture l)y the l)oard. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 Maxj 24, 1917. 



WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST. 



Gexeral Acts, Chapter 263. 

 An Act to provide for investigation and suppression of the white 



PINE blister rust. 



Be it enacted, etc., asjollmcs: 



Section 1. The state nursery inspector, acting under the direction of 

 the state board of agriculture, is herel)y authorized to expend a sum not 

 exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the investigation and suppression of 



