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PART II — LEGISLATION ON AGRICULTUR.\L EDUCATION. 

 AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION IN TOWNS. 



General Acts, Chapter 61. 

 Ax Act relathe to the reimbursement of cities and towns main- 

 taining AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS OR FURNISHING AGRICULTURAL IN- 

 STRUCTION. 



Be it enacted, etc., as joUoxcs: 



Section 1. Clause two of section nine of chapter four hundred and 

 seventy-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby 

 amended by striking out all after the word "departments ", in the sixth line, 

 so that the paragraph will read as follows : — 2. Cities and towns maintain- 

 ing approved local or district independent agricultural schools consisting 

 onlj^ of agricultural departments in high schools shall be reimbursed by 

 the commonwealth, as provided in this act, only to the extent of two thirds 

 of the salary paid to the instructors in such agricultural departments. 



Section 2. The treasurer of the commonwealth is hereby authorized 

 to pay to certain cities and towns maintaining such agricultural schools 

 in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen the amounts by way of reim- 

 bursement certified as due to them by the board of education, in excess 

 of the ten thousand dollars heretofore authorized by law, aggregating four 

 hundred seven dollars and seventy cents. [Approved March 12, 1917. 



ESSEX COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. 



General Acts, Chapter 176. 

 An Act relative to the independent agricultural school in the 



county of ESSEX. 



Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs: 



Section 1. The name of the independent agricultural school of the 

 county of Essex is hereby changed to Essex County Agricultural School. 



Section 2. The said school may provide short-unit courses of instruc- 

 tion both at the school and elsewhere in the county. Members of the 

 school staff shall investigate farm and market affairs for the purpose of 

 advising individuals and organizations with reference to better business 

 methods available to farmers and more satisfactory methods of marketing 

 farm products, shall give instruction in the formation of co-operative 

 enterprises, and shall perform any other work calculated to promote the 

 agricultural or rural development of the county. It shall bo the duty of 

 members of the staff to keep in touch with, and to bring to the assistance 

 of such individuals and organizations, all agencies in the commonwealth 

 or elsewhere that will ena]')le them to utilize the latest and b(>st knowledge 

 in the furtherance of their work. 



Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approred 

 April 16, 1917. 



