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Sect. 2. The governor of the Commonwealth is hereby authorized 

 and instructed to give due notice thereof to the government of the 

 United States. [^Approved April 20, 1887. 



At a regularly called meeting of the trustees of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, held at the office of the Secre- 

 tary of the Board of Agriculture, Boston, March 2, 1888, 

 it was voted to establish another department, to be styled 

 " The Experiment Department of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College," * and a committee consisting of the com- 

 mittee on farm and horticultural departments, together with 

 such other trustees as were members of the Board of Control 

 of the State Experiment Station, was appointed, with full 

 executive powers. 



At a meeting of this committee, held in Amherst, March 

 10, 1888, the organization of the station was completed, 

 and the following officers appointed : — 



HENRY H. (500DELL, 

 WILLIAM P. BROOKS, . 

 SAMUEL T. MAYNARD, . 

 CHARLES H. FERNALD, . 

 CLARENCE D. WARNER, 

 FRANK E. PAIGE, . 

 J. HOWE DEMOND, . 



Director. 



Agriculturist. 



Horticulturist. 



Entomologist. 



Meteorologist. 



Treasurer. 



Auditor. 



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Recognizing the fact that the equipment and facilities of 

 the State Agricultural Experiment Station enabled it to 

 make, more economically and effectively, such chemical in- 

 vestigations as might from time to time arise, than could be 

 done at the college, without a large outlay for apparatus and 

 other necessary appliances, the committee entered into an 

 agreement with the Board of Control of the State Experi- 

 ment Station, in consideration of the payment of $5,000 

 annually, to perform the chemical work demanded; the re- 

 sults of all investigations, paid for by any surplus of money 

 not required for chemical purposes, to be published in the 

 bulletins of the Hatch Experiment Station, as also in those 

 of the State, if desired. 



* This name was subsequently changed to the " Hatch Experiment Station of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College," to prevent confusion with the State Agricultural 

 Experiment Station already located on the college grounds. 



