782 APPENDIX. 



made and returned to the Secretary of this Board. The Governor and 

 Council shall determine his compensation, which compensation shall not 

 exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum ; but no member 

 of the Board shall receive any compensation for his services from the 

 Commonwealth, except for personal expenses when engajred in the 

 duties of the Board. And the said Board shall, annually, on or before 

 the fourth Wednesday of January, by their chairman or secretary, sub- 

 mit to the legislature a detailed report of their doings, with such recom- 

 mendations and suggestions as in their view the interests of agriculture 

 may require. 



Sect. 5. All laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 



Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 

 [April 21, 1852.] 



CHAPTER 127. — 1853. 



AN ACT IN RELATION TO AGRICULTUIIAL SOCIETIES. 



Be it enacted, ^'C., as foUoios : 



Sect. 1. The returns now required by law to be made by the sev- 

 eral agricultural societies on or before the tenth day of January, shall 

 hereafter be made on or before the tenth day of December in each year. 



Sect. 2. The Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to regulate 

 the returns required of the different agricultural societies, prescribe 

 forms, and furnish to the secretary of each society such blanks as said 

 Board may deem necessary to secure uniform and reliable statistics. 



Sect. 3. No agricultural society shall be entitled to receive any 

 portion of the bounty of the Slato, unless it has complied fully with the 

 regulations established by the Board of Agriculture, and made all the 

 returns required by law. [April 8, 1853.] 



CHAPTER 312. — 1853. 



AN ACr TO RESULATE AGRICULTURAL, IIORTICU-LTURAL AND . 

 ORNAMENTAL TREE ASSOCIATIONS. 



Be it enacted, 8fC., asfollotvs : 



Any ten or more persons in any county, town, or city, within the 

 State, who shall, by agreement in writing, associate for the purpose of 

 encouraging agriculture, horticulture, or improving and ornamenting 



