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for irrigation purposes; an act to fix the salary of the State 

 Nursery Inspector; and the dog law, drafted and introduced 

 by the special commission for that purpose. 



Codification of the Agricultural Law. 



In this connection I wish to strongly recommend that the 

 agricultural law of the State be codified and brought together 

 in one uniform and consistent act. At the present time these 

 laws are scattered through a number of different enactments 

 and amendments, and for the sake of brevity, clearness and 

 uniformity it would seem wise to gather ail the laws relating to 

 and Enforced by this Department under one head. The De- 

 partment has adopted certain principles of legislation, and in 

 accordance with this, and in co-operation with the special 

 recess committee, a codification has been drawn up ready for 

 presentation to the General Court. This codification includes 

 certain substantive changes in the law which have been men- 

 tioned elsewhere in this report. 



The Department has voted that the salary of the commis- 

 sioner should be fixed at $5,000, and I would recommend, 

 further, that all other statutory salaries in the Department be 

 abolished, leaving them to the discretion of the commissioner 

 with the approval of the Department. This will conform to 

 the rules for standardization of salaries which have been laid 

 down by the Supervisor of Administration. 



Publications. 

 The following publications were issued by the Department 

 during 1918, and may be obtained on application to this 

 oflBce : — 



