No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION. 351 



Section 3. It shall be the duty of the said advisers to advise and con- 

 sult with individuals and organizations in reference to farming methods, to 

 assist in the development and improvement of agriculture and of country- 

 life, to give instruction in the formation of co-operative enterprises, to 

 promote better business methods among farmers, to assist in promoting 

 more satisfactory methods of marketing farm products, and to perform 

 any other work adapted to promote the agricultural or rural development 

 of that county. It shall be the duty of the advisers to keep in touch with, 

 and to bring to their assistance, all agencies in the commonwealth or else- 

 where that vaW enable them to utilize the latest and best knowledge in the 

 furtherance of their work. The duties of the advisers shall be performed 

 under the supervision and direction of said advisory board, and they shall 

 be subject to such rules and regulations as said board may prescribe. 



Section 4. In every county in which a corporation such as that de- 

 scribed in section one is organized, there shall be established an advisory 

 board of seven members, consisting of three members to be appointed by 

 the corporation, three by the county commissioners of said county, and 

 one by the six thus chosen. It shall be the duty of the advisory board to 

 superintend and direct the work of the corporation within the county, 

 and it shall have power to appoint, suspend or remove agricultural advisers 

 appointed pursuant to this act. 



Section 5. In every such county there shall also be established a 

 finance board, which shall be composed of two members : — one appointed 

 by the county commissioners of said county and one by the said corpora- 

 tion. It shall be the duty of the finance board to certify from time to time, 

 whenever requested so to do by the corporation, to the county treasurer the 

 sums received in the treasury of the corporation in each year, other than the 

 funds appropriated by the county. It shall also be the duty of the said 

 board to consider aod report upon the budget of the corporation, as pro- 

 vided in section eight. 



Section 6. The power of appointment herein vested in the corporation 

 may be exercised by its executive committee; or if no provision is made in 

 its by-laws for an executive committee, then by its board of directors or 

 other board exercising powers corresponding to those of directors. 



Section 7. In every such county, the county commissioners shall in- 

 clude in their annual estimate of county expenses, to be raised by the 

 county by tax levy and appropriated by the general court, such sum as they 

 may deem proper to be contributed to said corporation for the purpose of 

 defraying the expenses of maintaining said adviser or advisers, and of the 

 work carried on by the corporation : provided, however, that the sum so con- 

 tributed shall not be less than one thousand dollars, nor more than the 

 amount raised annually by said corporation from all other sources. The 

 sum so contributed shall be paid to the corporation upon the certificate of 

 the finance board showing that an equal amount has been received in the 

 treasury of the corporation from all other sources; and said sum shall be 

 expended in said county by said corporation for the purposes above named. 



