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Sec-cion 6 of Chapter 20 of the General La'vs authorizes the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture to set up divisicr.s v;ithin the Depart- 

 ment. 



Section 6 reads in part as follows:- The commissioner shall 

 organize the department into divisions including a division of 

 dairying and animal husbandry, a division of animal health, a 

 division of plant pest control, a division of fairs, a division 

 of markets and such other divisions as he may from time to time 

 determine . 



Using the aforesaid powers, the commissioner has created a 

 division of poultry and poultry products. 



Section 1 of chapter 652 of the acts of 1968 defines "department" 

 as it relates to civil service as a "department^ board, or commission, 

 or any division, institutional unit, or other unit of a department 

 in case such unit is established by law, ordinance or by-law." 



Although there is 3. Division of Poultry and Poultry Products 

 ^v'ithm the Eepartr:ent of Agriculture s.~ the present tir^e, it was 

 not established by lav/, ordinance, or by-law, so, therefore, can 

 not be considered as a separate entity by the Division of Civil 

 Service. To protect the rights of individuals employed in this 

 division, it is necessary that this legislation be acted upon 

 favorably. 



No. 6 - AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE BREEDING OF THOROUGHBRED 

 HORSES IN THE COMMONWEALTH. 



Chapter 807 of the acts of 1969 created the Massachusetts 

 Thoroughbred Horse Breeding Fund. 



This program was inaugurated to encourage the breeding ofrr 



