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AN ACT 
TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OP 
AGRICULTURE; THE CREATION OF A BOARD OP COMMIS- 
SIONERS OF AGRICULTURE, DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND 
DUTIES: TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PREVENT 
THE INTRODUCTION INTO PORTO RICO OF PLANT AND IN- 
SECT DISEASES, AND PESTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.’' 
APPROVED SEPTEMBER 8, 1910; TO PROVIDE FOR THE 
INTRODUCTION AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS BENEFICIAL TO 
AGRICULTURE, FIXING PENALTIES FOR THE DESTRUCTION 
OF SAME; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO CARRY OUT ITS 
PROVISIONS. AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted hy the Legislative Assembly of Porto Pico: 
Section 1. — That wherever the word board” be 
used in this Act, it shall be construed to signify and 
have reference to the Board of Commissioners of Agri- 
culture,” created by this Act. 
Section 2. — That there be and is hereby created a 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture composed of 
seven members, one of them to be a head of department 
to be designated by the Governor and shall be president 
ex officio of the board, the other six members to be ap- 
pointed by the Governor, as follows : One shall be a 
Delegate of the TTouse, to be recommended by the 
Speaker; another member to be recommended by tlie 
“Asoeiacion de Puerto Rico;” another by recommenda- 
tion of the ‘^Asociacion de Productores de Azucar;” an- 
other by recommendation of the ^^Asociacion de Prodne- 
tores de Cafe;” another by recommendation of the 
‘‘Asociacion de Productores.de Tabaco;” and the othei* 
by recommendation of the ^^Asociacion Productora d<^ 
Frutas. ” ' 
Said commissioners shall perform their duties for a 
(leriod of one year and untill tlieir successors be a]i- 
pointed, said commissioners lieing eligible for reappoint- 
ment. 
Section 3. — That a majority of the board shall consti- 
tute a quorum with faculties to transact any business 
within the powers and jurisdiction of the board. The 
hour, place and mode of holding meetings ‘shall be de- 
termined by the board. 
Section 4. — That the members of the board appointed 
in conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall serA^e 
without remuneration. The lioard shall haA^e the right 
to pay the traveling expenses of th(‘ members ivhen they 
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