Litchfield enquirer., 1877-07-19
March 23, 1877
[Senate Bill No. 27.l

lA1OA0UO O4AA ANSS AOS CHAPTER CLvIu.
 An Act establishing the Connecticut Agri-
 cultural Experiment Station. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly
 convened:
 SECTION. 1. That for the purpose of promoting agriculture by scientific inves. tigation and experiments, an institution is hereby established, to be called and known as The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
 Sec. 2. The management of the institu- tion shall be committed to board of con. trol, to consist of eight members, one member to be selected by the State Board of Agriculture, one member by the State Agricultural Society, one member by the governing board of the Sheffield Scientific School at New Haven, and one member by the board of trustees of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, and two mem- bers to be appointed by the Governor of teis state, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor of the State, and the person appointed as hereinafter provided to be the director of the station, shall also be co o6fciO members of the board of control.
 Sec. 3. After the appointment of the members of the board of control as afore- said, said members shall meet and organ ize by the choice, from among their num- surer who sha De eisctesa aEFHHnHSS ahd ssea sn shall hold thelr respective offices for one year, and until the choice of the success ors. Five members of said board shall constitute quorum thereof for the trans action of business.
 Sec. 4. Said Board shall meet annually. after the first meeting thereof, on the third Tuesday in January in each year. at such place in the city of Hartford as may be designed by the President of said Board, and at such other times and places upon the call of the president, as may be deemed necessary, and may fill vacancies which may occur in the officers of said board.
 Sec. 5. Said board of control shall To. cate and have the general management of the institution hereby established, and shall appoint director who shall have the general management and oversight of the experiments and Investigations which shall be necessary to accomplish the ob- jects of said instltution, and shall employ competent and suitable chemists and oth- CT person necessary to the carrying on of the work of the station. It shall have power to own such real and personal estate as may necessary for carrging on it's work, and to receive title to the same by deed, devise, or bequest. It shall expend all moneys appropriated by the State in the prosecution of the work for which said institution is established, and shall use for the same purpose the income from all funds and endowents which it may hereafter receive from other sources, aud may sue and be sued, plead and be im- pleaded in all courts by the name of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. It shall make an annual report to the Legislature which shall not exceed two hundred printed pages, of which not exceeding three thousand copies shall be printed.
 Sec. 6. The sum of five thousand dol lars annually is hereby appropriated to said Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, which shall be paid in equal quarterly installments to the Treasurer of Said Board of Control, upon the order of the Comptroller, who is hereby directed to draw his order for the same; and. the Treasurer of said Board of Control shall be required, before entering the upon du- ties of his office, to give bond with surety to the Treasurer of the State of Connecticut in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties as such Treasurer.
 Sec. 2. Upon the death or resignation of any of the members of the Board of Control, the authority or institution by which such deceased member was origin ally appointed shall fill the vacancy so oc- casioned.
 Sec. 8 Professor Samuel W. Johnson. of New Haven. is hereby empowered to appoint and call the first meeting of said Board of Control as soon as may be prac- ticable after the appointment of the mem. bers thereof, and he shall notify all said members of the time and place of said meeting. Two of said members shall hold office for one year, two of them for two years, and two of them for three years; and at said first meeting they shall deter mine by lot which of said members shall hold office for one year. All members of said board thereafter chosen or appointed, except such as are appointed or chosen to fill vacanies in said board. shall continue in office for the term of three years from the first day of July next succeeding such appointment.
 Sec. g. This act shall take effect from its passage.
 Approved, March 21, 1877. Proposed Amendment to the Consnitu- | tion.
 Concerning Vacancies in Judicial offices; ResolUed 6y the House of Representa- tiUes:
 That the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of this State, which, when approved and adopted in the manner provided by the Constitu- tion. shall become part thereof, viz:
 ''All vacancies arising in the offices of Judges of the courts of Common Pleas, District Courts. City Courts, and Police Courts. shall be filled by the General As. sembly for the remainder of the unexpir-
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