Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-03-29

nection with the Chemical Lab
ratory of the University at Chapel
Hill, an Agricultural, Experiment
and Fertilizer CenlfalStatidnf !; and
the Board of Trustees Of the .Unit
versity, with the. approval of the
Department Of Agriculture, shall
employ ain Analyst skilled in agri-
C lltriral chemistry. 35F
It shall be the duty of said
schemist to analyze such fertilizers
and products as may be required by
the Department Agriculture and TO
aid so far as practicable in suppress
sing fraud in the sale of CONNER
cial fertilizers,
| He shall also, under the direc~
ton OF said Department, carry on
experiments on the nutrition anG
growth of plants, with "a view to
ascertain what fertilizers. are best
suited to the various crops of this
State; and whether other crops may
not be advantageously grown on
its soils, and shall carry OH such
other investigations as the said
Department may direct.
He shall make regular reports to
the said Department of | analysis
and experiments made, which shall
be furnished, when deemed useful,
to such newspapers as viii publish
the same.
Said chemist shall be subject to
the rules and regulations of the
University Laboratory land the other
rules and regulations of the Uni
versity, and his salary shall be paid
ont of the funds OF the Department
of Agriculture.
See. 13. The Geological Survey
is hereby made and constituted a
cooperative department. with the
Department of Agriculture, and
the Geological! Museum and the
collections therein, shall, at all
times, be accessible to the said De
partment. The Geologist shall, as
Tar rs practicable, prepare illnstra-
tions of the agricultural industries,
! products and resources of the State,
ard arrange and care for snch col
lections as the said Department
nav make for this purpose. lie
shall also prepare abstracts of the
| Survey. from time to time. as may
be required for the use of the De
partment, III their hand book, and
circulars for publication, in illustra
ton of the advantages OF this State
and in promotion of the general
purposes of immigration. In return
for such service the State Geologisl
may have all lis samples of marls
soils, minerals, anG other products
analyzed by the chemist, at the
Laboratory Experiment Station, free
of charge.
: Sec. IA. 1t is hereby made the
duty Of the State Geolooist, upor
the recommendation Of the Boaro
of Trustees of the University, tt
devote two months in each year
at the seat of the University, il
, the perfo, mance of such duties il
instruction as the Faculty may
, direct, and while employed in thi,
capacity, he shall constitute ;
member Of the Faculty.
Sec. Is. The Department shall
; as sool as practicable, prepare
convenient hand book, with th,
necessary information. as TO th
!, mines, minerals, forests, sells, eli
! mates, waters and water powers
2 fisheries, 'monntains, swamps, in
:, dust,ies, aud all such sta tistics n
}, ue best adapted to give, prope
: information of the attractions an,
h advantages which this State afford
] to immigrants, and shall make il
L lnstrative expositions thereof when
0 ever practicable, at internationa
h exhibitions.
J. Sec. l6 The said department
Y shall be authorized, in the interes
of immigration. to employ a
agent or agents at such points, i
! this or any foreign country, a
. they may deem expedient and dc
! sirable.
= Sec. II. The said department
y :, authorized and directed to estah
= lish aud keep in its office, in til
n city of Raleigh, General Ian
le and Mining Registry, wherei
; shall he recorded (if the owner
shall so request) all the FARMING
'r mim ra! or~other laEds off red f,
10 sale in this State, with brief an
or truthful description of the sam
j. And the department shall act ,
/ agent for the sale or disposition
;h such property as may be registere
ty as hereinbefore provided, ar
le shall SELF or dispose of such prol
ID erty upon the terms and condition
" as stated and fixed by the own
. thereof, and the department. shs
~ be allowed the sum ct one doll
= for registration, and two and on'
~ half per : cent. commission {
- gross amount of said transaction.
n i. The said department shall la
III authorify contract for and bO