Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-14
BOARD AGRICULTURE.
THE BILL AS PROPOSED By THE FARM.
ERS ASSEMBLY.
Legislature Asked TO Make sn Animal Ap-
preparation Of SIT 5oo-Expsriment
Station Proposed.

III thV lVuoe VI lWteSutes yeettIuhJ
Mr.. Dupuy, of Prince Edward, intro
duced the following bill, which was re-
ferred TO the Committee on Agriculture
and Mining:
II Bin 10 Propiie for Board Of A9ri-
culture for the State Of Virginia,
and making appropriation therefor.
/. BE IL enacted by the General As
sembW Of Virginia, That there shall be
established Board of Agriculture for
the State OF Virginia, to be composed
of the president of the State Agricultu-
raj Society, the master of the State
Grange, the president of the State Pomo-
logical Society, and one member from
each OF the ten congressional districts
of the State whose principal business
shall be the cultivation Of the soil, to be
appointed by the Governor, and whose
term of Office shall be for four
years, except that those first appointed
under this aci shall be for the following
terms Those from the First, Third,
Fifth, Seventh. and Ninth districts shall
be for two years, and those from the
Second. Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and
Tenth districts shall be for four years,
and thereafter all appointments shall be
for four years. The said board shall
choose its president by ballot.
2. The Department OF Agriculture
shall be under the control and manage
ment of the Board of Agriculture. The
Commissioner of Agriculture shall be
cr-O6iciO n member of the board and
secretary and treasurer of the Board Of
Agriculture.
3. For tho purpose OF practically car
rying out the designs for which the
Board of Agriculture is established in
this State an appropriation of 81, 7,5O0
for each and every year is hereby made,
to be placed to the credit of the treasurer
OF the State Board OF Agriculture, to be
paid out as hereinafter directed on the
warrants of said treasurer, counter
signed by the president of the board.
4. OF the said sum there shall be an
nually applied by the Commissioner Of
Agriculture the sum of $l2,500, to-
gether with such surplus. if any shall re-
main, over and above the payments of
the sums hereinafter appropriated for
the promotion of the objects mentioned,
for the purpose mentioned in the act of
Assembly approved March 90, 1877,
chapter 249, entitled Gan act to estab-
lisha Department of Agriculture, Mining,
and Manufacturing for the State, q"
and acts amendatory thereof, establish
ing Bureau of Immigration, and also a
Bureau of Labor aud Industrial Stats
tics, and for such other purposes as are
specified in this act and not otherwise
specially provided for.
5. There shall be established accord
ing to law an experiment station at or
near the University of Virginia, said sta
tiOn to he under the control of the State
Board of Agriculture and such detailed
as shall hereafter be pro-
vided for by law for the purpose OF car
rying out the provisions of the Hatch
bill"
6. The State Board of Agriculture
shall so soon as practicable organize
throughout the State of Virginia sys-
tenn of farmers institutes, for the pur-
pose of considering and discussing ques-
tions relating to practical agriculture.
horticulture, pOmolOgy, &c, and they
shall be authorized to employ one or
more persons competent to give instruc-
tions IN practical and scientific agrlcul-
ture to deliver lectures or read essays
relating to agriculture and kindred pur-
suits. The sum of $1,000 IS hereby ap-
out of the aforesaid sum of
2l7, 500 for the purpose of organizing
and equipping these institutes and pay
ing the lecturers employed.
7. # shall be the duty of the Commis-
s'oner of Agriculture to cause to be
printed with his annual report such of
the lectures delivered and essays read at
the farmers institutes as the State
Board shall deem Of sufficient value to
be preserved in permanent form.
s. The State Board of Agriculture shall
meet annually in the city of Richmond
for the transaction of business on the
second Wednesday III January i'll each
wear, but called meetings of said boards
may be held at any time upon the call OF
the president. The actual expenses of
the Board of Agriculture shall be paid
bv the treasurer of said board on the or
der of the president.
9. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
y true copy of the proceedings of the
Farmers Assembly, as passed January
IL, 1888.
Robert BEVERLEY, President.
". e.. Mcrrick, Secretary.