The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
PRESS COMMITTEE
PROPOSES NEW Law.
Suggests . Special Board Of Con.
troll for Experimental Farm
at Chatham.

at Chatham.
The legislative committee OF the
Lake Superior Press association has
prepared bill that is primarily de.
signed to rescue the state expert
mental farm for the upper PENN
sula at Chatham from death BY neg
Iect that seems to threaten it under
the present conditions The CON.
mittee's bill proposes an indepen.
dent board for the station. It's full
text follows:
An act to revise and amend Act No.
ia Of the Public Acts OF 1899, be-
ing an act entitled IAN act to pro.
vide for the location, establishment
and maintenance of state agri-
cultural station In the upper Pc
ninsula, and to make 90 appropria.
tion therefor. !"
The People Of the State Of Michigan
Enact:
Section THAT sections one, four,
seven and eight of Act No. ia OF the
Public Acts OF 1899 be and they are
hereby revised and amended 90 as to
read as follows:
Section The governor, with the
advise and consent OF the senate,
shall appoint four persons, residents
OF this state, who together with the
president OF the state board OF agri-
culture, who shall be member ex.
onicio, shall constitute the Upper
Peninsuls Board of Agriculture, and
shall be vested with the management
and centrol OF the State Agricultural
and horticultural experiment sta
tion, heretofore established under
the provisions OF said act, number ia
Of the public acts OF 1899, at or near
the village Of Chatham. inrAlger
county, Michigan, with full power
to erect and maintain suitable build !
ings thereon and to purchase live
stock, farming tools and equipment
for the proper maintenance and
operation OF said farm and station
Two members OF said board shall
hold Office for two years and two for
four years. and thereafter the term
of o(ice shsH be two years. APP
pointments to fill vacancies that
may occur may be made by the gov
erner when the legislature Is not in
session, and the person or persons
so appointed shall. unless their terms
sooner expires, hold ofIice until the
close Of the session OF the legislature
next following such appointment.
Three members OF said board shall
be residents OF the upper peninsuls
and the other two members may re.
side outside the upper peninsula
The membere OF said board shall
elect from their number q president,
secretary and treasurer OF said
board. The Same person may act
both as secretary and treasurer, and
the board may provide such compen-
sation, il any, for said secretary and
treasurer, or either OF them. as It
deems advisable, not exceeding,
however, the total sum for both
Offices bf one hundred dollars per
year.
Section 4.-If, after the selection
of such site, it be found necessary,
the said board shall have power and
il shall be their duty to procure and
adopt plans, specifications and esti.
mates and to erect buildings thereon,
/ and the said board shall carry on
such experiments pertaining to agri-
culture and horticulture as in their
Judgment will be most beneficial to
| the agricultural interests OF the
upper peninsula, and they shall have
full control OF the management oi
said experiment station, with power
to purchase live stock, farm tools
and equipment for the proper opera,
ton OF the same: Provided, how.
ever, that the entire cost OF the
buildings erected a. aforesaid shall
not exceed the sum OF ten thousand
dollars (t10, ,0O0).
Section 7.-Each OF the members
/ OF said board shall be entitled to re.
ceive his actual travelling expenses
10 the discharge Of his duties under
4 this act.
I Section 8. Aud there is hereby
appropriated for the purpose OF car.
.lryi0g out the provisions OF this aci
the sum OF ten thousand dollars, and
the same shall be incorporated 10 the
state tax ~ follows: For the year
nineteen hundred i've, Ave thousand
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