Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23


1t is hereby enacted by the General
Section |. Section 454 of the General
Laws is hereby repealed.
Sec. ;. Section 1855 OF the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows
Sec. ass. At the time OF taking the
annual list, the listers shall ascertain
the approximate number OF siloS, horses,
sheep, mich cows, registered neat
stock. pure bred bulls, hogs and other
neat stock in the town and, at the time
of taking the list for nineteen hundred
and nineteen, shall ascertain the num-
Der OF farms offered for sale together
with the names and post office addresses
OF the owners thereof. Alter complet-
ing the annual list, the listers shall
compile and furnish to the town clerk
an abstract showing the total number
of silos, horses. sheep, mich cows,
registered neat stock, pure bred bulls,
hogs and other neat stock i'll the town,
and shall. AT the time of taking the
annual list for nineteen hundred and
nineteen, compile and furnish to the
town clerk not later than May fifteenth
the number OF farms offered for sale
in their respective towns, together with
the names and poSt-office addresses OF
the owners.
Sec 3. The town clerks of the sew
eral towns shall. within ten days from
the receipt of the lists prepared in
accordance with the preceding section,
furnish to the commissioner of agricul
ture a complete list of the names and
post-otficc addresses of the owners
resident and nonresident. of farms
offered for sale i'll their respective
towns.
Sec T. Upon receipt of such iuforlna-
ton, the commissioner shall forthwith
issue questionnaircs to all resident and
nonresident owners as aforesaid Such
questionnarcs, which shall contain self
addressed envelopes for reply shall
call for detailed information i'll regard
to location, typographical features,
acreage, amount and character of tim
Der growth number OF acres each of
tilage and pasture land, the amount OF
the annual hay crop, the kind and con-
dition of the buildings, ii any. the price
asked for such farms, the railroad and
highway facilities and such other infor
nation as may be necessary for COM
plctc compilation of such statistics from
each town in the state.
Sec. S. The commissioner of agricu
tllrc is hereby authorized and directed
to compile the statistics contained i'll
such questionnaires and to publish them
in book form with proper preface and
illustrations, and to use the same to
stimulate the farming industry OF Yer
mont and to induce, when it is consid
cred desirable by said commissioner, re-
turned soldiers from the recent war
with Germany to take up farms in Yer
mont.
Sec. e. The commissioner of agricul-
ture is authorized and directed to con-
fer with the secretary of the interior
for the purpose of securing the assist
ance OF the federal government in plac
ing returned soldiers on farms in this
state, and he shall obtain for the state
its proper share OF any appropriation
made by congress to assist such re-
turned soldiers to engage in the farm
ing industry.
Sec 7. Said commissioner shall con-
fer with the publicity bureau of the state
for the purpose of preventing duplica
ton of effort. Advertising done i'll this
compilation shall not be duplicated i'll
any publication issued by the publicity
bureau
Sec 8. All statistics herein provided
for shall be compiled and published
prior to August 1, 1910 and said COM
missioner is hereby authorized to use
for the purpose OF obtaining the above
statistical information a sum not to cx-
coed thirty-iivc hundred dollars from
the appropriation regularly made for
his deDarttnent and an additional SIN,
not to exceed thirty-tive hundred dol
lars is hereby appropriated for the pub
LEGATION and distribution OF a book as
provided in section five OF this act.
Sec. Q. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 26 1919