Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-23
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AN ACT TO STIMULATE THE
STATE, TO PROVIDE FOR A
CENSUS OF FARMS OFFERED
FOR SALE AND TO AMEND
SECTION ASS OF THE GENERAL
LAWS, RELATING TO AN AN
NUAL CENSUS OF CERTAIN
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section asa of the General
Laws is hereby repealed
Sec. 2. Section ASS 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. After 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 in 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
post-office addresses of the owners
resident and nonresident, of farms
offered for sale in their respective
towns
Sec. r. Upon receipt of such informa-
ton, the commissioner shall forthwith
issue questionnaires to all resident and
nonresident owners as aforesaid. Such
questionnaires, which shall contain self
addressed envelopes for reply, shall
call for detailed information in regard
to location, typographical features,
acreage, amount and character of tim
Der growth, number of acres each of
tillage and pasture land, the amount of
the annual hay crop, the kind and con-
dition of the buildings, if any, the price
asked for such farms, the railroad and
highway facilities and such other infor-
nation ~ may be necessary for COM
plete compilation Of such statistics from
each town in the state
Sec. S. The commissioner of agricul-
ture is hereby authorized and directed
to compile the statistics contained in
such Questionnaircs 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 70 induce, when it 10 consid-
cred desirable by said commissioner, re-
turned soldiers from the recent war
with Germany to taks up farms In Yer
mont
Sec. 6. 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
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
Sec. ?. Said commissioner shall con-
fer with the publicity bureau of the state
for the purpose of preventing duplica-
ton of effort. Advertising done in this
compilation shall not be duplicated in
any publication issued by the publicity
bureau.
Sec. 8. All statistics herein provided
for shall be compiled and published
prior to August /, 1919 and said COM
missioner is hereby authorized to use
for the purpose of obtaining the above
statistical information sum not to ex-
coed thirty-fve hundred dollars from
the appropriation regularly made for
his department and an additional sum
not 20 eseesd thirty-hve hundred dol
lars b hereby appropriated for the pub
lication and distribution of book as
provided In section FIVE of this act
See q This act shall take effect
from rs passage.
Approved March 26, 1910
NO. 16