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or any thereof, which in his judgment will
promote the agricultural and Industrial
development of this state.
Section 8, That sections 1897, 589S.
5cH9. $780, 1901, chapter 46. Revised Stat
utes OF Missouri, 1919. relating to immi-
grafton, be. and the sane are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 10. That the office Of ware
house commissioner. as established by
section 1898 of article 2, chapter 40, Re-
vSsed Statutes of Missouri, 1919, be and
the same is. hereby abolished, and all the
authority, duties, functions and powers
Of the warehouse commissioner. as estab-
lished and provided in said article 2,
chapter 40, Revised Statutes Of Missouri,
1913, be, and the same are, hereby trans-
ferred to, vested in, and conferred upon
the commissioner of agriculture, and with
reference thereto, he shall have the power.
and hi is hereby authorized. to do any
act or thing which the warehouse COM
missioner was heretofore authorized by
law to do with the same legal force and
effect as such act or thing might have
been lone by the warehouse commits
sioner.
Section IL. That the deputy in charge
of the grain and warehouse division of the
Missouri state department of agriculture
shall have n possess the qualifications
EcAuITcu ny beCIlOn OJ1og dTllCl5 q, C1dp~
ter 40, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1919.
Section IL, That before entering upon
their respective duties the deputy in
charge of the grain and warehouse divi-
sion. and each employee in said division,
st.all take and subscribe to the oath pre-
scribed in section 5997, article 2, chap
ter 40, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1919.
Section 10. = commissioner of agri-
culture shall nave authority, and he is
harahNF a,Yfhnnt-al 81 aDVNAtnk nv nron1o1y
such number of inspectors, clerks, and
stenographers as may be necessary to eff
~fectually administer and enforce the pro-
visions of article 2, chapter 40, Revised
s. .tutes Of Missouri, 1919, not exceeding
thu number heretofore authorized by law.
to be appointed by the warehouse COM
missioner, and to fix the salary of such
inspectors, clerks and stenograpaers, sub
jeet to approval by the governor; but no
such salary shall be greater than that
heretofore authorized by law to be paid
by the warehouse commissioner for
similar services.
Section IA. That the commissioner of
agriculture, and each of his deputies, in
sLectors, clerks and stenographers and
other employees in the grain and ware
house division of the department of agri-
culture, shall for the violation of any of
the provisions of article 2, chapter 40,
Revised Statutes of Missouri. 1919, upon
conviction, be subject to the fines and
penalties therein prescribed or otherwise
provided by law.
Section Is. That wherever the word
Commissioner or the words warehouse
commission" occur in said article 2, chap
ter 40, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1919,
it shall be held to include and refer
to the commissioner of agriculture. and
wherever the word inspector" occurs in
said article, 1t shall be held to include and
refer to the person assigned by the CONF
missioner Of agriculture to the perform
ance Of the duty in said secti'n pre-
scrib~d.
Section 16. That sections 1898, 1894
and 1896 be, and he same are hereby re-
pealed.
Section II, That the department of
n reclamation and the office Of land
reclamation commissioner, al created and
established by sections 7044 and 7045, ar
ticle z, chapter Sc, Revised Statutes of
Missouri, 1919, be, and the same are here
by abolished, and all the duties, powers
and functions of said commissioner, as
prescribed in section 7046. be and the
same are hereby transferred to, vested in,
and conferred upon the commissioner of
agriculture, an he Is hereby authorized
and empowered to do any act or thing
which the land reclamation commissioner
was heretofore authorized by law to do,
with the same legal force and effect as
such act or thing might ave been done
by the land reclamation commissioner.
Section IS. That sections 7O44 and
7047, article Z, chapter Sc, Revised
Statutes of Missouri, 1919. be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Section 10. The commissioner of agri-
culture may divisionalize the department
of agriculture for the purpose of effecting
economy and obtaining the highest stand
ard Of services therein. Separate divi-
sions may be established as follows: (a)
miscellaneous agricultural pursuits; (b)
horticulture; (c) dairying; (d) poultry;
{ y state fairs; () veterinary; (g) grain
and warehouse; CHI marketing; and ID
live stock.
Section 20. The commissioner of agri-
culture shall have power, and he is here
by authorized, by and with the consent
and approval of the governor, to appoint
a deputy commissioners in charge, under
the direction and orders Of the commits
sioner, of each division SO established.
Each deputy appointed under the provi-
sions of this section shall, subject to the
orders and direction of the commits
sioner of agriculture, aid and assist in
the administration of the laws Of this
state pertaining to the division to which
he is assigned, as follows:
(a) Inc deputy IN charge OF the mis-
cellaneous agricultural pursuits division
shall be known as chief deputy commits
sioner Of agriculture, and shall devote his
entire time and attention to the dmin-
istration and enforcement of all the laws
of this state to which this act applies,
with reference to which, under the direc-
ton of said commissioner, he may have
and exercise all the powers by law con-
ferred upon the commissioner of agricul-
ture.
(b) The deputy in charge of horticul-
tural division shall be known as the state
horticultural commissioner, and shall de-
vote his entire time and attention to the
administration and enforcement of the
laws Of this state pertaining to horticul-
ture, more particularly to all the provi-
sions of chapter 109. Revised Statutes OF
Missouri, 1919, to which this act applies,
(c) The deputy commissions assigned
to the dairy division shall be known as
state dairy commissioner and shall devote
his entire time and attention to the ad-
ministration and enforcement of the avs
pertaining to the dairy industry in this
} state, more particularly as defined In ar
ticle 4, chapter 100, Revised Statutes OF
: Missouri. 1919,
} (d) The deputy In charge of the poui-
try division shall be known as state poul.
!; try commissioner and shall, under the di.
rection of the commissioner, devote his
entire time and attention to the admin
~istration and enforcement Of thu Jaws Of
| this state pertaining to the poultry indus
article 5. chapter 109, Revised Statutes
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