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526 1899.
—
Chapter 377.
CHAPTER 377.
Chapter. 85, pub-lic
laws of 1897,
repealed.
Board of agri-culture,
how
constituted.
Vacancies occur-ring
in board.
Term of office.
When first meet-ing
held.
Monthly^report
sball be pub-lished.
An act to repeal chapter eighty-five, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
and to re-form the department of agriculture, immigration and
statistics.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact
:
Section 1. That chapter (85), eighty five of the public laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (1897) and all other Jaws in-consistent
with tliis act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The department of agriculture, immigration and statis-tics
shall be under the control and supervision of a board to be
styled the board of agriculture, constituted as follows, to- wit:
The persons denominated commissioners in chapter eighty-five
of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, who shall re-tain
their places until the expiration of the terms for which they
were respectively elected, and one member from each congres
sional district to be elected by this general assembly. This gen
era! assembly shall also elect for a term of two years five mem-bers
to succeed the five heretofore denominated commissioners,
whose terms are to expire March ninth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine. No successors are to be elected to the nine persons
denominated commissioners whose terms are to expire in nine
teen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and three, nor to
the five to be elected tor two years to succeed the five persons de-nominated
commissioners whose terms are to expire March ninth,
eighteen hundred and ninety nine, as aforesaid, the intention of
this act being to gradually reduce the number of the board to
nine members. All vacancies occurring in the board shall be
filled by the board until the next regular session of the general
assembly and until their successors are elected and qualified : Pro-vided,
that the unexpired terms of the said commissioners hold-ing
over as aforesaid shall not be filled in case of vacancies
therein. The members elected by the general assembly from the
first, fourth and seventh districts shall be elected for a term of
two years and their successors for a term of six years; the mem-bers
from the second, fifth and eighth districts for a term of four
years and their successors for a term of six years; and the mem
bers from the third, sixth and ninth districts for a term of six
years.
.Sec. 3. The board shall meet for the transaction of business in
the city of Raleigh on the ninth day of March, eighteen hundred
and ninety-nine, and thereafter twice a year and oftener if they
deem it necessary, one of which meetings shall be on the first
Wednesday in December, and shall publish a monthly report of
the operations of the1 department, and shall [make to each gen-
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| Full Text | 526 1899. — Chapter 377. CHAPTER 377. Chapter. 85, pub-lic laws of 1897, repealed. Board of agri-culture, how constituted. Vacancies occur-ring in board. Term of office. When first meet-ing held. Monthly^report sball be pub-lished. An act to repeal chapter eighty-five, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and to re-form the department of agriculture, immigration and statistics. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : Section 1. That chapter (85), eighty five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (1897) and all other Jaws in-consistent with tliis act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. The department of agriculture, immigration and statis-tics shall be under the control and supervision of a board to be styled the board of agriculture, constituted as follows, to- wit: The persons denominated commissioners in chapter eighty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, who shall re-tain their places until the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively elected, and one member from each congres sional district to be elected by this general assembly. This gen era! assembly shall also elect for a term of two years five mem-bers to succeed the five heretofore denominated commissioners, whose terms are to expire March ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. No successors are to be elected to the nine persons denominated commissioners whose terms are to expire in nine teen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and three, nor to the five to be elected tor two years to succeed the five persons de-nominated commissioners whose terms are to expire March ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety nine, as aforesaid, the intention of this act being to gradually reduce the number of the board to nine members. All vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled by the board until the next regular session of the general assembly and until their successors are elected and qualified : Pro-vided, that the unexpired terms of the said commissioners hold-ing over as aforesaid shall not be filled in case of vacancies therein. The members elected by the general assembly from the first, fourth and seventh districts shall be elected for a term of two years and their successors for a term of six years; the mem-bers from the second, fifth and eighth districts for a term of four years and their successors for a term of six years; and the mem bers from the third, sixth and ninth districts for a term of six years. .Sec. 3. The board shall meet for the transaction of business in the city of Raleigh on the ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and thereafter twice a year and oftener if they deem it necessary, one of which meetings shall be on the first Wednesday in December, and shall publish a monthly report of the operations of the1 department, and shall [make to each gen- |
