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Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for Agricultural
Experiment Stations, " and the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion, a department of the Maryland Agricultural College, is hereby desig-
nated as the institution entitled to receive the moneys appropriated for
Maryland and the treasurer of the said institution is hereby designated
as the proper person to receive the said appropriations.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 4. 1912, sec. 4. 1906, ch. 217.

4. The assent of the State of Maryland to the grants of money for the
purposes, upon the terms and in accordance with the several conditions
and provisions contained in said Act, is hereby signified and expressed, and
the Secretary of the State is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of
this Act to the Treasurer of the United States and to the Secretary of
Agriculture of the United States.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 5. 1912, see. 5. 1914, ch. 247.

5. The assent of the State of Maryland is hereby given to the purposes
of the grant made by the Act H. R. No. 7951 of the Second Session of the
Sixty-third Congress and the Maryland Agricultural College is hereby
designated as the institution entitled to receive the moneys appropriated
for Maryland, and the Treasurer of the said institution is hereby 'desig-
nated as the proper person to receive the said appropriations.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 6. 1912, sec. 6. 1914, ch. 247.

6. The assent of the State of Maryland to the grants of money for the
purposes, upon the terms and in accordance with the several conditions and
provisions contained in said Act, is hereby signified and expressed and the
Secretary of the State is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of
this Act to the Treasurer of the United States and to the Secretary of Agri-
culture of the United States.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 7. 1912, sec. 7. 1916, ch. 391, sec. 7.

7. The State Board of Agriculture shall investigate the conditions sur-
rounding the breeding, raising and marketing of live stock, and the prod-
ucts thereof, and contagious and infectious diseases affecting the same;
the raising, distribution and sale of farm, orchard, forest and nursery
products, generally, and plant diseases and injurious insects affecting the
same; the preparation, manufacture, quality, analysis, inspection, control
and distribution of animal and vegetable products, animal feeds, seeds,
fertilizers, agricultural lime, agricultural and horticultural chemicals, " and
biological products; and shall secure information and statistics in relation
thereto and publish such information, statistics and the results of such
investigations at such times and in such manner as to it shall seem best
adapted to the efficient dissemination thereof; and except where such powers
and duties are by law conferred or laid upon other boards, commissions
or officials, the State Board of Agriculture shall have general supervision,
direction and control of the herein recited matters and generally of all
matters in any way affecting or relating to the fostering, protection and
development of the agricultural interests of the State, including the encour-
agement of desirable immigration thereto, with power and authority to
issue rules and regulations in respect thereof not in conflict with the Con-
stitution and Laws of the State or the United States, which shall have the