Pennsylvania Act 1895-8 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CREATED

Act text

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CREATED
                   Act of Mar. 13, 1895, P.L. 17, No. 8               Cl. 03
                                  AN ACT

     To establish a Department of Agriculture and to define its
        duties and provide for its proper administration.

        Section 2.  (Repealed, 1923, Act No. 274, P. L. 498, Section
     2901)
        Section 3.  That it shall be the duty of the Secretary to
     obtain and publish information respecting the extent and
     condition of forest lands in this State; to make and carry out
     rules and regulations for the enforcement of all laws designed
     to protect forests from fires and from all illegal depredations
     and destruction, and report the same annually to the Governor;
     and, as far as practicable, to give information and advice
     respecting the best methods of preserving wood lands and
     starting new plantations. He shall also, as far as practicable,
     procure statistics of the amount of timber cut during each year,
     the purposes for which it is used, and the amount of timber land
     thus cleared as compared with the amount of land newly brought
     under timber cultivation, and shall, in general, adopt all such
     measures as in his judgment may be desirable and effective for
     the preservation and increase of the timber lands of this State,
     and shall have direct charge and control of the management of
     all forest lands belonging to the Commonwealth, subject to the
     provisions of law relative thereto. The said Secretary shall
     also be and hereby is charged with the administration of all
     laws designed to prevent fraud or adulteration in the
     preparation, manufacture or sale of articles of food, the
     inspection, sale or transportation of the agricultural products,
     or imitations thereof, and all laws relating to diseases of
     domestic animals, and to the manufacture and inspection of
     commercial fertilizers.
        Section 4.  (Repealed, 1923, Act No. 274, P. L. 498, Section
     2901)
        Section 5.  That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent
     of Institutes to arrange them in such manner as to time and
     places of holding the same as to secure the greatest economy and
     efficiency of service, and to this end he shall, in each county
     where such institutes are to be held, confer and advise with the
     local member of the State Board of Agriculture, together with
     representatives duly appointed by each county agricultural,
     horticultural and other like organizations with reference to the
     appointment of speakers and other local arrangements.
        Section 6.  (Repealed, 1923, Act No. 274, P. L. 498, Section
     2901)
        Section 7.  That the Secretary of Agriculture shall have an
     office at the State Capitol, and it is hereby made the duty of
     the Commissioners of Public Buildings and Grounds to provide the
     necessary rooms, furniture and apparatus for the use of the
     Department.
        Section 8.  That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
     herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.