CHAPTER 458

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered
8-6.1, to create the Agricultural Research and Education Commission,
to provide for the membership, powers, terms of office, and duties
thereof, and to provide for the expenditure of the Agricultural Re-
search and Education Fund. [H 553]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered 3-6.1 as follows:

§ 3-6.1. There is hereby created a commission known as the Agri-
cultural Research and Education Commission composed of the Dean of
Agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the Commissioner of Agri-
culture and Immigration, and five farmers representing, respectively, Vir-
ginia producers of crops, livestock, poultry, fruit, and vegetables, the major
segments of agricultural production in Virginia, to be appointed by the
Governor with the advice of the Executive Committee of the Agricultural
Conference Board of Virginia. Said commission shall have the authority
to disburse the Agricultural Research and Education Fund provided for
in § 58-780 of the Code and shall have such other powers and duties as
may be prescribed by law. The terms of the members appointed by the
Governor shall run concurrently with the term of the Governor.