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Report of the State Board of Silk Culture of California (PH 6-9)(1886) (48 pages)
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Page: of 48
AN ACT
To Establish a State Board of Silk Culture, and to Provide Moneys
for the Expenses Thereof.
{Approved March 18, 1885.]
The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. There shall be established a State Board of Silk Culture,
consisting of seven persons appointed by the Governor from the State at
large, three of whom shall be members of the Ladies’ Silk Culture Society
of California.
Sec. 2. A majority of the members so appointed shall be specially
qualified by practical experience and study of the silk industry. Each
member shall hold office for the term of four years, except those first
appointed, three of whom, to be determined by lot, shall retire at the end
of two years, when their successors shall be appointed by the Governor.
Sec. 3. The Board may appoint and prescribe the duties of a Secretary,
and elect one of their own number Treasurer, both to hold office at the
pleasure of the Board. The Treasurer shall give a bond to the State,
approved by the Board, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his or her duties.
Sec. 4. The Board may receive, manage, and use donations or bequests
for promoting silk culture in this State. They shall establish a filature or
silk reeling school in San Francisco, wherein free instruction shall be
given in silk reeling. The Board shall use the moneys appropriated by
the State to advance the interest of silk culture in this State, as they deem
best and proper.
Sec. 5. The Secretary, in addition to performing such official duties
as the Board may direct, shall collect statistics and other information
showing the condition and progress of sericulture throughout the State ;
correspond with various societies and individuals, both at home and
abroad, who are engaged in the promotion of silk culture, and shall prepare a full report thereof to be made to the Board annually for their publication.
Sec. 6. The Board shall, biennially, in the month of December, have
their biennial report printed, and submit the same to the Legislature upon
its convening. The detailed report so made shall, under the direction of
the Controller, be printed in pamphlet form, not to exceed fifty printed
pages, and not to exceed three thousand copies thereof, to be distributed
as the Board may direct. All printing required to be done by the Board
for their official use shall be done by the State Printer.
Sec. 7. The Treasurer shall hold all moneys of the Board, and pay
out the same only on orders approved by the Board, and shall account
therefor in his or her annual report.