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1868.

[Assented to 22nd May, 1868.]

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. There shall be a Department, called "The Department of Agriculture," over which the Minister of Agriculture, for the time being, appointed by Commission under the Great Seal, shall preside; and the said Minister shall have the management and direction of the Department and shall hold office during pleasure.

2. The Governor may appoint a Deputy of the Minister of Agriculture, and such other officers and clerks as may be required for the proper conduct of the business of the Department, all of whom shall hold office during pleasure.

3. It shall be the duty of the said Deputy, and he shall have authority (subject always to the Minister) to oversee and direct the other officers and servants of the Department; he shall have the general control of the business of the Department, and such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the Governor in Council, and in the absence of the Minister and during such absence. may suspend from his duties any officer or servant of the Department who refuses or neglects to obey his directions as such Deputy.

4. The duties and powers of the Minister of Agriculture, shall extend to the execration of laws enacted by the Parliament of Canada, and of orders of the Governor in Council, relating to the subjects enumerated in the following section, as well as to the direction of all public bodies, officers and servants employed in the execution of such laws and orders.

5. The following subjects shall be under the control and direction of the Department of Agriculture, viz:

1. Agriculture;

2. Immigration and Emigration;

3. Public Health and Quarantine;

4. The Marino and Emigrant Hospital at Quebec;

5. Arts and manufactures; 6.