Section 145. Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration
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Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration
A Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, for a term coincident with that of each Governor making the appointment; provided, however, that the General Assembly shall have power, by statute enacted after January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two to provide for the election or appointment of a Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce in such manner and for such terms as may be prescribed by statute. The powers and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall be prescribed by law.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration
A commissioner of agriculture and immigration shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the general assembly, for a term coincident with that of each governor making the appointment; provided, however, that the first appointment under this section, as hereby amended, shall not be made until the expiration of the term of office of the commissioner of agriculture and immigration, which began February first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six; and provided, further, that the general assembly shall have power, by statute enacted after January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, to provide for the election or appointment of a commissioner of agriculture and immigration in such manner and for such terms as may be prescribed by statute. No commissioner of agriculture and immigration shall be elected at the general election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine. The powers and duties of the commissioner of agriculture and immigration shall be prescribed by law.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration
A Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, for a term coincident with that of each Governor making the appointment; provided, however, that the first appointment under this section, as hereby amended, shall not be made until the expiration of the term of office of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, which began February first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six; and provided, further, that the General Assembly shall have power, by statute enacted after January first, nineteen hundred thirty-two, to provide for the election or appointment of a Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration in such manner and for such terms as may be prescribed by statute. No Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be elected at the general election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine. The powers and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be prescribed by law.
There shall be a Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, whose term of office shall be four years, and who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State, and whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by the Board of Agriculture and Immigration until otherwise provided by law.