Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:15-7. Police jurisdiction of owner; liquor; gambling For the purpose of preserving good order, peace and decorum upon and about farms or exhibition grounds and among the visitors and spectators to the same, the owner shall have police jurisdiction within the boundaries of any o…

4:15-8. Appointment and qualification of special officers The owner of a stud farm who shall hold a fair or exhibition as provided in this article, may appoint from time to time, one or more fit persons as special police officers, each of whom, before entering upon his duties, sh…

4:15-9. Powers and duties of special officers Persons appointed and sworn as provided in section 4:15-8 of this title shall possess the authority and powers on the stud farm and exhibition grounds, and on the lands and premises adjacent thereto, within the limits named in section…

4:16-1. Station continued The New Jersey agricultural experiment station, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "experiment station" , with suitable branches, established by the act entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station,"…

4:16-10. Investigation of oyster propagation The director of the experiment station may: a. Establish and maintain one or more stations for the scientific investigation of oyster propagation and other ostreicultural problems, which station or stations shall be situated at a point…

4:16-11. Investigation of biology of sewage disposal The experiment station shall conduct an investigation of the biology of sewage disposal, to the end that more effective methods of sewage purification may be discovered and applied to the purification of sewage in this state, a…

4:16-12. "Poultry" defined "Poultry" , as used in sections 4:16-13 to 4:16-16 of this title, includes all birds which are or may be domesticated for farm use or propagation.

4:16-13. Maintenance of department; employment of assistants The experiment station may maintain a department of poultry husbandry as a part of the work of the station, and employ assistants necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 4:16-12 to 4:16-16 of this title.

4:16-14. Acquisition of buildings, equipment and supplies The board of managers of the experiment station may erect for the use of such department, upon land set aside for that purpose by the trustees of the state agricultural college, such buildings as may be appropriate or nece…

4:16-15. Investigations in poultry breeding and care The department shall conduct such investigations and experiments in the breeding and care of poultry as are deemed necessary to the poultry interests of the state.

4:16-16. Publication of results of investigations The results of investigations under section 4:16-15 of this title shall be published in the bulletins and reports of the experiment station.

4:16-17. Egg-laying and breed-testing stations; employment of assistants The experiment station, through the department of poultry husbandry, may conduct three egg-laying and breed-testing stations as a part of the regular research work thereof, and employ assistants necessary to…

4:16-18. Investigations and instruction in poultry diseases The experiment station, in its department of poultry husbandry, may conduct research, investigational, instructional and demonstrational work in the subject of poultry diseases and parasites for the benefit of the poultr…

4:16-19. Supervision of work; poultry pathologist and laboratory assistant The work authorized by section 4:16-18 of this title, shall be done under the supervision of the poultry husbandman as head of the department of poultry husbandry. The experiment station may employ a train…

4:16-20. Meetings of poultry raisers For the purpose of encouraging poultry raising in this state, the experiment station, through the department of poultry husbandry, shall arrange for meetings of persons engaged in the business of poultry raising.

4:16-21. Instruction in poultry raising; poultry exhibitions At meetings held as provided in section 4:16-20 of this title, the department of poultry husbandry: a. Shall provide for instruction in poultry raising; b. Shall arrange for, organize, prepare and superintend exhibition…

4:16-21.1. Turkey breeding and feeding research farm For the purpose of promoting the development of the agricultural resources of the State and for encouraging the further development of the important poultry industry in the State, the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment St…

4:16-21.2. Co-operation of board of chosen freeholders The board of chosen freeholders are authorized and empowered to include in any project such amount as they shall determine for the erection of buildings on lands of this State and for the purpose of co-operating with the Stat…

4:16-21.3. Studies of communicable diseases of domestic fowls authorized The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey, through its Department of Poultry Husbandry, is authorized and directed to make studies of Newcastle Disease of poultry, and other c…

4:16-21.4. Poultry pathology laboratory; Monmouth and Ocean counties; establishment The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey is authorized and directed to establish, erect and maintain a poultry pathology laboratory in the vicinity of the boundary…

4:16-21.5. Vineland laboratory; expansion and improvement The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey is authorized and directed to expand and improve the facilities and equipment of the existing poultry pathology laboratory at Vineland by the expend…

4:16-21.6. Appropriation There is appropriated to the Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) to carry out the requirements of this act if and when included in any annual or supplemental appropria…

4:16-22. Definition; construction of article As used in this article, "director of the extension service" means the director of the extension service of the agricultural experiment station. This article is hereby declared to be in the public interest and is to be liberally and br…

4:16-23. County agricultural agents The board of managers of the experiment station may, whenever it seems necessary, appoint a county agricultural agent for each of the counties of this state, who shall: a. Be a man of practical experience; b. Reside, during his term of office, …

4:16-24. Continuous course of demonstrations in counties For the purpose of assisting the farmers of this state to care for and improve the conditions of the soil, to increase the productivity of the farms and the value of farm products, the director of the extension service shal…

4:16-25. Selection of farms for demonstration The director of the extension service shall select for purposes of demonstration, farms in the various counties of this state which are most convenient of access to the majority of the farmers of such counties, the owners of which con…

4:16-26. Performance of demonstration work The demonstration work contemplated by this article shall be performed by the owners of the farms selected, under the supervision of the director of the extension service and the county agricultural agents. The farms upon which such work…

4:16-27. County appropriations The boards of chosen freeholders of the various counties of this state may appropriate for the purpose of farm demonstration work in their several counties such sums of money as shall seem to them just and proper to be expended in the counties makin…

4:16-28. State appropriation There shall be appropriated annually out of the general revenues of this state for the expenses of carrying into effect the purposes of sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30 of this title, such sum as may be included in any appropriation act.

4:16-29. Use of state or county appropriations The funds appropriated for the purposes of sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30 of this title by the state and the counties shall be used only, except for the payment of salaries and expenses as provided in said sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30, i…

4:16-30. Co-operation with federal department In the performance of his duties under this article the director of the extension service may act in co-operation with the United States department of agriculture so long as that department continues to operate in this state, but shal…

4:16-31. Demonstration farms on state institutional lands A branch agricultural demonstration farm or an extension of the system of scientific farming may be established on any lands owned by the state in whole or in part for charitable or correctional purposes and the labor of c…

4:16-31.1. Victory garden program; organizing and guiding The State Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized and directed to organize and guide the educational phases of the victory garden program, and to distribute printed information and provide assistance through demonstr…

4:16-31.2. Canning, drying, freezing, brining of foods; encouraging and promoting The State Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized and directed to encourage and promote the preservation and conservation of food by means of home and community programs of canning, drying, fr…

4:16-31.3. Enlisting participation and cooperation of state and federal agencies and departments In carrying out the purposes of this act, the State Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized and directed to enlist the participation and co-operation of the State Department of …

4:16-6. Duties of board The board of managers shall: a. Locate the experiment station and branches; b. Appoint a director who shall have the general management and oversight of the experiments and investigations necessary to carry out the objects of the institution; c. Employ com…

4:16-7. Acceptance of conveyances The board of managers, with the approval of the state house commission, may accept conveyances of land in any portion of this state for the purpose of carrying on the work of the experiment station. Such conveyances, when made, shall be to the st…

4:16-8. Annual appropriations for station and its activities There shall be appropriated annually out of the general revenues of the state for salaries and wages and for the expenses of maintenance and operation of the experiment station and its authorized activities, such sums a…

4:16-9. Analysis of milk, butter or other farm products The chemist or chemists of the experiment station shall analyze all samples of milk, butter or other farm products, or the imitations thereof, that may be sent to the station by the department of health, and shall report to …

4:17-10. Injuring, destroying or removing trees, saplings or poles; penalty A person who shall cut, fell, work up, carry away, box, bore or destroy any tree, sapling or pole, standing or lying on any land within this State to which he has no right and title, without leave first o…

4:17-2 Trespass; enforcement; penalties; liability. 4:17-2. a. Except as provided otherwise pursuant to subsection b. of this section, any person who trespasses upon the agricultural or horticultural lands of another is liable to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00. b. In ad…

4:17-3 Arrest of offenders without warrant. 4:17-3. A person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article may be arrested without warrant by the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee, or an officer of the law and taken for trial before the appropriate court pursuant to …

4:17-4 Failure to produce permit as evidence. 4:17-4. In a prosecution for violation of the provisions of this article, the failure of the defendant to produce a written permit to enter upon the lands upon which the defendant is charged with trespassing, signed by the owner, occu…

4:17-5 Jail for non-payment of fine. 4:17-5. Upon the failure of a person convicted of violating the provisions of this article to pay a fine as imposed pursuant to this article, the court convicting the person may commit such person to the county jail until the fine is paid. ame…

4:17-9. Injury to or taking of wild flowers, plants or trees; penalty A person who, without the personal direction or written consent of the owner of the property, shall: a. Remove, cut, break, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, flower, vine or moss, or attempt so to do; b. Take …

4:18A-1. Funds held by United States as trustee in behalf of New Jersey Rural Rehabilitation Corporation; receipt from Federal officials The Secretary of Agriculture of the State of New Jersey (hereinafter called the "secretary" ) is hereby designated as the State official of New…