4:1-16. Powers and duties respecting employees and as secretary of board


4:1-16.  Powers and duties respecting employees and as secretary of board
    The secretary shall appoint the necessary clerks and stenographers and other  employees of the department, whose appointment or employment has not been  vested in the board, and assign to them their proper duties and compel the  efficient performance thereof.  He shall act as the secretary of the board, and  his signature to any executive or administrative order shall be a sufficient  authority for the execution thereof.
 
4:1-17.  Creation and functions
    For the economic and efficient execution and performance of its powers and duties the board may create a Division of Animal Health, a Division of Markets,  a Division of Plant Industry and such other divisions and bureaus as it may  from time to time deem necessary and proper, and may assign to each division  and bureau its proper functions and secure the performance thereof. Each  division and bureau shall consist of such officers and employees as the board  may designate.

     Amended by L.1945, c. 204, p. 701, s. 1;  L.1950, c. 293, p. 991, s. 4; L.1967, c. 175, s. 2, eff. July 25, 1967.
 
4:1-18.  Authority and duties of directors of divisions
    The director of each division shall be its executive and administrative head, subject to the supervision and control of the secretary of agriculture, and the signature of each director to any executive or administrative order within the scope of his duties shall be a sufficient authority therefor;  but the board may, by rule or regulation, prescribe the limits within which any division director may act without the sanction and approval of the secretary or  the board itself.

     Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 992, s. 5.