Section 9
SEC. 9. There shall be an advisory board, consisting of the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture and six members representing the agricultural interests of the Islands, who shall he appointed by the Civil Governor. This hoard shall meet annually at the college at the call of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of investigating and reporting to the Secretary of the Interior upon the work of the college and experiment station, and of making such recommendations as it may deem advisable with reference to future work. Members of the board shall be allowed the actual and necessary cost of travel from their homes to La Carlota and return, together with subsistence and a per diem of five dollars, United States currency, per day, while proceeding to the place of meeting, attending the meeting, and returning therefrom.