General legal files, 1920-1956.

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General legal files, 1920-1956.

Records of the Departmental legal counsel relating to statutes and rules administered by the Department, including correspondence with other officials and the general public; transcripts of hearings; copies of pleadings, briefs, decisions, and other documents in court cases; and copies of laws and regulations of other states and the federal government.

14.4 c.f. (36 archives boxes)

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Wisconsin. Department of Agriculture

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Formed in 1915, the Department of Agriculture merged in 1929, with the Department of Markets, the Dairy and Food Commission (WIHV89-A42), State Treasury Agent, State Humane Agent, Live Stock Sanitary Board (WIHV85-A1633), and the State Fair Advisory Board (WIHV85-A1886) to form the Dept. of Agriculture and Markets (WIHV85-A1934). In 1939, it was renamed the Department of Agriculture. Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, renamed the agency the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Prot...

Wisconsin. Department of Agriculture and Markets

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The Department of Agriculture and Markets was created by Chapter 479, Laws of 1929, through the consolidation of four previously independent departments: the Department of Agriculture (WIHV85-A353), the Department of Markets, the Dairy and Food Commission, and the Treasury Agent. In addition, the department succeeded to the powers of the quasi-independent State Humane Agent, the Live Stock Sanitary Board (WIHV85-A1934), and the State Fair Advisory Board (WIHV85-A1886). At the beginn...