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Commissioner on Domestic Animals

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page :
Not available

Statutory Authority :
General Statutes Sec. 2085.

Agency History :

1871, the State Board of Agriculture is given authority to appoint three Commissioners on Diseases of Domestic Animals, effective July 27, 1871.

1897, July 15, name changed to Commissioner on Domestic Animals, per Public Acts 1897, Chpt. CXCIX.

1947, PA 401 abolishes the Commissioner on Domestic Animals, functions are merged into the Dept. of Farms and Markets

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :

Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

            Connecticut. Commissioner on Domestic Animals.

Annual Reports are located in:

1871-1944, [CSL Call Number Conn Doc D71]

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service

State Veterinary Surgeon  
Noah Cressy 1872
Veterinary Pathologist to the State  
Noah Cressy 1873-1875
E.H. Hyde 1876-1894
T.S. Gold 1876-1894
H.L. Stewart 1876-1882
J.W. Alsop 1884-1893
Eli S. Hough 1894-1895
Clifton Peck 1895-1896
George L. Foskett 1895-1896
Dudley Wells 1896
Commissioner  
Wm. B. Sprague 1897-1899
Heman O. Averill 1900-1913
Jeffery O. Phelps, Jr. 1914-1916
J.H. Whittlesey 1917-1929
C.L. Johnson 1930-1932
Edwin R. Dimock 1933-1938
Ray L. Harding 1939-1940
Robert E. Foote 1945-1946

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, 7/2008.