{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-1-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:1-1","heading":"Department constituted a principal department in executive branch","body":"The Department of Agriculture, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the  \"department,\"  created and established by the act entitled  \"An act to establish a department of agriculture, and to prescribe its powers and duties,\"  passed March twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen (L.1916, c. 268, p. 561), together with its amendments and supplements, is continued and is hereby constituted a principal department in the executive branch of the State Government.  It shall have a common seal and shall exercise  the powers and perform the functions and duties conferred and devolved in this  Title.\nAmended by L.1948, c. 447, p. 1777, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 4 AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"e6bc134fef34073720431bce515c29477d34b044b10c20fba7fb62bc43565e3e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-31-84","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-1-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}