22 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



HOKTICTLTUKÄL LAWS OF OREGON 



1920 



(Sections numhered as in Oregon Laws) 



THE STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE 



§ 8844. Board of Horticulture Constituted. There is hereby created a Board 

 of Horticulture, to consist of five meml)ers, wlio shall be appointed by a board 

 consisting of tlie Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer. One member 

 shall be appointed to represent eaeli of the five districts as hereby created, to wit : 

 (1) The first district. which shall comprise the Counties of Multnomah, Clacka- 

 mas, Yamhill. Washington. Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook ; (2) the second 

 district, which shall comprise the Counties of Marion, Polk, Benton, Lincoln, 

 Linn and Laue; (3) the third district. which shall comprise the Counties of 

 Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Josephine, Coos, Curry and Lake; (4) the fourth 

 district, which shall comprise the Counties of Wasco, Sherman, Morrow, Gilliam, 

 Crook, Jefferson and Wheeler ; (5) the fifth district which shall comprise the 

 Counties of Umatilla. Union. Waliowa, Baker, Malheur. Harney and Grant. 

 [L. 1899, p. 126, See. 1 ; L. 1891, p. 174, See. 1 ; L. 1895, p. 33, See. 1 ; L. 1899, 

 p. 55, See. 1; L. 1915, Chap. 342, See. 1; L. O. L. § 5470.] 



§8845. Kesidence of Members; Terms of Office; Qualifications. The members 

 shall reside in the districts for which they are respectively appointed. They 

 shall be selected with referenee to their knowledge of and practical experience 

 in horticulture and the Industries connected therewith, and shall be engaged in 

 practical horticulture during their incumbency of the Office of commissioner. 

 They shall hold offiee for the term of four years, and until their successors are 

 appointed and have qualified unless removed by the appointing board for 

 failure to perform their duties. Before entering upon his duties each member 

 shall make and subscribe an oath to support the Constitution of the United 

 States and of the State of Oregon, and to diligently, faithfully and impartially 

 discharge the duties of his offiee. which oath shall be filed in the offiee of the 

 Secretary of State. [L. O. L., § 5471; L. 1915, Chap. 342. See. 2.] 



§8846. Secretary of Board; His Salary; Oath of Office. Said board shall 

 employ without their number a secretary, who shall exercise the powers and 

 discharge the duties conferred upon him by this act, and whose compensation 

 shall not exceed $100.00 per month, to be paid in the same manner as other 

 State officers. Before entering upon the duties of his offiee the secretary shall 

 make and subscribe an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and 

 of the State of Oregon, and to diligently, faithfully and impartially discharge 

 the duties of his offiee, which said oath shall be filed in the offiee of the 

 Secretary of State. [L. 1899, p. 127, See. 3; L. 1895, p. 34, See. 3 ; B. & C, 

 See. 4178 ; L. 1905, Chap. 222, p. 385, See. 6 ; L. O. L., § 5472 ; L. 1915, Chap. 342, 

 See. 3.] 



§ 8847 Each Member May Appoint Deputies — Their Authority. Each- member 

 of the State Board of Horticulture shall have authority to appoint. whenever it 

 shall seem to him expedient, a special deputy or deputies, who shall be empow- 

 ered to discharge any and all the duties prescribed for the members of said 

 boai'd in Section 8860, but the work and authority of said deputies shall he 

 confined to the districts of the commissioners by whom they are respectively 

 appointed. [L. 1903, p. 251, See. 1 ; L. O. L., § 5473.] 



§ 8848. Compensation of Deputies. Any deputy appointed under the authority 

 conferred by this act shall receive as compensation for his Services $2.00 per day 

 for each day actually spent in the Performance of his duties as such deputy, and 



