HORTICULTURAL LAW. 



AS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, FEBRUARY, 1895. 



An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a State Board of 

 Horticulture and appropriate money therefor," approved February 

 25, 1889, and an act amendatory thereof entitled "An act to amend 

 an act entitled 'An act to create a State Board of Horticulture and 

 appropriate money therefor,' approved February 25, 1889," ap- 

 proved February 21, 1891, and to protect the horticultural industry 

 in Oregon. 



Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon: 



Section 1. There is hereby created a Board of Horticulture to con- 

 sist of six members, who shall be appointed by a board, consisting of the 

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

 the said Board of Horticulture shall represent the State at large, and 

 one member shall be appointed to represent each of the five districts as 

 hereby created, to-wit (provided that the commissioner-at-large shall not 

 receive any pay for his services) : (1) The First District, which shall 

 comprise the counties of Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Washington, 

 Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook; (2) the Second District, which shall 

 comprise the counties of Marion, Polk, Benton, Lincoln, Linn, and Lane; 

 (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, and Crook; (5) the Fifth District, which shall comprise the 

 counties of Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Harney, and 

 Grant. 



Section 2. The members shall reside in the districts for which they 

 are respectively appointed. They shall be selected with reference to 

 their knowledge of and practical experience in horticulture and the in- 

 dustries connected therewith. They shall hold office for the term ot 

 four yeai'S, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified; 

 but the members of said Board now in office shall hold office till the 

 expiration of the tei-m for which they were appointed. 



Section 3. Said Board shall employ from without their number a 

 secretary, who shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties con- 

 ferred upon him by this act, and whose compensation shall not exceed 

 $75 per month, to be paid in the same manner as other State officers. 

 Said Board shall also elect from their own number a treasurer, who 

 shall give a bond to the Governor of the State of Oregon in the sum 

 of $10,000, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. Be- 

 fore entering upon the discharge of his duties, each member of the 



