130 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



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



Section 1. Section 1 of an act entitled "An act to amend an act en- 

 titled 'An act to create a State Board of Horticulture . and appropriate 

 money therefor, ' approved Febiniary 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 Pebruary 

 25, 1889,' approved February 21, 1891, and to protect the horticultural 

 industry in Oregon," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read 

 as follows: 



Section 1. There is hereby created a Boai'd of Horticulture, to consist of 

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

 Secretary of State, and State Treasurer. One member of said Board of 

 Horticulture shall represent the State at large, and shall be the president 

 and executive officer of the Board, and one member shall be ajipointed to 

 represent each 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 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, Har- 

 ney, and Grant. 



Section 2. Section 2 of an act entitled "An act to amend an act en- 

 titled '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,' approved Pebruary 21, 1891, and to protect the horticultural 

 industry in Oregon," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read 

 as follows: 



Section 2. The m'embers 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 industries 

 connected therewith, and shall be engaged in practical horticulture during 

 their incumbency of the office of commissioner. They shall hold office 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. It shall be the duty of the president to visit at least once 

 a year every district, and examine the orchards, nurseries, and work of 

 the district commissioners, and ascertain whether or not the law and regu- 

 lations of the Board are being properly executed. He must personally 

 inspect most of the orchards during the fruit-growing season, see that the 

 regulations of the Board regarding spraying are being faithfully executed 

 wherever insects, pests or diseases injurious to tree or fruit are to be found. 

 He must visit the principal fruit-shipping points during the shipping sea- 

 son, inspect the fruit shipped, and prevent the shipment of insect and 

 pest-infested fruit. He shall give notice through the public press one 

 week in advance of his visit to each county, giving the time and place of 

 his visit, where he shall receive complaints of fruit-growers, and distribute 

 to them printed and oral instructions regarding destruction of pests, and 

 other information, including proper methods of handling, packing and ship- 

 ping fruits. It shall also be his duty to visit, when possible, if requested 

 by an association or a number of fruit-growers, the meetings of such asso- 

 ciations of fruit-growers, and aid them in the organization of proper asso- 

 ciations beneficial to the growing and marketing of fruits. The president 

 shall preside at all the meetings of the Board, and may call special meet- 



