132 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



An act to provide for the appointment of county fruit inspectors, and to 

 amend sections 4178 and 4185 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, 

 as compiled and annotated by Charles B. Bellinger and William W. 

 Cotton. 



Be it enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: 



Section 1. That upon a petition of not less than twenty-five residents 

 and fruit growers of any county in this State, the county court of said 

 county shall appoint a county inspector, whose duty it shall be to inspect 

 the apple and other fruit orchards of said county, and to enforce the laws 

 now in force and that may be hereafter in force in this State, applicable 

 to the fruit industry and to the growing, handling, and selling of fruit, 

 fruit trees, and other nursery stock; provided, that the inspector so to be 

 appointed shall be recommended and certified to be competent for such 

 position by the State District Commissioner of the State Board of Horti- 

 culture for the said county, and said county inspector shall hold his office 

 during- the pleasure of said county court. 



Section 2. It shall be the duty of the State District Commissioner to 

 instruct and educate the county inspectors as to the laws and quarantine 

 regulations of this State, and the rules and regulations of the State Board 

 of Horticulture. The county inspector shall perform his duties under the 

 general supervision of the State District Commissioner for said county, to 

 whom he shall make reports in the manner prescribed by the State Board 

 of Horticulture. 



Section 3. Such county inspector shall be paid for iiis services, by the 

 said county, a sum not exceeding three dollars per day and pay his own 

 personal expenses, for each and every day actually employed in the per- 

 formance of his duties as herein provided, and the said county inspector 

 shall report monthly to the said State District Commissioner the time for 

 which he is entitled to pay during the month next preceding, and the said 

 State District Commissioner shall certify the same to the county court 

 before such compensation shall be paid to said county inspector. 



Section 4. If any county for any reason fails to appoint a county 

 inspector as herein provided, then the inspector of any adjacent county 

 may perform such services, and his compensation and the necessary ex- 

 penses incurred in the performance of his duty shall be charged against 

 the county where the service is performed, as if he had been appointed 

 by the county court of said county. 



Section 5. ' The State District Commissioner of Horticulture shall hear 

 and promptly decide all appeals from the county inspector in his district, 

 and his decision shall have full force and effect until set aside by the 

 courts of the State. All appeals from county inspectors to the district 

 commissioners shall be under the form and regulations as prescribed by 

 the State Board of Horticulture. 



Section 6. That section 4178 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, as 

 compiled and annotated by C. B. Bellinger and William W. Cotton, be and 

 the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 



Sec. 4178. 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 per month, to 

 be paid in the same manner as other State officers. Said Board shall also 

 elect from their own number a treasurer. Before entering upon the dis- 

 charge of his duties, each member of the Board shall make and subscribe 

 an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of the Stat-e 

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

 duties of his office, which said oaths shall be filed with the secretary. 

 The secretary shall make and subscribe a like oath, which shall be filed 

 with the treasurer of the Board. 



