10 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



all meetings of the board, and to preserve records of the pro- 

 ceedings, correspondence and actions of the board, to collect 

 books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents, contain- 

 ing valuable information relating to horticulture, and to pre- 

 serve the same ; to collect statistics and general information 

 showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in 

 this state and elsewhere ; to correspond with agricultural and 

 horticultural societies, colleges and schools of agriculture and 

 horticulture, and such other persons and bodies as may be 

 directed by the board, and prepare, as required by the board, 

 reports for publication. 



Section 12. The board shall, biennially, in the month of 

 January, report to the legislative assembly a statement of its 

 doings, with a copy of the treasurer's report for the two years 

 preceding the session thereof. The members shall receive as 

 compensation their actual expenses while engaged upon the 

 work of the board or the enforcement of the provisions of 

 this act, and shall be allowed $3 a day for the time actually 

 employed. 



Section 13. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belong- 

 ing to the board and pay out the same only for bills approved 

 by it, and shall render annually to the board a statement in 

 detail of all receipts and disbursements. 



Section 14. There is hereby appropriated for the uses of 

 the State Board of Horticulture, as set forth in this act, the 

 sum of $4,500 for the year beginning January 1, 1895, and 

 the sum of $4,500 for the year beginning January 1, 189G, 

 out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appro- 

 priated, and the Secretary of State shall draw his warrant in 

 favor of the treasurer of the board for said sum upon tlie 

 State Treasurer. 



Section 15. That the fruit and horticultural interests of 

 this state being in urgent need of tlie protection afforded by 

 this act, an emergency exists, and this act shall take effect 

 from and after its approval by the Governor. 



Passed by the house February 11, 1895. 



CHARLES B. MOORES, 



Speaker of the House. 



Passed by the senate February 15, 1895. 



JOSEPH SIMON, 



President of the Senate. 



Approved February 23, 1895. 



WILLIAM P. LORD, 



Governor. 



