12 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE, 



arj 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 appropi'iate money therefor, approved Feb- 

 ruary 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 : 



Sec. 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 industries connected therewith, and shall 

 be engaged in iDractical 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, ever}^ district, and ex- 

 amine the orchards, nurseries, and work of the district com- 

 missioners, and ascertain whether or not the law and regula- 

 tions 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 regard- 

 ing spraying are being faithfully executed wlierever insects, 

 pests or disease injurious to tree or fruit are to be found. He 

 must visit the principal fruit-shipping points during the ship- 

 ping season, inspect the fruit shipped, and prevent the ship- 

 ment of insect and pest-infested fruit. He shall give notice 

 through the public press one w^eek in advance of his visit to 

 each county, giving the time and place of his visit, where he 

 shall receive complaints of fruit-growlers and distribute to 

 them printed and oral instructions regarding destruction of 

 pests, and ^ther information, including proper methods of 

 handling, packing and shipping fruits. It shall also be his 

 duty to visit, when possible, if requested by an association or 

 a number of fruitgrowers, the meetings of such associations 

 of fruitgrowers, and aid them in the organization of proper 

 associations beneficial to the growing and marketing of fruits. 

 The president shall preside at all the meetings of the board, 

 and may call special meetings whenever an emergency may 

 require it. He shall make an annual report to the appoint- 

 ing board of the general condition of the fruit interests of the 

 state and success of the commissioners in the work of exter- 

 minating pests and executing the law. 



•Section 15. Inasmuch as the provisions of this act are of 



