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,' ap- 

 proved February 25. 1889," approved February 21, 1891, and to protect the 

 horticultural industry in Oregon. 



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



Section 1. There is hereby created a Board of Horticulture to consist of sis 

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

 tary of State, and State Treasurer. One member of the said Board of Horticul- 

 ture shall represent the State at large, and one member shall be appointed to rep- 

 resent each of the five districts as hereby created, to wit (provided that the com- 

 missioner-at-Iarge shall not receive any pay for his services) : (1) The First 

 District, whicli 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, whicli shall comprise the counties of Umatilla, Union. Wallowa, 

 Baker, Malheur, Harney, and Grant. 



Section 2. The members shall reside in the districts for wliich they are re- 

 spectively appointed. They shall be selected with reference to their knowledge of 

 and practical experience in horticulture and the industries connected therewith. 

 They shall hold office for the term of four years, 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 term 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 conferred 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 du- 

 ties. Before entering upon the discharge 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 State of Oregon, and to diligently, faithfully, and impartially dis- 

 charge 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. 



Section 4. The Board may receive, manage, use, and hold donations and be- 

 quests of money and property for promoting the objects of its formation. It 

 shall meet on the second Mondays of April and October of each year, and as much 

 oftener as it may deem expedient for consultation and for the adoption of those 

 measures which will best promote the horticultural industries of the State. It 

 may, but without expense to the State, select and appoint competent and qualified 

 persons to lecture in each of the districts named in section 1 of this act, for the 



