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of the Board, and one member shall be appointed to represent each of the five dis- 

 tricts, as hereby created, to wit: (1) The First District, which 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, wliich shall com- 

 prise 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 coun- 

 ties of Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Harney, and Grant. 



Sec. 2. The members shall reside in the districts for which they are re- 

 act to create a State Board of Horticulture and appropriate money therefor, ap- 

 proved 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 appro- 

 priate money therefor, approved February 25, 1889,' approved February 21, 1891, 

 and to protect the horticultural industry in Oregon," be and th" same is hereby 

 amended so as to read as follows : 



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

 spectively appointed. They sliall 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 tlie of- 

 fice of commissioner. They shall liold office for the terra of four years, and until 

 their successors are appointed and have qualified, unless removed by the appoint- 

 ing 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 orcliards, nurseries, 

 and work of the district commissioners, and ascertain whether or not tlie law 

 ./ind regulations of the Board are being properly executed. He must personally 

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

 lations of the Boai'd regarding spraying are being faitlifully executed wherever 

 insects, pests or disease injurious to tree or fruit are to be found. He must visit 

 the principal fruit-shipping points during the shipping season, 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, wliere he shall receive complaints of fruit- 

 growers, and distribute to them printed and oral instructions regarding destruc- 

 tion of pests, and other information, including proper methods of handling, pack- 

 ing and shipping fruits. It shall also be his duty to visit, wlien possible, if requested 

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

 ciations of fruitgrowers, 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 tlie Board, and may call special meetings whenever 

 an emergency may require it. He shall make an annual report to the appointing 

 board of the general condition of the fruit interests of the State and success of 

 the commissioners in the work of exterminating pests and executing the law. 



Section 15. Inasmuch as the provisions of tliis act are of immediate impor- 

 tance to the horticultural interests of this State, this law shall take effect from 

 and after its approval by the Governor. 



Approved February 17, 1899. 



An act to protect the fruit and hop industry of Oregon. 



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



Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, or corpora- 

 tion, owning or operating any nursery, fruit orchard of any kind, hopyards, flower 

 gardens, or ornamental trees, to throw any cuttings or prunings from any fruit 

 trees, nursery stock, ornamental trees, or hop vines into any public road, high- 



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