Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



HORTICULTURAL LAW. 



AS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, FEBRUARY, 1895. 



\n Act to amend an act entitled ".\n act to create a State Board of Horticulture and 

 appropriate money therefor," approved I-'chruary 2-), IKS'J, and anact amendatory 

 thereof entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled '.\n act to create a State Board 

 of Horticulture and appropriate money therefor,' ajtproved February 2.5, 1889," ap- 

 proved February 21, 1891, and to protect the horticultural industry in Oregon. 



Be -it enacted by the Legislative Assemhly of the State of Oregon: 



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

 of six members, who shall be appointed by a board, consisting of the Gov- 

 ernor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer. One member of the said 

 Board of Horticulture shall represent the state at large, and one member 

 shall be appointed to represent each of the five districts as hereby created, 

 to wit (provided that the commissioner-at-large shall not receive any pay 

 for his services): (1) The first district, which shall comprise the counties of 

 Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Washington. Columbia, Clatsop, and Til- 

 lamook; (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, which 

 shall comprise the counties of Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, 

 Harney, and Grant. 



Section 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. 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 fi^om without their number a secre- 

 tary, 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 Gov- 

 ernor of the State of Oregon in the sum of $10,000, conditioned upon the 

 faithful discharge of his duties. Before entering upon the discharge of his 

 duties, each member of the board shall make and subscribe an oath to sup- 

 port the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Oregon, and 



