10 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



Sec. 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 shall be the 

 president and executive officer of the board, and one member shall be ap- 

 pointed to represent each of the five districts 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, 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, Sher- 

 man, Morrow, Gilliam, and Crook ; (5) the fifth district, which shall comprise 

 the counties of Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Harney, and 

 Grant. 



Section 2. Section 2 of an act entitled "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, en- 

 titled 'An act to amend an act entitled an act to create a State Board of 

 Horticulture and appropriate money therefor, approved February 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 distincts 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 practical 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, every district, and examine the orchards, nurseries, and work of the 

 district commissioners, and ascertain whether or not the law and regulations 

 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 regarding spraying are being faithfully 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, where he shall 

 receive complaints of fruit growers and distribute to them printed and oral 

 instructions regarding destruction of pests, and other 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 fruit growers, the meetings of such associations of fruit growers, 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 meeting's whenever an emergency may re- 



