400 State Horticidtural Society. 



shall appoint a successor for a term of four years, or until their 

 successors are appointed and qualified. 



Sec. 6. At the first meeting of the board they shall organ- 

 ize by electing from their own number the following officers: 

 President, first and second vice-presidents, and treasurer. The 

 treasurer shall give a surety bond to the Governor of the State 

 of Missouri in the sum of $5,000.00, conditional upon the faithful 

 discharge of his duties, which bond shall be paid for by the board. 

 He shall receive all moneys belonging to the board, and pay out 

 the same only for bills approved by it, on warrants signed by the 

 president and secretary, and shall render annually to the board a 

 statement in detail of all receipts and disbursements, for which he 

 shall receive a salary of $50.00 per year. 



Sec. 7. Said board shall employ, from without their number, 

 a secretary, who shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties 

 prescribed for him by said board, whose compensation shall not ex- 

 ceed $100.00 per month. The necessary expenses incurred by him 

 in attending meetings of the board, or while traveling under the 

 direction of the board, shall be allowed. 



Sec. 8. The board may receive, manage, use and hold dona- 

 tions and bequests of money and property for promoting the ob- 

 jects of its formation. It shall meet semi-annually on tlie first 

 Tuesday of June and December of each year, or as much oftener 

 as the board may deem necessary, and at such places as it may 

 deem expedient, to consult, discuss and adopt such measures as 

 will best promote the horticultural industries of the State. The 

 oflfice of the board shall be located in such place as the board may 

 determine. 



Sec. 9. The board shall annually report to the Governor a 

 statement of its doings, including a copy of the treasurer's re- 

 port for the year. The public printer shall annually, under the 

 direction of the board, print 6,000 copies of the report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the board, and of the auxiliary societies, 3,000 to be 

 bound in cloth and 3,000 in paper ; said report to contain not more 

 than 400 pages, which shall be paid for out of the appropriation 

 for printing State reports. 



Sec. 10. Sections 4705 and 4706 of article 1, chapter 67, 

 Revised Statutes of 1899, shall be and are hereby repealed in so 

 far as they conflict with this act. 



Sec. 11. There being no law for carrying out the objects of 

 this measure, an emergency within the meaning of the Constitu- 

 tion is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall be in force from 

 and after its passage. 



