16 ANNUAL EEPOBT. 



THE LAW RELATING TO THE PRINTING AND DIS- 

 TRIBUTION OF THE HORTICULTURAL 

 REPORTS. 



CHAPTER 8, GENERAL LAWS OF 1883. 



AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO (72) OF THE GENERAL 

 LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE (1881) 

 RELATING TO THE STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota. 



Section 1. Sections one (1) and two (2) of chapter seventy-two 

 of the General Laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one 

 (1881) relating to the State Horticultural Society shall be amended so 

 as to read as follows : 



Sec. 1. There shall be annually printed and bound thirty -five hun- 

 dred (3500) copies of the annual report of the State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, provided the number of printed pages of the same shall not exceed 

 five hundred (500); which report shall be transmitted to the governor 

 and shall be distributed by the State Horticultural Society, as follows : 



One (1) copy to each of the State ofiicers, members of the legisla- 

 ture, judges and clerks of the supreme and district courts, county 

 auditors and members of the board of regents and faculty of the State 

 University; fifty (50) copies to the State Historical Society; one hun- 

 dred (100) copies to the State Board of Immigration; one hundred 

 (100) copies to the State Agricultural Society in exchange for a like 

 number of its annual reports; and a sufficient number of copies to 

 each county horticultural society to supply one copy to each of its 

 members; provided, such county society shall be in active existence, 

 and shall have filed with the Secretary of the State Horticultural 

 Society a list of its officers and committees, and an abstract of its pro- 

 ceedings for the year preceding; and the remaining copies shall be 

 distributed by the State Horticultural Society, in such manner as it 

 shall deem best, after retaining a sufficient number for its library and 

 to supply future members and exchanges. 



Sec. 2. This act shall take efi'ect and be in force from and after its 

 passage. 



Approved February 28, 1883. 



