ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. a baw 
ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF THE MINNESOTA 
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Act of the Legislature relating thereto, approved April 25, I895. 
“SECTION 1. Nineteenth. For the expenses of the Horticultural 
Society for the fiscal year ending July thirty-first (31), eighteen hun- 
dred and ninety six (1896), and annually thereafter, in addition to the 
annual appropriation of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) already 
made, which is hereby confirmed and re-enacted,—five hundred dol- 
lars ($500.00.)” 
The above is a verbatim copy of that portion of the general 
appropriation bill relating to our annual appropriation. It re- 
ena*ts and confirms the present annual appropriation of $1,000 
and adds thereto annually $500, making the total annual ap- 
propriation, $1,500. 
The passage of this law and that in regard to our printing 
(to be found in the February number) were secured practically 
without opposition in the legislature. In the house on its final 
passage three members voted ‘‘no,” one of whom told me later 
he voted that way because he did not understand the matter. 
In the senate there was no opposition whatever. 
In all my intercourse with members of the legislature, I heard 
only the most kindly words for the work of this society; and 
if the encouragement that comes from a knowledge that our 
work is well appreciated is of any value to us, we may be sure 
we have it to the fullest extent. We shall continue to show 
our worthiness of this appreciation and with the increased 
facilities at our hands assume earnestly the increased responsi- 
bilities that come therewith. 
Many of our members assisted materially in securing this 
legislation, and to them the society is under special obligation; 
but the number is so nearly equal to the number of our mem- 
bership that only a general reference can be made to them. Itis 
this common willingness on the part of our members to work 
all together for the good of the society that makes the associa- 
tion such a power in the community and is bringing its work 
into such prominence. We are co-laborers in a good and pleas- 
ant service. 
A. W. LATHAM, Secretary. 
