any damage to any trees, vinos or shrubs, nursery stock, scions or grafts 

 by reason of the same being held to await the certificate of the inspector, 

 as provided in Section 9 of this Act. 



Section 15. The inspectors of fruit pests appointed or elected by said 

 Board, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $5.0U 

 (five dollars) per day for the time actually employed; provided, however, 

 that no inspector shall receive more than three hundred dollars in any one 

 year, when acting as such inspectors of fruit pests. The members of said 

 Board shall receive no compensation for their services, except actual ex- 

 penses paid out. The secretary of said Board shall receive the sum o 

 $1,000 per annum for his services. 



Section 16. All bills for expenditures, under this Act, shall be audited 

 and passed upon by said Board of Horticulture, and if found legal and 

 just, shall be allowed, subject to the approval of the State Board of Ex- 

 aminers, and a warrant shall be drawn therefor upon the auditor of the 

 State of Montana, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer 

 'therefor. 



Section 17. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend all meetings 

 of the Board and to procure records of the proceedings and correspond- 

 ence, to collect books, pamphlets, periodicals and other documents con- 

 taining valuable information relating to horticulture, and to preserve the 

 same; to collect statistics and other information showing the actual con- 

 dition and progress of horticulture in this State and elsewhere; to corres- 

 pond with agricultural and horticultural societies, colleges and schools ot : 

 agriculture and horticulture, and other persons and bodies as may be di- 

 rected by the Board, and prepare, as required by the Board, reports for 

 publication; he shall also act as assistant to, and obey the directions of the 

 inspectors of fruit pests, under the directions of the Board. 



Section 18. The Board shall biennially, in the month of January, re- 

 port to the Legislature a statement of its doings and abstracts of the re- 

 ports of the inspectors of fruit pests, and of the Secretary. 



Section 19. There is hereby appropriated for the use of the State 

 Board of Horticulture, as set forth in this Act, out of the moneys in the 

 state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand dol- 

 lars ($3,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary for the year com- 

 mencing March 1, 1899, three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600), or as 

 much thereof as may be necessary, for the year commencing March l, 

 1900. 



Section 20. All sums of moneys collected as fines for violations of any 

 of the provisions of this Act shall be turned into the state treasury for use 

 in defraying the expenses of the Board hereby created, and the appropria- 

 tions hereby made shall be paid out of the fund to the extent of the money 

 therein contained. 



