BOARD OP HORTICULTURE, MONTANA. 



Section 3. The members shall reside in the district for which they are 

 appointed. They shall be selected with reference to their study of, and 

 practical experience in horticulture, and the industries dependent thereon. 

 They shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their successors 

 are appointed and qualified; provided, however, that two of the board first 

 appointed— to be determined by lot— shall retire at the expiration of two 

 years. All vacancies in the board shall be filled by appointment of the 

 Governor, and shall be for the unexpired term. 



Section 4. The board is authorized to employ a secretary, and pre- 

 scribe his duties, who shall hold his appointment at the pleasure of the 

 board. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, each member 

 and employe of the board shall take and subscribe to the oath of office, 

 which said oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State. 



Section 5. The board may call together and hold, in conjunction with 

 horticultural societies, public meetings of those interested in horticulture 

 and kii\!dred pursuits, and may publish and distribute such proceedings 

 and discussions as in its judgment may seem proper, provided the sum so 

 expended shall not exceed the sum of $300 per annum. 



The board shall meet on the third Monday of February and September 

 of each year, and as much oftener as it may ideem expedient. 



Section 6. The office of the board shall be located at such place as the 

 majority thereof may determine, and shall be in charge of the secretary 

 during the absence of the board. 



Section 7. For the purpose of preventing the spread of contagious 

 diseases among fruit and fruit trees, and for the prevention, treatment, 

 cure and extirpation of fruit pests and diseases of fruits and fruit trees, 

 and for the disinfection of grafts, scions or orchard debris, empty fruit 

 boxes or packages, and other suspected material or transportable articles 

 dangerous to orchards, fruits and fruit trees, said board may prescribe reg- 

 ulations for the inspection and disinfection thereof, which regulations shall 

 be circulated in printed form, by the board, among the fruit growers and 

 fruit dealers of the state, and shall be published at least ten days in two 

 horticultural papers of general circulation in the state, and shall be posted 

 in three conspicuous places in each county in the state, one of which shall 

 be at the county court house thereof. 



Section 8. The said board shall elect from their own number or appoint 

 from without their number, to hold office at the pleasure of the board, one 

 competent person in each district, to be known and act as "Inspector of 

 Fruit Pests." Said inspectors shall be selected with reference to their 

 study and practical experience in horticulture. It shall be the duty of 

 said inspectors to visit the nurseries, orchards, stores, packing houses, ware- 

 houses and other places where horticultural products and fruits are kept or 

 handled within their respective districts, and to see that the regulations 

 of the State Board of Horticulture to prevent the spread of fruit pests and 



