BOARD OF HORTICULTURE, MONTANA. 41 



PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE HORTICULTURAL LAW- 



At the last meeting of the Montana Horticultural Society, held at 

 Plains, in February, a committee consisting of L D. O'Donnell, C. H. Camp- 

 bell, W. B. Harlan, A. L. Stone and C. H. Edwards, were appointed to draft 

 needed amendments to the Horticultural law. At a meeting held in Mis- 

 soula the committee recommended the following changes in the law. Be- 

 lieving it well to submit the same to the fruit growers of Montana, a meet- 

 ing was called for that purpose, which was attended by the prominent grow- 

 ers of western Montana and after careful deliberation the work of the com- 

 mittee was adopted. 



The proposed amendments are as follows; 



Amend Sec. 2 to read as follows: Sec. 2. The state shall be divided in- 

 to the following horticultural districts: The First district shall comprise 

 the counties of Dawson, Custer, Yellowstone, Sweet Grass, Carbon and Park; 

 the Second district shall comprise the counties of Gallatin, Madison, Jeffer- 

 son, Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Lewis and Clarke, Meagher and Broadwater; 

 the Third district shall comprise the counties of Flathead, Cascade, Fergus, 

 Valley, Choteau and Teton; the Fourth district shall comprise the counties 

 of Missoula, Granite and Deer Lodge; the Fifth district shall comprise the 

 county of Ravalli. 



Amend Sec. 7 to read as follows: Sec. 7. For the purpose of preventing 

 the spread of contagious diseases among fruit aud fruit trees, and for the 

 prevention, treatment, cure and exterpation of fruit pests and the 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 trans- 

 portable articles dangerous to orchards, fruit and fruit trees, said board may 

 prescribe regulations for the inspection, disinfection or destruction thereof, 

 which regulations shall be circulated In printed form by the board among 

 the fruit growers and the 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. 



Amend Sec. 8 by inserting as follows: The said board may appoint one 

 or more, as necessary, competent persons to be known as "Special Fruit In- 

 spectors" whose general powers and duties shall be the same as those pre- 

 scribed in Sec. 8 to govern "Inspectors of Fruit Pests" and whose especial 

 duty shall be the inspection of the fruit offered for sale in the markets of the 

 state. Such special fruit inspectors shall receive five dollars per day for 

 time actually employed, provided that such compensation shall not exceed 

 the amounts charged and collected as fees for such inspection. 



Amend Sec. 9 to read as follows: Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of every 

 person or persons, corporation or corporations, who shall sell or deliver to 

 any person or persons, corporation or corporations, any trees, plants, vines, 



