42 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska : That 

 said acts and sections referred to in the title of this act be amended so 

 as to read as follows : 



" There is hereby established a horticultural society for the state of 

 Nebraska, consisting of the following named persons : R. W. Furnas, 

 J. H. Masters, S. Barnard, W. J. Hesser, Hiram Craig, E. M. Gren- 

 nell, E. Beaver, J. W. Masters, Christ Hartman, D. H. Wheeler, W. 

 R. Harris, E. C. Erfling, W. R. Bowen, J. P. Dunlap, R. H. Davey, 

 H. L. Smith, and B. D. Slaughter. 



Section 2. The annual meeting of said State Horticultural So- 

 ciety shall meet at the capital of the state on the first Tuesday after 

 the second Monday in January of each year for the purpose of delib- 

 erating and consulting as to the wants, conditions, and prospects of 

 the horticultural interests of the state. 



The secretary of said horticultural society shall make an annual 

 report to the governor embracing the proceedings of the society, with 

 a bill of items showing for what purposes any money was expended 

 by said society are appropriated for its use was paid out for the past 

 year. 



Also the general conditions of the horticultural interests throughout 

 the state, together with essays, statement of facts and recommenda- 

 tions as the society may deem useful, together with a list of fruit trees 

 profitable to set in said state, which report, not exceeding 300 pages of 

 printed matter, shall be printed annually by the state printer, and not 

 to exceed 5,000 copies thereof, to be bound in cloth covers and be de- 

 livered to the secretary of state, accounts thereof to be audited as 

 other accounts for state printing are audited, and paid out of any 

 money appropriated for legislative printing. 



That the report of the board of the State Horticultural Society, or 

 so much thereof as will not exceed 300 pages of printed matter, to be 

 designated by the president and secretary, shall be printed annually 

 by the state printer, and 5,000 copies thereof, bound in cloth covers 

 and delivered to the secretary of state, the account thereof to be au- 

 dited as other accounts for state printing are audited and paid out of 

 the money appropriated for legislative printing. 



That the membership of said society shall consist of life mem- 

 bers and the annual membership to consist of the officers of the 

 county horticultural societies organized in the state of Nebraska. The 

 officers of said county horticultural societies shall be annual members 

 of the State Horticultural Society by virtue of their office. 



Sec. 2. That any person may become a life member of said society 

 upon the payment to the treasurer thereof the sum of $10. 



That on the first Tuesday in July after the passage of this act, the 

 persons named herein and such other's as may have become life mem- 

 bers or annual members by compliance with the terms of this act, 



