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the passage of this act. to appoint a citizen and resident of this State to hold 

 said oflBce of State c-ommissioner of horticnlture. who must at the date of his 

 appointment be a skilled horticnlturist and entomologist. The term of office 

 shall be for four rears and until a succ-essor is appointed and qualified. The 

 governor may remove such commissioner from office at any time upon filing 

 with the secretary of state a certificate of removal signed by the governor. In 

 case of a vacancy in said office by death, resignation, removal from office, or 

 other cause, the governor shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired teruL The 

 salary of said commissioner shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per month, 

 and he shall be allowed in addition a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars 

 yearly for traveling and incidental expenses necessary in the discharge of his 

 duties herein provided for. Such commissioner may appoint a secretary, who 

 shall be versed in horticulture and entomology, and who shall be an experienced 

 compiler of reports, bulletins, and such publications as may issue from said com- 

 mission from time to time, and who shall perform all such duties as may be 

 required of him by such commissioner. Such secretary of the horticultural 

 commissioner shall rec-eive a salary of twenty -one hundred dollars per annimi. 

 In appointing such commissioner and his successor or successors it shall be the 

 duty of the governor to disregard political affiliations and to be guided in his 

 selection entirely by the professional and moral qualifications of the person so 

 selected for the performance of the duties of said office. The office of said 

 commissioner shall be kept open every day except holidays and shall be in 

 charge of the secretary during the absenc-e of such c-ommissioner. The main 

 offic-e of such commissioner shall be at the city of Sacramento. The secretary 

 of state shall furnish and set aside in the capitol a room or rooms suitable for 

 offices for said commissioner, and if the secretary of state shall make and file 

 an affidavit with the said c-ommissioner stating that it is not jKDSsible for him, as 

 such secretary of state, to provide and set aside an office for said commissioner 

 in the capitol or in any State building under his c-ontrol. because there is no 

 such office room or rooms available, then, and after the making and delivery of 

 such affidavit to such c-ommissioner, the said commissioner may rent rooms 

 convenient and suitable for his offices under this act at a rental not to exceed 

 five hundred dollars i)er year. Said commissioner may also keep and maintain 

 an office in the city and county of San Francisc-o at a yearly rental not to exceed 

 the sum of five hundred dollars, and may appoint a deputy commissioner, who 

 shall be an expert entomologist and horticulturist, to have charge of said 

 office under said commissioner, and to perform any and all duties which said 

 commissioner may require of him under this act and shall fix the monthly 

 compensation of such deputy at $200 per month. Such deputy shall hold his 

 lX)sition during the pleasure of such commissioner and may be removed from 

 his office or position at any time by said commissioner filing with the secretary 

 of state a certificate signed by said commissioner so removing such deputy. 

 Said commissioner may also appoint, by and with the approval of the governor, 

 such temporary deputies from time to time as may be required for quarantine 

 purposes under this act, and such temporary deputies shall rec-eive such com- 

 [•ensation per diem as may be specified in the writing so approving such ap- 

 pointment. If there be not sufficient furniture and office appliances turned 

 over to such c-ommissioner by the State board of horticulture heretofore exist- 

 ing to furnish and equip properly the office or offices for such commissioner at 

 Sacramento and San Francisco aforesaid, the said commissioner may. by and 

 with the approval of the governor, purchase for the use of his said office or 

 offices such furniture and appliances as may be necessary therefor, and from 

 time to time, at an expense not to exceed a sum to be mentioned in such approval, 



