100 LAWS AGAINST INJUKIOUS INSECTS. 



sioners to keep a record of their official doings and to make a report to the 

 board of county commissioners on or before the first day of October of each 

 year of the condition of the fruit interests in their several districts, what is 

 being done to eradicate insect pests, also as to the disinfecting and as to quar- 

 antine against insects, pests, and diseases, and as to carrying out all laws 

 relative to the greatest good of the fruit interest. Said board of county com- 

 missioners shall incorporate so much of said report as may be of general inter- 

 est in their annual report, which they shall make to the governor of said Terri- 

 tory on or before the first day of December of each year. 



Sec. 5. Each member of the county board of horticultural commissioners, and 

 each local inspector, shall be paid for each day actually engaged in the per- 

 formance of his duties under this act, payable out of the county treasury of this 

 county, such compensation as shall be determined by resolution of the board of 

 county commissioners of the county before entering into the discharge of his or 

 their duties. 



Sec. 6. Said county board of horticultural commissioners shall have power 

 to remove any local inspector who shall fail to perform the duties of his office. 

 If any member of the county board of horticultural commissioners shall fail 

 to perform the duties of his office, as required by this act, he may be removed 

 from office by the board of county commissioners and the vacancy thus formed 

 may be filled by appointment by said board of county commissioners. In addi- 

 tion to the annual report required by section 5 of this act, the county board of 

 horticultural commissioners shall make a monthly report of their doings to the 

 board of county commissioners, and the board of county commissioners may 

 withhold warrant for their salary or compensation of said members and in- 

 spectors thereof until such time as said report is made. 



Sec. 7. The county board of horticultural commissioners may receive, manage, 

 use, and hold donations and bequests for promoting the objects of its formation. 

 It shall meet semiannuall3% and as much oftener and at such places as it may 

 deem expedient, to consult and adopt such measures as may best promote, the 

 horticultural industry of the county. It may, but without expense to the county, 

 select and appoint competent and qualified persons to lecture in the county for 

 the purpose of illustrating practical horticultural topics and imparting instruc- 

 tion in the methods of culture, pruning, fertilizing, and also in the best methods 

 of treating diseases of fruits and fruit trees, cleansing orchards, and exter- 

 minating insect pests. The county board of horticultural commissioners shall 

 at their first meeting select from among themselves a chairman, a secretary, and 

 a treasurer, who shall furnish bond to the county commissioners in the sum of 

 five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the faithful discharge of his duties. 



Sec. 8. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board, shall counter- 

 sign all checks for moneys paid out, and shall sign all contracts to which the 

 county board of horticultural commissioners is a party : Provided, The same 

 shall have been approved by the board. He shall have power to call a meeting 

 of the board at any time he deems it necessary, whenever requested by a ma- 

 jority of the board, or when requested in writing by six of the resident fruit 

 growers. 



Sec. 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board and preserve rec- 

 ords of its proceedings and all its correspondence, collect and preserve such 

 books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents as may be of interest to the 

 horticulturalist, and to correspond with agricultural and horticultural societies 

 and colleges and what other persons and bodies as he may be directed by the 

 board. He shall also prepare such reports as are required by the board and 

 perform such other duties as will pertain to the office. 



