120 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



and practical experience in horticulture and the industries connected therewith, 

 and shall be engaged in practical horticulture during their incumbency of the 

 office of commissioner. They shall hold office for the term of four years, and 

 until their successors are appointed and have qualified, unless removed by the 

 appointing board for failure to perform their duties. It shall be the duty of the 

 president to visit at least once a year every district, and examine the orchards, 

 nurseries, and work of the district commissioners, and ascertain whether or not 

 the law and regulations of the board are being properly executed. He must 

 personally inspect most of the orchards during the fruit-growing season, see 

 that the regulations of the board regarding spraying are being faithfully exe- 

 cuted wherever insects, pests, or disease injurious to tree or fruit are to be 

 found. He must visit the principal fruit-shipping points during the shipping 

 season, inspect the fruit shipped, and prevent the shipment of insect and pest 

 infested fruit. He shall give notice through the public press one week in 

 advance of his visit to each county, giving the time and place of his visit, 

 where he shall receive complaints of fruit growers, and distribute to them 

 printed and oral instructions regarding destruction of pests, and other informa- 

 tion, including proper methods of handling, packing, and shipping fruits. It 

 shall also be his duty to visit, when possible, if requested by an association or a 

 number of fruit growers, the meetings of such associations of fruit growers, 

 and aid them in the organization of proper associations beneficial to the growing 

 and marketing of fruits. The president shall preside at all meetings of the 

 board, and may call special meetings whenever an emergency may require it. 

 He shall make an annual report to the apiwinting board of the general condi- 

 tion of the fruit interests of the State and success of the commissioners in the 

 work of exterminating pests and executing the law. 



Sec 15. Inasmuch as the provisions of this act are of immediate importance 

 to the horticultural interests of this State, this law shall take effect from and 

 after its approval by the governor. 



Approved February 17, 1899. 



An Act to protect the fruit and hop industry of Oregon. 



Be it enacted hy the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon: 



Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, 

 owning or operating any nursery, fruit orchard of any kind, hopyards, flower 

 gardens, or ornamental trees to throw anj^ cuttings or prunings from any fruit 

 trees, nursery stock, ornamental trees, or hop vines into any public road, high- 

 way, lane, field, or other inclosure, or into any water course of any kind ; but 

 shall destroy such cuttings or prunings with fire within thirty days from the 

 time such cuttings or prunings are made. 



Sec 2. It shall hereafter be the duty of any person, firm, or corporation 

 owning or operating any such nursery, fruit orchard, hopyard, flower garden, or 

 ornamental trees, and knowing such to be infected with any kind of insects, 

 pests, or disease, to immediately spray or destroy the same in such manner as 

 the fruit commissioner for his district may direct. 



Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation doing business 

 in the State of Oregon to sell Paris green, arsenic, London purple, sulphur, or 

 any spray material or compound for spraying purposes in quantities exceeding 

 one pound without providing with each package sold a certificate, duly signed 

 by the seller thereof, guaranteeing the quality and per cent of puritj^ of said 

 materials. 



Sec 4. Any person, firm, or corporation selling any of the above materials 

 which do not conform with the certificate furnished therewith shall be deemed 



