148 LAWS AGAINST INJUEIOUS INSECTS. 



Fourth. The counties of Millard. Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Iron, Garfield, Kane, 

 and Washington shall be known as district No. 4. • 



Sec. 2. Upon approval of this act the governor shall appoint four members, 

 no more than three of whom shall belong to one political party, and their term 

 of office shall be four 3-ears and until their successors are appointed and quali- 

 fied. The members appointed from each district shall be residents of the dis- 

 trict from which they are appointed and shall be specially qualified by prac- 

 tical experience and study in connection with the industries dependent upon 

 horticulture. Their term of oflice shall begin within 30 days after appointment. 



Sec. 3, Said board shall have an oSice at the State capital, which shall be 

 maintained at the expense of the State, and within 30 days after their appoint- 

 ment they shall meet and organize by electing a president and secretary from 

 their number. The State treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the board. 



Sec 4. The board shall meet semiannually, and as much oftener and at such 

 places as it may deem expedient, to consult and adopt such measures as maj- 

 best promote the horticultural industries of the State. It may hold institutes 

 and horticultural meetings, and may appoint competent and qualified persons 

 to lecture in each of the horticultural districts named in section 1 of this act 

 tor the purpose of illustrating ijractical horticultural topics and imparting 

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

 methods of treating the diseases of fruit and fruit trees, etc., cleansing orchards, 

 and exterminating insect and other pests. They shall also confer with and 

 Instruct the county fruit-tree inspectors provided for herein in relation to their 

 duties, as occasion may require, and shall have general supervision over the 

 enforcement of the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 5. The secretary, besides being a practical horticulturist, shall be espe- 

 cially qualified for his ofiice by experience and education to compile and correct 

 reports and essays, to present in a logical order all the information to be pub- 

 lished by the board. It shall be his duty to attend all meetings of the board 

 and to prepare and preserve all reports of its proceedings and correspondence, 

 to collect books, pamphlets, and periodicals and other documents containing 

 information relating to horticulture and to preserve the same, to collect statis- 

 tics and other information showing the actual condition and progress of horti- 

 culture in this State and elsewhere, and prepare, as required by the board, 

 reports for publication, and shall distribute by mail or otherwise the bulletins, 

 reports, and other publications of the board to the fruit growers of the State 

 and others who may request them, and to perform all such other duties as may 

 be prescribed by the board. 



Sec. 6. The compensation of each appointed member of the State board of 

 horticulture shall be $400 per annum, excepting the member designated to act 

 as secretary, provided for herein, who shall receive as compensation the sum 

 of $1,200 per annum, who shall devote all his time and attention to the board 

 and shall not be engaged in any other business. In addition to such compen- 

 sation each member of the board shall receive the amount of his actual and 

 necessary traveling expenses when on official business. The salaries and other 

 expenses as provided herein shall be paid as provided in case of other State 

 officers : Provided, That before entering upon the discharge of his oflBcial duties 

 each member shall make and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. 



Sec. 7. The office of the board shall be in charge of the secretary and shall 

 be open for the transaction of business each day during the year, excepting 

 Sundays and legal holidays and excepting such time as the secretary of the 

 board may be in the active discharge of his duties outside of said office: Pro- 

 vided, That the necessary office expenses shall be paid from the funds herein- 

 after appropriated as other expenses are paid. 



