148 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS 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 years 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 office shall begin within 30 days after appointment. 
Sec. 3. Said board shall have an office 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 may 
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 
for the purpose of illustrating practical 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 office by experience and education to compile and correct 
reports ana 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 official 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. 
