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by such officer or other competent person appointed as aforesaid, but nothing in 
this section shall apply to any plant imported into the province within a period of 
one year prior to the examination by the officer aforesaid. 
11. Any person neglecting to carry out the provisions of this act, or any person 
offering any hindrance to the carrying out of this act shall, upon summary convic- 
tion, be liable to a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $100, together with costs, 
and in default of payment thereof shall be subject to imprisonment in the common 
gaol for a period of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days. 
12. The lieutenant-governor, in council, may, by order, direct that other scale 
insects than the San Jose scale may be included in the provisions of this act, and 
thereafter during the continuance of such order in council the word ‘‘scale” in this 
act shall include all such other scale insects. Public notice of such order in council 
shall be given by publication in two successive isstes of The Ontario Gazette. 
BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
CHAPTER 94.—HORTICULTURE. 
An ACT respecting the provincial board of horticulture. 
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative assembly of the 
Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: 
1. This act may be cited as the Horticultural Board Act. 1894, ¢. 20,s. 1. 
Provincial board of horticulture. 
2. There is hereby created a provincial board of horticulture, to consist of two 
ex-officio members, viz, the minister of agriculture and the deputy minister of agri- 
culture (who shall act as secretary of the board) and three members, who shall be 
appointed by the lieutenant-governor in council, one from each of the horticultural 
districts which are hereby created, to wit: 
(1) The first district shall comprise Vancouver Island and the islands adjacent 
thereto. 
(2) The second district shall comprise the electoral districts of New Westminster 
City, Vancouver City, Westminster, Cassiar, and that portion of Comox lying on the 
mainland of British Columbia. 
(3) The third district shall comprise the remainder. of British Columbia not 
included in the two other districts. 1897, c.15,s. 2, 
3. The members shall reside in the districts for which they are appointed; they 
shall be selected with reference to their study of and practical experience in horti- 
culture and the industries dependent thereon; they shall hold office for a term of 
four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; but any retiring 
member of the board shall be eligible for reappointment. All vacancies in the board 
shall be filled by appointment of the lieutenant-governor in council and shall be for 
the unexpired term. 1897, c. 15,s. 3. 
4. The lieutenant-governor in council may appoint a treasurer of the board, who 
shall give a bond to the lieutenant-governor in council, with two or more suflicient 
sureties, in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties. 
The treasurer shall hold his appointment at the pleasure of the lieutenant-governor 
in council. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties each member of the 
board shall take and subscribe to an oath of allegiance and to faithfully discharge 
the duties of his office, which said oath shall be filed with the provincial secretary. 
1894, c. 20, 8. 4. 
5. The board shall receive, manage, use, and hold donations and bequests of money 
and property for promoting the objects of its formation; it shall meet in the months 
