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to it such information as lie may acquire from observation, experience, and other- 

 wise, as to the best modes of diminishing and eradicating fruit pests and diseases 

 from orchards; and also suggestions in practical horticulture, the adaptation of 

 products to soil, climate, and markets, and such other facts and information as shall 

 be calculated to improve the horticultural interests of the State. 



Sec. 7. The said board, and, in case of necessity, during the recess of the board, 

 the said inspector, may appoint such quarantine guardians as may be needed to carry 

 out the provisions of this act, whose duties it shall be to see that the regulations of 

 the board and the instructions of the inspector are enforced and carried out; they 

 shall also report to said inspector or to the State board, all infractions or violations 

 of such directions, regulations, and of the law in regard to quarantine, disinfection 

 and destruction of pests, and directions against the spreading pests and diseases. 

 The salary of quarantine guardians shall not exceed two dollars per day, and shall 

 be paid by the owners of orchards and other places and localities under quarantine 

 regulations; and they may maintain an action therefor before any justice of the 

 peace in any township in which any quarantined locality is wholly or in part sit- 

 uated. But in no case shall they have any claim upon the State for such services. 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings of the board 

 and to preserve records of its proceedings and correspondence; to collect books, 

 pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relat- 

 ing to horticulture, and to preserve the same ; to collect statistics and other informa- 

 tion showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in this State and 

 elsewhere, to correspond with agriculture and horticulture societies, colleges, and 

 schools of agriculture and horticulture, and other persons and bodies, as he maybe 

 directed by the board, and prepare, as required by the board, reports for publica- 

 tion, and he shall also act as assistant to and obey the directions of the inspector of 

 fruit pests in the exercise of the duties of his office, and shall be paid for his serv- 

 ices as such secretary and assistant a salary of not to exceed seventy-five dollars per 

 month. 



Sec. 9. The inspector of fruit pests shall receive as compensation for his services 

 not to exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, and his actual 

 traveling expenses shall be allowed, not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars 

 per annum; the other members of the said board shall receive no compensation 

 whatever. 



Sec. 10. The board shall biennially, in the month of January, report to the legis- 

 lature a statement of its doings, with a copy of the treasurer's accounts for the two 

 years preceding the session thereof, and abstracts of the reports of the inspector of 

 fruit pests and secretary. Said report shall not exceed one hundred printed pages. 



In 1885 sections 8, 9, and 10 were amended as follows : ^ 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings of the board, 

 and to preserve records of its proceedings and correspondence ; to collect books, 

 pamphlets, and periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information 

 relating to horticulture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other 

 information showing the actual condition of progress of horticulture in this State 

 and elsewhere; to correspond with agricultural and horticultural societies, colleges, 

 and schools of agriculture and horticulture, and other persons and bodies, as he may 

 be directed by the board, and prepare, as required by the board, reports for publica- 

 tion. He shall also act as assistant to and obey the directions of the inspector of 

 fruit pests in the exercise of the duties of his office, and shall be paid for his serv- 

 ices as such secretary and assistant a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per 

 month, to be paid as other State officers. 



Sec. 9. The inspector of fruit pests shall receive as compensation for his services 

 the sum of two hundred dollars per month, to be paid as other State officers, and his 



' Statutes of California, 1885, extra session, Sacramento, superintendent State printing, 1885, pp. 4, 5. 



