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pointed. They shall be selected with ref- 
erence to their knowledge of the practical 
experience in horticulture and the in- 
dustries 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 quali- 
fied, 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 prop- 
erly executed. He must personally in- 
spect most of the orchards during the 
fruit-growing season, see that the regula- 
tions of the board regarding spraying are 
being faithfully executed wherever in- 
secis, pests, or diseases injurious to trees 
or fruit are to be found. He must visit 
the principal fruit shipping points dur- 
ing the shipping season, inspect the fruit 
shipped and prevent the shipment of in- 
sect and pest-infected 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 hand- 
ling, packing and shipping fruits. It 
shall also be his duty to visit, when 
possible, if requested by an association 
of a number of fruit growers, the meet- 
ings of such associations of fruit growers 
and aid them in the organization of prop- 
er associations beneficial to the growing 
and marketing of fruits. The president 
shall preside at all the meetings of the 
board, and may call special meetings 
whenever an emergency may require it. 
He shall make an annual report to the 
appointing 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. (LL. 1889, p. 126, Sec. 2; L. 1895, 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
p. 34, Sec 2; L. 1899, p. 56, Sec. 2; B. 
& C., Sec. 4177.) 
Section 5472. Secretary of Board, His 
Salary—Treasurer—Oath of Members. 
Said board shall employ without their 
number a secretary, who shall exercise 
the powers and discharge the duties con- 
ferred upon him by this act, and whose 
compensation shall not exceed $100 per 
month, to be paid in the same manner as 
other state officers. Said board shall also 
elect from their own number a treas- 
urer. Before entering upon the dis- 
charge of his duties each member of the 
board shall make and subscribe an oath 
to support the Constitution of the United 
States and of the Slate of Oregon, and 
to diligently, faithfully and impartially 
discharge the duties of his office, which 
said oaths shall be filed with the secre- 
tary. The secretary shall make and sub- 
scribe a like oath, which shall be filed 
with the treasurer of the board. (lL. 
1899, p. 127, Sec. 3; L. 1895, p. 34, Sec. 
38; B. & C, Sec. 4178; L. 1905, c. 222, p. 
385, Sec. 6.) 
Section 54738. Hach Member May Ap- 
point Deputies—Their Authority. 
Each member of the State Board of 
Horticulture shall have authority to ap- 
point, whenever it shall seem to him ex- 
pedient, a special deputy or deputies who 
shall be empowered to discharge any and 
all the duties prescribed for the mem- 
bers of said board in Section 5487, but 
the work and authority of said deputies 
shall be confined to the districts of the 
commissioners by whom they are respec- 
tively appointed. (LL. 1908, p. 251, Sec. 
1.) 
Section 5474. 
Any deputy appointed under the au- 
thority conferred by this act shall receive 
as compensation for his services $2.00 
per day for each day actually spent in 
the performance of his duties as such 
deputy, and all claims for compensation 
of such deputies shall be audited and paid 
in the same manner as claims of mem- 
bers of the board of horticulture. (L. 
1908, p. 251, Sec. 2.) 
Compensation of Deputies. 
