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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
sale in half boxes as herein described; 
Provided, that nothing in this act shall 
prevent any person shipping oranges in 
barrels or other crates over standard size. 
Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in 
conflict with the provisions of this act be, 
and the same are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect Janu¬ 
ary I, 1906. 
Approved June 5, 1905. 
The White Fly Act. 
The following act was passed by the 
last legislature relative to groves, orchards 
and fruit trees in Orange county: 
Chapter 5551—(No. 180). 
An Act for the Protection of the Groves, 
Orchards and Fruit Trees of Orange 
County from Injurious Insects, and 
Providing for a Horticultural Commis¬ 
sion for Said County for that Purpose. 
Be’ it Enacted by the Legislature of the 
State of Florida: 
Section i. That if there shall be pre¬ 
sented to the Board of County Commis¬ 
sioners of Orange county a petition signed 
by at least twenty-five freeholders of citrus 
grove property situate in said county, and 
setting forth that citrus groves, orchards, 
nursery stock, or fruit trees in said county 
are infested with white fly, and praying 
for the appointment of a horticultural 
commission, the Board of County Com¬ 
missioners, if it has reason to believe the 
allegations of the petition to be true, shall 
appoint a horticultural commission for 
said county within thirty days after the 
presenting of the petition. 
The horticultural commission shall con¬ 
sist of three commissioners who shall be 
citizens of the State, resident in Orange 
county, and men well skilled and expe¬ 
rienced in the care and management of 
orange and other citrus fruit groves. 
They shall hold office for the term of two 
years from the date of their appointment 
unless the Board of County Commission¬ 
ers shall determine that no reason exists 
for the further continuance of the com¬ 
mission. The Board of County Commis¬ 
sioners may fill any vacancy of the com¬ 
mission by appointment for the unexpired 
term, and may remove any commissioner 
if good cause is shown. 
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Sec. 2. Each horticultural commis¬ 
sioner shall before entering on the duties 
of his office give a bond to the county in 
the sum of one thousand dollars condi¬ 
tional for the faithful performance of his 
duty as such commissioner, with sureties 
to be provided by the Board of County 
Commissioners and shall also file with the 
clerk of the Board of County Commis¬ 
sioners an oath that he will faithfully dis¬ 
charge his duties as horticultural commis¬ 
sioner of Orange county. 
Sec. 3. The horticultural commission 
shall, after qualification, meet and organize 
with the election of one of its members as 
