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of the district horticultural inspectors to at¬ 
tend such institute, unless prevented by sick¬ 
ness or excused by the State Commissioner 
of Horticulture. Failure to attend on the part 
of any inspector, unless prevented by sickness, 
or excused as aforesaid, shall work a forfeiture 
of his office, and he shall be discharged forth¬ 
with. The actual traveling expenses and ho¬ 
tel bills of inspectors attending such institute 
shall be allowed and paid upon vouchers en¬ 
dorsed by the State Commissioner of Horti¬ 
culture* 
Section 45. Every candidate for appoint¬ 
ment to any position in the service of the 
Department of the Commissioner of Horti¬ 
culture, unless he be a graduate of an agri¬ 
cultural college or similar institution, in a 
department of agriculture and horticulture, 
shall be required to pass an examination satis¬ 
factory to the Commissioner of Horticulture. 
Section 46. The district horticultural in¬ 
spectors of the several districts in this State 
shall arrange for district institutes, horticul¬ 
tural meetings, lectures upon horticultural 
subjects, and practical demonstrations shall 
be presided over by said district horticultural 
inspectors. 
Section 47. All fruit trees, one year old or 
over, shall be sprayed annually during the 
dormant season, in a careful and thorough 
manner 'by the owner thereof, or the lessee in 
charge of the property, with a lime and sul¬ 
phur solution of the formula as prescribed by 
the State Commissioner of Horticulture: Pro¬ 
vided, they are infected. 
Section 48. Any fruit grown in the State 
of Florida and offered for sale and shipment, 
In closed packages, shall be marked on the 
outside of the box or package with the name 
of the variety, or if the variety is unknown, 
shall' be marked “Variety Unknown,” and 
show the location where grown and the 
name of the grower or owner, and all boxes 
or packages shall be marked with the number 
of each package, or the tiers packed, and the 
name of no other place or locality shall ap¬ 
pear on • any box or package of such fruit, 
except the address of the place for which it 
is shipped, in case of shipment. 
Section 49. The ^Secretary of the State 
Horticultural Association shall, within thirty 
days after the regular annual session of the 
association, deliver the minutes and proceed¬ 
ings of said session to the State Commissioner 
of Horticulture, who shall edit and cause the 
same to be published in connection with such 
official information as may be available for 
their purpose in the office of the Commissioner 
of Horticulture. An appropriation shall be 
made by the Legislature to cover the costs 
of such publication, and the public distribution 
of the same. 
Section 50. The State Commissioner of 
Horticulture shall have power to temporarily 
transfer district horticultural inspectors from 
one district to another, as he may deem nec¬ 
essary to properly transact the business re¬ 
quired of such inspector. 
Section 51. All records, reports, data and 
information kept and compiled by the State 
Commissioner of Horticulture, shall be kept 
in his office, and shall be a public record open 
to inspection of any person interested during 
the regular office hours of each business day. 
Section 52. All oaths and bonds provided 
for herein shall be filed with the *State Com¬ 
missioner of Horticulture, except the oath 
and bond of the said Commissioner and his 
Deputy, which shall be filed with the Secre¬ 
tary of State. 
Section 53* The State Commissioner of 
Horticulture may be removed from office by 
the Governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, 
immoral conduct, failure to keep bond good, 
or any other cause rendering him unfit for 
said office; but no commissioner shall be re¬ 
moved for political reasons, and shall not be 
removed without notice and a copy of the 
charges made against him, and an opportunity 
to be heard thereon, except in case of failure 
to keep his bond' good, for which cause no 
hearing shall be necessary. 
Section 54. All nurserymen and dealers 
in fruit trees or horticultural plants, and all 
salesmen, solicitors and agents for such, shall 
give to any person ordering any fruit trees, 
or horticultural plants, from or through them, 
a duplicate copy of such order, which shall 
show: 
