This act was amended March 14, 1889, Stats. 1889, p. 147.

See the former act on this subject approved March 5, 1885; Stats. 1885, p. 198.

An act to appropriate the money now in the treasury of the state of California, known as the adult blind fund, unavailable.

[Approved March 14, 1889; 1889, 152.]

An act appropriating the sum of ten thousand dollars to erect a brick building, to be used as a dormitory for the "adult blind" inmates at the home for the adult blind.

[Approved March 21, 1887; 1887, 234.]

TITLE 115.

HOME OF THE INEBRIATE.

The Political Code, sec. 19, expressly continued in force the following act in relation to the home of the inebriate in San Francisco.

An act relating to the home of the inebriates of San Francisco, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the board of managers and the officers thereof.

[Approved April 1, 1870; 1869-70, 585.]

This act and acts of May 2, 1862 and April 17, 1876, relating to the same subject were repealed by the act of March 26, 1895, Stats. 1895, p. 76; see also March 27, 1895, Stats. 1895, p. 201.

TITLE 116.

HOMESTEADS.

Acts relating to. see Civil Code, Appendix, title, Homesteads, p. 771 et seq.

An act for the protection of the Antwerp messenger, or homing pigeon.

[Stat. approved February 26, 1897; Stats. 1897, chap. xxxix.]

The people of the state of California, represented in Senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owner thereof, to shoot, maim, or kill any Antwerp messenger, or homing pigeon, either in flight or at rest.

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owner thereof, to shoot, maim, or detain any Antwerp messenger, or homing pigeon.

Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, for every such offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten (10) or more than twenty-five (25) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding fifty (50) days.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

TITLE 118.

HOPS.

An act fixing the rate of tare on balel hops. [Approved March 31, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 452.] Section 1. There shall be allowed on baled hops a tare at the rate of two per centum of the weight of the bale for the cloth and other material used in baling; that is, the tare shall be at the rate of two pounds per hundred on the weight of the bale.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

TITLE 119.

HORTICULTURE,

See Agriculture; Forestry; Viticulture.

An act to create and establish a state board of horticulture, and appropriate money for the expenses thereof.

[Approved March 13, 1883; 1883, 289.]

Board of horticulture-Districts.

Section 1. There shall be a state board of horticulture, consisting of nine members, who shall be appointed by the governor; two from the state at large, and one from each of the seven horticultural districts, which are hereby constituted `as follows:

1. The Sonoma district, which shall include the counties of Sonoma, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity, and Siskiyou. 2. The Napa district, which shall include the counties of Napa, Solano, and Contra Costa.

3. The San Francisco district, which shall inIclude the city and county of San Francisco, and the counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey.

4. The Los Angeles district, which shall include the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, and San Diego.

5. The Sacramento district, which shall include the counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Colusa, Butte, Tehama, and Shasta.

6. The San Joaquin district, which shall include the counties of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, and Kern.

7. The El Dorado district, which shall include the counties of El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Sierra, Plumas, Lassen, Modoc, Alpine, Mono and Inyo.

Members.

Sec. 2. The members appointed from each district shall be residents of the district from which they are appointed, and shall be specially qualified Gen. Laws-32.

Horticulture.

by practical experience and study in connection with the industries dependent upon horticulture, They shall each hold office for the term of four years, except that of the nine first appointed, four, to be determined by lot, shall retire at the end of two years, when their successors pointed by the governor. shall be ap

Officers.

Sec. 3. The board shall biennially elect a president, a vice-president, a chairman of the finance committee, and appoint from without their own number a secretary, who shall be ex-officio horticultural officer; and elect of their own number a treasurer, who shall give a bond to the state, with sureties approved by the board, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties. [Amendment approved March 7, 1889; Stats. 1889, p. 89. In effect immediately.] Powers and duties.

Sec. 4. The board and hold donations and bequests for promoting may receive, manage, use, the objects of its formation. It shall meet semiannually, and as much oftener, and at such places, as it may deem expedient, to consult and adopt such measures as may best promote the horticultural industries of the state. It may, but without expense to the state, select and appoint competent and qualified persons to lecture in each of the horticultural districts named in section one of this act, for the purpose of illustrating practical horticultural topics, and imparting instruction in the methods of culture, pruning, fertilizing, and also in the best methods of treating the diseases of fruit and fruit-trees, cleansing orchards, and exterminating insect pests. The office of the board shall be kept open to the public, subject to the rules of the board, every day, excepting legal holidays, and shall be in charge of the secretary during the absence of the board.

Disinfection of packages.

Sec. 5. For the purpose of preventing the spread of contagious disease among fruit and fruit-trees, and cure, and extirpation of fruit pests and the for the prevention, treatment, eases of fruit and fruit-trees, and for the disinfec

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tion of grafts, scions, orchard debris, empty fruit boxes, and packages, and other suspected material or transportable articles, dangerous to orchards, fruit, and fruit-trees, said board shall make regulations for the inspection and disinfection thereof, which said regulations shall be circulated in printed form by the board among the fruit growers and fruit dealers of the state shall be published at least twenty days in two daily newspapers of general circulation in the state not of the same city or county, and shall be posted in three conspicuous places in each county in the state, one of which shall be at the county courthouse. thereof. Such regulations when so posted shall be held to impart notice of their contents to all persons within the state, and shall be binding upon all persons.

Appointment of clerk of the publishing and quarantine bureau.

Sec. 6. Said board shall appoint from without their number a competent person, especially qualified for the duties of his office, who shall be known as clerk of the publishing and quarantine bureau of the state board of horticulture (to hold office at the pleasure of the board), who shall be qualified, by experience and education as a compiler, to correct reports and essays, to present in a logical order all the information to be published, and shall give his whole time in such work, and such other duties as may be required of him by the board and by reason of his official position, and shall have power to enforce all rules and regulations regarding the spread of insect pests, quarantining districts or nurseries found to be infected. He shall be paid for his services as clerk of the publishing and quarantine bureau of the state board of horticulture one hundred and seventy-five dollars per month, to be paid as other state officers. [Amendment approved March 7, 1889; Stats. 1889, p. 89. In effect immediately.]

Appointment of quarantine guardians.

Sec. 7. The said board, and in case of necessity during the recess of the board, the said clerk of the publishing and quarantine bureau, may appoint such quarantine guardians as may be needed