The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, APR. is, 1908

shall be responsible for the acts of his deputy.
Provided, That no charge or claim shall
be made against the state or any of its funds for
compensation to such deputy.
Sec 8. Said commissioner may be removed from
office at any time for cause, such as inefficiency
neglect of duty immoral conduct, but
moval from the office of commissioner of hort
culture shall be made for political reasons. Va
cancies occurring in the office of commissioner
during term shall be filled by the governor max
ing appointment for the unexpired term under
the rules and regulations prescribed in section
1 of this act for full term appointment
Sec 4. Fruit culturists in any county in the
state are hereby authorized and empowered to
organize into county horticultural society, and
the better to promote and protect the horticultural
interests of the county the society will nominate
a qualified person for county Inspector of fruits,
trees and plants, boxes, barrels and other pack
ages in which fruits or trees have been shipped.
The nomination shall be made to the board of
commissioners (of the county wherein said society
is organized), who are hereby authorized and
qulred to appoint such person as county fruit in
spector for term of two years, deliver to him
certificate of appointment, and mail duplicate
copy of said certificate to the commissioner of
horticulture: Provided, however, That county in
spectors shall be required to pass satisfactory
examination before the state horticultural com
missioner before they authorized to perform
the duties of the office. Said county inspectors
shall be entitled to per diem of $4OO per day
and actual expenses for each days actual service
to be paid by the county in which said inspector
is appointed Any county inspector shall be re-
moved by the commissioner of horticulture for in
competency neglect of duty other sufficient
cause, upon complaint filed with him. signed by
the proper officers of the horticultural society in
the county in which such inspector is sought to be
removed: Provided, That no such removal shall
be made without giving such inspector hearing
and ten days notice of the time and place thereof
In order to furnish to the Office of the commits
soner of horticulture information regarding the
condition of orchards throughout the state and
to determine the compensation of such county
inspectors, they shall make monthly reports to
the commissioners of horticulture under oath upon
blanks furnished by said commissioner, and said
commissioner of horticulture shall issue certif.
cate showing the number of said work performed
in each month, upon which the said county in
spectors shall receive payment from the county
in which inspection has been made: Provided
That such monthly report shall not be conclusive
evidence of the number of days work any county
inspector has performed in any month. Any coun-
ty inspector who shall in said report under oath
falsely state the number of days work he has
actually performed in any month, shall be deemed
guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hun
dred dollars.
Sec. 5. No person, firm or corporation shall en-.