HONORARY MEMBERS.

S. S. Richie, New Paris, O.

LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 1880.

STATE LAWS AFFECTING HORTICULTURE.

The Secretary, deeming it of great importance that there should be a wider dissemination of the laws affecting the interests of the horticulturist, herewith repubdishes such acts and parts of acts as are now in force bearing directly or indirectly upon this interest. It will be seen that some very important changes were made by the last General Assembly in our game laws, by the inforcement of which much good must result to the tillers of the soil.

SECRETARY.

AN ACT fixing the number of Trustees of Purdue University, etc. Approved March

9, 1875.

SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That, upon the taking effect of this act, it shall be the duty of the Governor of this State to appoint six Trustees for Purdue University, two of whom shall be nominated by the State Board of Agriculture, one by the State Board of Horticulture, and three selected by the Governor himself; each of said Trustees to be appointed from a different Congressional district from the others, except that two may be appointed from the same Congressional district in which said University is situate.

SEC. 2. The persons so appointed shall constitute the Board of Trustees of said University, and shall hold their offices as follows: Two members of the first Board shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are appointed; two for two years, and two for three years; and at the expiration of the term of office of any of the members of the first, or any subsequent Board, their successors shall be appointed in like manner and with like nomination as provided in this act, to hold their offices for the term of three years, and until their successors are appointed.

SEC. 3. If, from any cause, a vacancy occurs in said Board, the same shall be filled by appointments to fill the unexpired term; the person appointed to fill such vacancy being nominated and appointed, or appointed in the same manner as his predecessor had been at the commencement of such term.

SEC. 4. Said Trustees shall, at their first meeting after their appointment, and every two years thereafter, choose a President of said Board, and they shall at such meeting, and every two years thereafter, and whenever a vacancy occurs, elect, by ballot, a Secretary and Treasurer, neither of whom shall be a member of the Board, and whose compensation shall be fixed by said Trustees. The said Treasurer shall give bond to the State of Indiana, in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars,

for the faithful execution of his trust, with sufficient sureties to the approbation of said Trustees; and he shall receive, take charge of, and, under the direction of said Trustees, manage all of the stocks and funds belonging to said University.

SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws conflicting with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

AN ACT Providing for the Incorporation of State, District and County Horticultural Societies. Approved March 10, 1879.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That associations of persons for horticultural purposes, whether State, district or county associations, may become incorporated in the manner following: An association of persons known as a State horticultural society may become incorporated by depositing in the office of the Secretary of State a certified copy of the articles of association, with the name assumed, and a description and impress of the seal adopted by such association. An association of persons known as a district or county horticultural association may become incorporated by depositing in the office of the Recorder of the county where such association is organized a statement, under the seal of the State horticultural association, showing that such district or county association was organized for horticultural purposes, and is entitled to representation in such State horticultural association at its annual and official meetings, and that such district or county association has consented to elect at least one delegate to represent such association in the annual and official meetings of such State horticultural society, and at the same time deposited in said office the name by which said association shall be known, with a description of the seal adopted, which statement, so deposited with such Recorder, shall be by him recorded in the miscellaneous record, for which he may charge and collect the sum of fifty cents; and thereupon such State, district or county horticultural association, by the name they shall assume, shall become bodies corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, and may by such name sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, and may take, hold and convey real and personal property, and may make all such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of such association, and the management of their affairs and property, as to them may seem best, not inconsistent with the laws of the State. Such associations may each purchase, improve or sell, not exceeding at any one time one hundred acres of land, for the use and purposes of such association; may erect thereon such buildings as they may deem proper for the use of such association and the improvement of said land.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of any State horticultural association, organized under the provisions of the first section of this act, to hold, at the city of Indianapolis, or some other place in the State to be selected by such association at its preceding meeting, an annual meeting for the purpose of deliberating and consulting as to the wants, prospects and conditions of the horticultural interests of the people of the State, at which meeting the district and county horticultural associations may be represented by at least one or more delegates each, as such State association may provide for; and such district and county association shall forward by such representatives the report of the condition and prospect of such district or county association to the State horticultural society, and such State horticultural society, with such representatives as shall be present, may authorize their president and secretary to make such annual report, as they shall direct, to the Governor, to

be by him presented to the General Assembly, which report, amongst other things, shall state the amount of money received from the State and other sources, and the disposition of the same, to whom and for what purpose paid, together with a brief summary of the discussions of said society, giving the condition of horticulture and the recommendations of district and county associations, copied from their reports, and a summary of the condition and wants of horticulture throughout the State, with such recommendations as may seem for the interest of horticulture and its encouragement in the State.

SEC. 3. Such State horticutural association having complied with the foregoing provisions, shall be entitled to the occupancy and use of any unappropriated room in the capitol or other buildings used or occupied by the State, to be designated as the Department of Horticulture, and such society occupying the same may deposit therein a library, and such specimens of horticultural industry and representations of the same, with such collection of insect specimens or birds as are injurious or beneficial to horticulturai products in the State, with such floral speciments and representations as shall be collected by such association, all of which articles and such other as such association shall collect and deposit in such room as in this section mentioned, shall, under such regulatious as such society may adopt, be subject to the inspection and examination of the people of the State; and such society shall hold such until otherwise ordered, under such rules and regulations to be by them adopted, or the interest of horticulture may require, and may adopt such by-laws for their protection and good order as they may deem necessary, not inconsistent with the laws of the State,

SEC. 4. There being now no law providing for the incorporation and wants of horticulture, an emergency is declared to exist for the immediate taking effect of this law. The same shall, therefore, be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 21, 1879.

AN ACT for the Protection of Wild Game, etc. SECTION. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful to shoot, trap, or kill in any manner, deer, buck, doe or fawn within this State between the first day of January and the first day of October in each year, or to chase or worry the same with a dog or dogs at any time; and for each deer, buck, doe or fawn so shot, trapped or killed in any manner within the time above mentioned, or so chased or worried with a dog or dogs, as above mentioned, the person or persons so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of ten (10) dollars.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to net or trap quails at any time. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. Each act of netting or trapping shall be deemed and held to be a separate and distinct offense, and punishable as such.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful to shoot or destroy, or pursue for the purpose of shooting or destroying, any quails or pheasants from the first day of January to the first day of November in each year, or to shoot or kill any wild turkey between the first day of February and the first day of November of each year. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of two dollars for each quail or pheasant so killed, and the sum of one dollar for each quail or pheasant so pursued.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful to shoot or trap prairie hens or chickens between the first day of February and the first day of September in each year, and it shall