Associations, to the said 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 next 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 horculticure throughout the State, with such recommendations as may seem for the interest of horticulture, and its encouragement in the State.

SEC. 3. Such State Horticultural Association having complied with the foregoing provisions, shall be entitled to the occupancy and use of any unappropriated room in the Capital, or other building 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 collections of insect specimens or birds as are injurious or beneficial to horticultural products in this State, with such floral specimens and representations as shall be collected by such Association, all of which articles, and such others as such Association shall collect and deposit in such room, as in this section mentioned, shall, under such regulations 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.

AN ACT fixing the number of Trustees of Purdue University and prescribing the manner of their appointment.

[APPROVED MARCH 9TH, 1875.]

SECTION 1. 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 the Purdue University, two of whom shall be nominated by the State Board of Agriculture, one by the State Board of Horticulture, and three to be 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 situated. 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 time 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 appointment to fill the unexpired term, the person appointed to fill such vacancy being nominated and 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, 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 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 protection of wild game, and defining the time in which the same may be taken or killed, and also providing for the protection of certain birds therein named, and their eggs, and prescribing the penalty for the violation of the same, and repealing all laws inconsistent herewith.

[APPROVED MARCH 5TH, 1877.]

SECTION 1. 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; and for each deer, buck, doe, or fawn, so shot, trapped or killed in any manner, the person or person so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of ten dollars.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to net or trap quails at any time; and it shall be unlawful to shoot, trap, or destroy quails or pheasants from the first day of January to the first day of November of each year. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined the sum of two dollars for each quail or pheasant shot, trapped or netted.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful to shoot or trap prairie hens or chickens between the first day of February and the first day of October in each year, and it shall be unlawful to net prairie chickens at any time; and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined the sum of two dollars for each prairie hen or chicken so shot, trapped or netted; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize any person to enter upon the farm or premises of another without permission of the owner thereof. That any person or persons who shall be guilty of hunting with a dog or dogs, or hunting or shooting with any kind of fire-arms, in inclosed lands, without having first obtained the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; Provided, That no prosecution shall be instituted under the provisions of this act, except upon the consent of the owner or occupant of the land entered.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill or injure, or to pursue with intent so to do, any turtle dove, meadow lark, robin, mocking bird, blue bird, wren,

sparrow, red bird, pewee, martin, thrush, swallow, oriole, yellow-hammer, cat bird, or to wantonly destroy or disturb the eggs or young of the birds protected by this act; and any person violatiug the provisions of this act or section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of not less than one nor more than ten dollars.

SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any person to net, trap, kill or injure, or to pursue with intent so to do, any woodcock between the first days of January and July of each year, or to net or trap at any time, or kill any duck between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of September in each year; and any person violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of two dollars for each wild duck or woodcock so unlawfully trapped, netted, or shot.

SEC. 6. That it shall be unlawful for any agent or officer of any express company or railroad company, or any other person or persons, to receive or transport any game, whether deer, quails, pheasants, woodcock, wild duck, or prairie chickens, which shall have been killed, taken, or captured in violation of any of the provisions of this act; and any agent, officer, or other person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of ten dollars for each deer, buck, doe, or fawn so received or transported, and the sum of two dollars for each quail, pheasant, or prairie chicken so received or transported.

SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

HONORARY MEMBERS FOR 1878.

John C. Weinberger, Saint Helena, Cal. Wm. Parry, Cinnaminson, N. J.
P. Barry, Rochester, New York.
Robt. Manning, Salem, Mass.

Prof. R. T. Brown, Indianapolis, Ind.
Nicholas Ohmer, Dayton, Ohio.
I. D. G. Nelson, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Prof. J. Hussey, Lafayette, Ind.

LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 1878.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION,

HELD AT

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, NEAR LAFAYETTE,

DECEMBER 18, 19 AND 20, 1877.

FIRST DAY.

MORNING SESSION.

On Tuesday morning, December eighteenth, a number of the officers of the Indiana Horticultural Society, together with delegates who had arrived on the previous evening, met at the State Agricultural College. Cordial greetings were exchanged, and the members reported themselves ready for business. Before the hour of meeting had arrived, the members availed themselves of an invitation to attend morning services in the Chapel. The services were conducted by E. E. White, President of the University, in a very impressive manner. At the close of the service, the members were invited to visit the cabinet and the several recitation rooms, during the interim preceding the opening session.

OPENING SESSION.

At 11 o'clock the members again assembled in the Chapel. The President, Sylvester Johnson, of Irvington, called the meeting to order, and addressed the members of the Society in brief and appropriate remarks.

The addresses of welcome and response were postponed until the afternoon session.