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diseases. In case nursery stock is brought into the state without 

 such a certificate the consignee shall return it to the consignor at 

 the expense of the latter; provided, however, that any box or 

 package bearing a certificate of fumigation, which shall be an 

 afiidavit made before a justice of the peace, that all stock sold by 

 the consignor has been fumigated in a manner approved by the 

 state nursery inspector of the state from which said nursery 

 stock is shipped, the same may be accepted as though bearing a 

 proper certificate of inspection. 



Sect. 2. Any transportation company that shall bring into 

 this state any nursery stock such as trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings 

 or buds, and any transportation company, owner or owners of 

 nursery stock, or persons selling nursery stock as thus defined, 

 who shall transport such stock or cause it to be transported 

 within the state, the same not having attached to each box or 

 package an unexpired official certificate of inspection or an affi- 

 davit of fumigation, which shall meet the requirements specified 

 in section one of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 on conviction thereof be subject to a fine not exceeding one 

 hundred dollars for each offence. 



Sect. 3. Should any person in the state suspect the presence 

 of San Jose scale or other injurious insects or diseases preying 

 upon trees, shrubs or vines in his possession or within his knowl- 

 edge he shall forthwith notify the commissioner of agriculture to 

 that effect ; and it shall be the duty of said commissioner of agri- 

 culture to cause the said trees, shrubs or vines to be inspected by 

 a competent entomologist, who shall forthwith make a report of 

 the results of his inspection and file the same with the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture at Augusta. If dangerous insects or 

 injurious diseases are found by the entomologist the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture shall publish the report of the same, and 

 see that the best known treatment is applied to such trees, shrubs 

 or vines for the destruction of the insects or diseases with which 

 the same may be infested. And for the above purposes the com- 

 missioner of agriculture or his employes shall have authority to 

 enter private or public grounds and treat any trees, shrubs or 

 vines that may be infested with dangerous insects or injurious 

 diseases. 



Sect. 4. In case of violations of this act it shall be the duty 

 of the commissioner of agriculture to enforce the penalties set 

 down in section 2 of this act. 



Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 



