LAWS OF MICHIGAN RELATING TO 

 HORTICULTURE. 



YELLOWS AND BLACK KNOT. 



AN ACT to prevent the spread of the contagious diseases known as yel- 

 lows, black knot, peach rosette, and pear blight among peach, plum, 

 cherry, prune, almond, apricot, nectarine, and pear trees, or the fruit 

 thereof, by providing measures for the eradication of the same, and to 

 repeal act number one hundred twelve of the public acts of eighteen 

 hundred ninety -three, approved May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred 

 ninety-three. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall 

 be unlawful for any person to keep any peach, almond, apricot, plum, 

 prune, cherry, nectarine or pear tree infected with the contagious diseases 

 known as yellows, black knot, peach rosette, or pear blight, or to offer for 

 sale or shipment or to sell, or to ship any of the fruit thereof, except the 

 fruit of the plum, cherry, and pear tree; that both tree and fruit so 

 infected shall be subject to destruction as public nuisances as hereinafter 

 provided. No damages shall be awarded in any court in the state for 

 entering upon the premises and destroying such diseased trees or parts of 

 trees or fruit if done in accordance with the provisions of this act. It 

 shall be the duty of every person as soon as he becomes aware of the exist- 

 ence of such disease in any tree, parts of trees, or fruit owned by him, to 

 forthwith destroy, or cause said trees or fruit to be destroyed. 



Sec. 2. In any township or city in this state in which such contagious 

 diseases exist or in which there is good reason to believe they exist or 

 danger may be justly apprehended of their introduction, it shall be the 

 duty of the township board or city council as soon as such information 

 becomes known to either such board or council or any member thereof, 

 to appoint forthwith three competent freeholders of said township or city, 

 as commissioners, to be known as yellows conmiissioners, who shall hold 

 office during the pleasure of said board, or city council, and such order of 

 appointment and of revocation shall be entered at large upon the town- 

 ship or city records: Provided, That the commissioners now appointed 

 and in office shall continue in said office until their successors are appointed 

 and qualified: Provided, That in case commissioners have already been 

 appointed to prevent the spreading of bush, vine, and fruit tree pests, 

 such commissioners shall be ex officio commissioners under this act. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said commissioners, within ten days 

 after appointment as aforesaid, to file their accej)tance8 of the same with 



