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Sec. 7. If any owner neglects to uproot and destroy, or cause to be 

 removed and destroyed as aforesaid, such diseased trees, or parts of trees 

 or fruit, after such examination and notification, and within the time 

 hereinbefore specified, or any other person who shall sell or offer for sale 

 such diseased fruit, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and punished by a fine not exeeding one hundred dollars, or by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the dis- 

 cretion of the court, and any justice of the peace of the township or city 

 where such trees may be, or where such nursery stock or fruit is sold, 

 shipped, disposed of, or delivered as aforesaid, shall have jurisdiction 

 thereof. The words "parts of trees" wherever used in this act, shall refer 

 to black knot and pear blight only, and not to trees affected with yellows. 



Sec. 8. The commissioners shall be allowed for services under this act 

 two dollars for each full day, and one dollar for each half day, and their 

 other charges and disbursements hereunder, to be audited, as well as any 

 other charges and disbursements under this act, by the township board, 

 or city council, all of which costs, charges, expenses and disbursements 

 may be recovered by the township, or city from the owner of such diseased 

 fruit or nursery stock, or from the owner of the premises on which said 

 diseased trees stood, in action of assumpsit: Provided. Said owner has 

 refused or neglected to remove said diseased fruit or nursery stock in com- 

 pliance with the order of said commissioner or commissioners. 



Sec. 9. All of act number one hundred and twelve of the public acts 

 of eighteen hundred and ninety-three be and the same is hereby repealed. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



Approved May 4, 1895. 



SPRAYING. 



AN ACT to prevent the spreading of bush, vine, and fruit tree pests, such 

 as canker-worms and other insects, and fungus and contagious diseases, 

 and to provide for their extirpation. 



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

 be the duty of every owner, possessor, or occupier of an orchard, nursery, 

 or vineyard, or of land where fruit trees or vines are grown, within this 

 state, to spray with a poisonous solution or disinfectant, of sufficient 

 strength to destroy such injurious insects or contagious diseases, all fruit 

 trees or vines grown on such lands which may be infested with any injur- 

 ious insects or worms, or infected with anj contagious disease known to be 

 injurious to fruit or fruit trees or vines : Provided, That no such spray- 

 ing shall be done while said fruit trees or vines are in blossom, except in 

 case of canker-worms. 



Sec. 2. In any township in this state where such injurious insects or 

 contagious diseases are known to exist, or in which there is good reason 

 to believe they exist, or danger may be justly apprehended of their intro- 

 duction, it shall be the duty of the township board, upon the petition of 

 at least ten freeholders of such township, to appoint forthwith three com- 

 petent freeholders of said township as commissioners, who shall hold office 

 during the pleasure of the board, and such order of appointment and of 



