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revocation shall be entered at large upon the township record: Provided, 

 That in townships having a board of yellows commissioners, such com- 

 missioners shall be ex officio commissioners under this act. 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of said commissioners, within ten days 

 after appointment, as aforesaid, to file their acceptance of the same with 

 the clerk of said township, and said clerk shall be ex officio clerk of said 

 board of commissioners, and he shall keep a correct record of the proceed- 

 ings of said board, in a book to be provided for that purpose, and shall file 

 and preserve all papers pertaining to the duties and actions of said com- 

 missioners, or either of them, which shall be a part of the records of said 

 townships. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioners, or any one of them, 

 upon, or without, complaint, whenever it comes to their notice, that any 

 orchard, fruit trees, or vines are infested with canker-worm or other 

 injurious insects or contagious disease, within their townships, to proceed 

 without delay to examine such orchards or vineyards supposed to be 

 infested, and if such injurious insects or contagious diseases are found to 

 exist, the owner shall be notified personally, or by a written notice left at 

 his usual place of residence; or if the owner be a non-resident, by leaving 

 the notice with the person in charge of the trees or vines, or the occupant 

 of the lands upon which such trees or vines shall be growing. The notice 

 shall contain a simple statement of the facts as found to exist, with an 

 order to effectually destroy such injurious insects or worms or contagious 

 disease by spraying such trees or vines with a poisonous solution, or, in 

 case of contagious disease, to effectually disinfect said diseased trees or 

 vines, within such time from the date of the service of the notice as such 

 commissioners shall designate, said notice and order to be signed by the 

 full board of commissioners. 



Sec. 5. Whenever any person shall refuse or neglect to comply with 

 the order to spray or disinfect the orchards or vineyard designated by the 

 commissioners, as aforesaid, it shall become the duty of the commissioners 

 to cause said trees or vines to be effectually sprayed with a poisonous 

 solution, or disinfected, as occasion should require, forthwith, employing 

 all necessary aid for that purpose, and the expenses for the same shall be 

 a charge against the township; and for said spraying or disinfecting, the 

 said commissioners, their agents or workmen, shall have the right and 

 power to enter upon any and all premises within their township. 



Sec. 6. If any owner, township officer, or commissioner, neglects or 

 refuses to comply with the requirements of this law as set forth in the 

 preceding sections, and within the time therein specified, such persons 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine not 

 exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 

 sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of 

 the court; and any justice of the peace of the township where such trees 

 or vines may be growing shall have jurisdiction thereof. 



Sec. 7. The several commissioners shall be allowed for service 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 town- 

 ship board, all of which costs, charges, expense, and disbursements shall 

 be recovered by the township from the owner of said infected or infested 

 orchards or vineyards, from the owner of the premises on which said trees 

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