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•deem necessary to assist extirpating said pest or pests, disease 

 or diseases, and the said commissioner of agriculture is hereby 

 .authorized and empowered to take such steps and do whatever 

 may be deemed necessary to so control or prevent the spread or 

 extirpate said pest or pests, disease or diseases, and he shall 

 ■cause an examination to be made at least once each year, prior 

 to September first, of each and every nursery or other place 

 where trees, shrubs or plants, commonly known as nursery 

 .-stock, are grown for sale, for the purpose of ascertaining 

 whether the trees, shrubs or plants therein kept or propagated 

 for sale are infected with any such contagious disease or dis- 

 eases, or infested with such pest or pests. If after such exami- 

 nation it is found that the said trees, shrubs or other plants 

 -so examined are free in all respects from any such contagious 

 or infectious disease or diseases, dangerously injurious pest or 

 pests, the said commissioner or his duly authorized agent or 

 other person designated to make such examination, shall there- 

 upon issue to the owner or proprietor of the said stock thus 

 examined a certificate setting forth the fact that the stock so 

 examined is apparently free from any and all such disease or 

 diseases, pest or pests. Should any nurseryman, agent or 

 dealer or broker send out or deliver within the state, trees, 

 vines, shrubs, plants, buds or cuttings, commonly known as 

 nursery stock, and which are subject to the attacks of insects 

 ■and diseases above provided for, unless he has in his possession 

 a copy of said certificate, dated within a year thereof, deface 

 •or destroy such certificate, or wrongfully be in possession 

 of such certificate, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. All 

 nursery stock consigned for shipment, or shipped by freight, 

 ■express or other means of transportation, shall be accom- 

 panied by a copy of said certificate attached to each car, box, 

 bale, bundle or package. Any person consigning for shipment 

 or shipping nursery stock as above without such certificate 

 attached shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. All transporta- 

 tion companies within this state receiving or carrying nursery 

 stock from any point without the state to any point within 



