1968 Agricultural, Law [Art. 14. 



vines or their products as were brought into the state illegally, 

 and such as are known to be infected or infested with such disease, 

 fungous gro^\i:h or pest. (As amended by chapter 798 of the 

 Laws of 1911.) 



§ 305. Action to be taken by the commissioner of agriculture 

 relative to trees or other plants affected with or by 

 contagious or infectious disease or fungous growth or in- 

 fested with insect pest or pests and providing for issuing cer- 

 tificates relative to trees or other plants apparently free from such 

 diseases and pests, regulating the use thereof, defining nursery 

 stock, providing for fumigation, forbidding the bringing into the 

 Prevention statc such discascs or pests. When the commissioner of agriculture 



of pests. '-' 



knows or has reason to believe that any such disease, fungous 

 growth or insect pest exists, or that there is good reason to believe 

 that it exists, or danger is justly apprehended of its introduction 

 into any town or city in the state, or that any dangerously injuri- 

 ous insect pest or fungous growth exists within this state, and has 

 reason to believe that danger may be justly apprehended from its 

 existence, he shall forthwith send some competent person and such 

 agent or agents as he may deem necessary to assist in 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 such pest or pests, disease or 

 Notices fo- diseases. The said commissioner is herebv empowered to issue 



control. ^ " ^ 



such orders and notices as he may deem necessary or proper for 

 the purposes herein relative to such diseased nursery stock or 

 relative to any trees, shrubs, plants, vines or their products, boxes, 

 containers or packing material concerning Avhich he has reasonable 

 cause to believe are or may be infected or infested with any such 

 mlanVr. discase or pest. Any person violating the provisions of any order 

 Inspection or uoticc so issued bv him shall be guiltv of a misdemeanor. He 



of nurser- "■' '-' » 



'^=- 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, plants or vines, commonly known as 

 nursery stock, are grown for sale, for the purpose of ascertaining 

 whether the trees, shrubs, plants or vines therein kept or propa- 



