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trees, cleansing orchards, and exterminating orchard pests. [L. 1889, 

 p. 127, §4; B. & C. §4179.] 



§ 5477. Office of Board, Where Held, When Open. 



The ofRce of the board shall be located at such a place as a majority 

 thereof may determine. It shall be kept open to the public, subject to the 

 rules of the board, every day excepting Sunday and legal holidays, and 

 shall be in charge of the secretary during the absence of the board. 

 [L. 1889, p. 127, §5; B. & C. §4180.] 



§ 5478. Board May Make Quarantine Regulations — Violation a Mis- 

 demeanor. 



For the purpose of preventing the introduction into the State or 

 spread of contagious diseases, insects, pests, or fungous growths among 

 fruit or fruit trees, and for the prevention, treatment, eure, and extir- 

 pation of fruit pests, and diseases of fruit and fruit trees, and for the 

 disinfection of grafts, scions, orchard debris, fruit boxes and packages, 

 and other material or transportable articles dangerous to orchards, 

 fruit or fruit trees; said board may make regulations for the quar- 

 antining, inspection, and disinfection thereof, which said regulations 

 shall be circulated by the board in printed form among the fruit growers 

 and fruit dealers of the State; shall be published at least four succes- 

 sive times in some daily or weekly paper in each county in the State 

 before the same shall be in force therein, and shall be posted in three 

 conspicuous places in each county in the State, one of which shall be 

 at the county court house. Such regulations, when so promulgated, 

 shall be held to Import notice of their contents to all persons within 

 the State, and shall be binding upon all persons therein. A willful vio- 

 lation of any quarantine or other regulation of said board, necessary 

 to prevent the introduction into the State, or the shipment, sale, or 

 distribution of any articles so infected as to be dangerous to the fruit 

 growing interest of the State, or the spread of dangerous diseases 

 among fruit trees or orchards, shall be deemed a misdemeanor^ and on 

 conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 

 nor more than $100 for each offense, or by fine and imprisonment not 

 less than five nor more than thirty days. [L. 1889, p. 127, §6; L. 1891, 

 p. 175, §6; L. 1895, p. 34, §4; B. & C. §4181.] 



§ 5479. Members to Visit Districts, Inspect and Quarantine Orchards. 



It shall be the duty of the several members of the board, and of 

 the secretary under their direction, to visit their respective districts, and 

 to see that all regulations of the board and all provisions of law to 

 prevent the introduction or spread of fruit pests and diseases of trees 

 or plants injurious to the horticultural interests of the State are enforced. 

 Any member of the board, or the secretary thereof, shall forthwith, upon 

 the complaint of interested parties, inspect orchards, nurseries, and 

 other places suspected to be infested with fruit pests or infected with 

 contagious diseases injurious to trees, plants or fruits. If, upon report 

 of any member or the secretary, the board shall be of opinion that any 

 locality, district, orchard, or place is infested with fruit pests or infected 

 with contagious diseases, or injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, and 

 liable to spread to other orchards or localities to their damage or injury 

 so as to be a public danger, said board shall, by an order entered 

 upon its minutes, declare such place to be under quarantine, and shall 

 give notice thereof by posting a notice in writing in a conspicuous 

 place upon the premises, specifying with convenient certainty what place 

 or premises are under quarantine regulations, and by delivering a copy 



