PROPOSED LAW RECOMMENDED BY STATE BOARD 



OF HORTICULTURE. 



AN ACT. 



To amend Section 5482 of Lord's Oregon Laws, being Section 1 of 

 Chapter 222 of the General Laws of 1905; and Section 5484 of 

 Lord's Oregon Laws, being Section 3 of Chapter 222 of the General 

 Laws of 1905, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 58 of the General 

 Laws of 1907; providing for the appointment of county inspectors 

 of fruit orchards, etc., defining their duties, rights and powers; 

 authorizing the appointment of deputy county inspectors; requiring 

 common carriers to give notice to inspectors of arrival of nursery 

 stock; providing for the deputizing of inspectors for nurseries, and 

 providing for the compensation of county and deputy county inspectors. 



Be it enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: 

 Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of 

 Oregon: 



Section 1. That Section 5482 of Lord's Oregon Laws, being 

 Section 1 of Chapter 222 of the General Laws of Oregon of 

 1905, and Section 5484 of Lord's Oregon Laws, being Section 

 3 of Chaüter 222 of the General Laws of 1905 as amended by 

 Section 3 of Chapter 58 of the General Laws of 1907, be and 

 are hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



See. 5482. Upon a petition of not less than 25 residents 

 and fruit-growers of any county of this State, the county 

 court of said county shall appoint a county inspector whose 

 duty it shall be to inspect orchards, nurseries, trees, shrubs, 

 vines, fruits, vegetables, plants, packing houses, warehouses, 

 storerooms, farms and other places within said county, and to 

 enforce all laws of the State relating to such insect pests and 

 such diseases as affect trees, vines, plants of any kind, or 

 fruits or vegetables of any kind, and all other horticultural 

 laws of the State; provided, however, that the inspector so to 

 be appointed shall be recommended and certified to be compe- 

 tent by the commissioner of the State Board of Horticulture 

 of the district in which said county is situated, and said 

 county inspector shall hold his office during the pleasure of 

 of said county court and of the commissioner of the State 

 Board of Horticulture for sa'd district. With the consent 

 of the county court of any county, the county inspector of 

 such county may appoint one or more deputies to serve during 

 the pleasure of the county inspector and of the county court, 

 but no such deputy shall be appointed until the commissioner 

 of the State Board of Horticulture for the district in which 



