14 The Law. 



in such manner as to destroy all infection or infestation pres- 

 ent, and all articles apt to be so infested or infected shall be 

 held until the said articles have been thoroughly disinfected 

 and all injurious insects, or their eggs, larvae or pupae or 

 other animal or plant diseases have been eradicated and de- 

 stroyed ; provided, hoivever, that all articles of nursery stock, 

 trees, shrubs, plants, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, 

 fruit pits, fruits, vegetables or seed which are infested or 

 infected with injurious insects or their eggs, larvse or pupae 

 or other animals or with injurious plant diseases liable to 

 cause damage in this State, shall be destroyed or re-shipped 

 out of the State as hereinafter provided. 



Section 5. When any shipment of nursery stock, trees, 

 vines, plants, shrubs, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits, 

 or fruit or vegetables or seed imported or brought into this 

 State is found infested or infected with any injurious insects 

 or their eggs, larvae or pupae or other animals or with any plant 

 disease liable to be detrimental to orchards, vineyards, 

 gardens or farms in Oregon, or any part thereof, and the 

 nature of the animals or insects or diseases is such that there 

 will not be danger of the escape or spread of such animals, 

 insects or diseases if the infested or infected articles are 

 promptly shipped out of the State, then the State Inspector, 

 county inspector or other person duly authorized to make 

 inspection of such articles and who has made such inspection 

 shall notify the owner or persons, firm or Corporation having 

 possession or control of said articles to ship the same out of 

 the State within a specified time, the limit of which shall be 

 not less than 48 hours nor more than 10 days, according to 

 the nature of the insects or diseases, and it shall be the duty 

 of such owner or owners, or persons, firm or Corporation to 

 so ship said articles, but such shipment shall be made under 

 the direction of the officer making the inspection and shall 

 be at the expense of the owners, his or their agents. In case 

 of a failure of the owner or owners or his or their agents to 

 comply with the notice the said articles shall be destroyed by 

 said officer at the expense of the said owner or owners, his or 

 their agents. When any carload, case, box, package, bale or 

 bündle of such articles is in part infected or infested and 

 the nature of the infestation or infection is such that the 

 portion of shipment which is not infested or infected can be 

 separated from the portion which is infected or infested with- 

 ©ut danger of escape from the infested or infected articles 

 of the insects, their eggs, larvae or pupae, or the animals, or 

 the disease or diseases with which such articles are infested, 

 and the owner or person, firm or Corporation having control 



