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or possession of such articles desires to separate the portion 

 not infested nor infected from the portion which is infested 

 or infected the officer making the inspection shall give a 

 permission in writing to make such Separation within a time 

 specified in such permission, which time shall be reasonable 

 for the Performance of the work, but with due regard to the 

 safety of the State; such permission shall be granted only 

 upon the condition that the owner or owners or his or their 

 agents make such Separation and destroy all the infested or 

 infected portion at his or their own expense and under the 

 supervision of the officer doing the inspection or of some 

 person authorized by him to supervise the work of Separation 

 and destruction, and shall pay for the Services of the person 

 authorized to supervise such work when it is necessary for 

 the officer making the inspection to authorize and depute 

 some person to supervise such work. Whenever the official 

 who makes such inspection has other official work awaiting 

 and it appears that the time required for separating and de- 

 stroying such articles may exceed one hour, he may authorize 

 and depute some proper person to supervise the Separation of 

 the uninfested and uninfected articles from the infested or 

 infected articles and the destruction of the infested or 

 infected articles, and the person so authorized shall be paid 

 for his Services by the owner or owners or his or their 

 agents for his Services while supervising the Separation and 

 destruction of such articles. In case of the failure of the 

 owner or owners, his or their agents to_ comply with the 

 foregoing conditions within the time speeified in the written 

 permission, the contents of every such car, case, box, pack- 

 age, crate, bale or bündle containing articles infested or 

 infected as aforesaid, shall be destroyed at the expense of the 

 owner or owners, his or their agents. 



When any shipment of any nursery stock, trees, vines, 

 plants, shrubs, cuttings, scions, buds, fruit pits, seeds, fruits, 

 vegetables or other articles brought into the State are in- 

 fected or infested with any disease or insects or their eggs, 

 larvse or pupse which are injurious to trees, plants, vines, 

 shrubs, fruits, vegetables and other plant growths, and the 

 nature of such infection or infestation is such that the ship- 

 ment can not be re-shipped out of the State without danger 

 of damage to the orchards, vineyards, farms, gardens and 

 their productions, of Oregon, or to any of them, such shipment 

 shall be immediately destroyed by the State Inspector, county 

 inspector or commissioner of the State Board of Horticulture, 

 who shall have inspected the same, or under his direction. 



