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Section 11. The members and officers of the State Board 

 of Horticulture and the State Inspector and the county in- 

 spectors are authorized to collaborate with the Department 

 of Agriculture of the United States in all matters relating to 

 the inspection of nursery stock, plants, fruits, vegetables, 

 bulbs, seeds or other plant products shipped into the State of 

 Oregon from foreign countries or from other states or ter- 

 ritories. 



Section 12. Inasmuch as it is a matter of general knowl- 

 edge that there now exists in portions of the states of Utah 

 and Idaho a dangerous insect pest known as the alfalfa weevil 

 which does great damage to alfalfa, clover, vetch and similar 

 forage plants, which pest is not known to have yet been in- 

 troduced into the State of Oregon, but would cause a great 

 amount of damage and loss to the farmers of this State if 

 introduced, and there is imminent danger that this pest will 

 be introduced in Oregon by means of hay brought into this 

 State from the infected sections of the states mentioned, and 

 existing laws make no Provision by which quarantine can be 

 established to prevent the introduction of this pest, and it is 

 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, 

 peace, safety and welfare that legal Provision be made for 

 establishing a quarantine against said pest, an emergency is 

 hereby declared to exist and this act shall be exempt from 

 the power of the referendum and shall take effect and be in 

 füll force from and after its approval by the Governor. 



Section 13. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with 

 the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



Filed in the office of the Secretary of State February 26, 1913. 



