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in each of the districts named in section 5470, for the purpose of encour- 

 aging and improving practical horticulture, and of imparting instruc- 

 tion in the best methods of treating the diseases of fruits and fruit 

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

 p. 127, § 4; B. & C. § 4179.] 



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



The office 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 Regidations — Violation a Mis- 

 demeunor. 



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 ';he quar- 

 antining, inspection, and disinfection thereof, which said regulaüons 

 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 

 conspieuous 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, necessaiy 

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

 distribution of any article 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 misdemea'ior, find on 

 conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less chan $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 t^ees 

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

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

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

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

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

 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 



