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§ 5483. District Commissioners to Instruct and Supervise County In- 

 spectors. 



It shall be the duty of the State district commissioner to instruct 

 and educate the county inspectors as to the laws and quarantine regu- 

 lations of this State, and the rules and regulations of the State Board 

 of Horticulture. The county inspector shall perform his duties under 

 the general supervision of the State district commissioner for said 

 county, to whom he shall make reports in the manner prescribed by the 

 State Board of Horticulture. [L. 1905, c. 222, p. 384, § 2.] 



§ 5484. Compensation of County Inspector, Report of Time and Ex- 

 penses. 



Such county inspector shall be paid for his Services, by the said 

 county, a sum not exceeding $3.00 per day, and shall be reimbursed 

 for his actual each outlay for team hire and railway fares for each 

 and every day actually employed in the Performance of his duties as 

 herein provided, and " the said county inspector shall report monthly 

 to the said State district commissioner the time for which he is entitled 

 to pay 'during the month next preceding, and also a statement of his 

 own personal expenses while engaged in the Performance of his duty 

 as such county inspector during said month, and shall file vouchers 

 showing expenditures for such personal expenses, and the said State 

 district commissioner shall certify the same to the county court before 

 such compensation and personal expenses shall be paid to said county 

 inspector. [L. 1905, c. 222, p. 384, § 3; L. 1907, c. 58, p. 109, § 3.] 



§ 5485. Inspector of Adjacent County May Perform Duties When 

 County Fails to Appoint. 



If any county for any reason fails to appoint a county inspector 

 as herein provided, then the inspector of any adjacent county may per- 

 form such Services, and his compensation and the necessary expenses 

 incurred in the Performance of his duty shall be charged against the 

 county where the service is performed, as if he had been appointed 

 by the county court of said county. [L. 1905, c. 222, p. 384, § 4.] 



§ 5486. Appeals From County Inspectors to District Commissioner. 



The State district commissioner of horticulture shall hear and 

 promptly decide all appeals from the county inspectors in his district, 

 and his decision shall have füll force and effect until set aside by the 

 courts of the State. All appeals from county inspectors to the district 

 commissioners shall be under the form and regulations as prescribed 

 by the State Board of Horticulture. [L. 1905, c. 222, p. 384, § 5.] 



§ 5487. Infested Trees Ntdsances — Proceedings Relating Thereto — 

 Authority to Abate. 



It shall be the duty of the several members of the board and of 

 the secretary or the county inspectors under their direction, whenever 

 they shall deem it necessary to cause an inspection to be made of any 

 orchards, nurseries, trees, plants, vegetables, vines, or any fruit pack- 

 ing house, storeroom, salesroom, or any other place within their dis- 

 trict, and also of any fruit trees or nursery stock shipped from beyond 

 the limits of this State, and if found infected with any pests, diseases 

 or fungous growth injurious to fruits, plants, trees, vegetables, or vines, 

 or with their eggs or larvae liable to spread to other places or localities, 

 or of such nature as to be a public danger, they shall notify the owner 



