454 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



the peace of any town or city, in which .said offense shall he com- 

 mitted, shall have jurisdiction tliereof; and all snch tinc^ so 

 collected shall be turned over to the supervisor of said town, (h- 

 other proper officer, to be plax^ed by him in the contingent fun<l 

 of said town or city. 



§ 7. The coramisisioners shall be allowed for seivice under this 

 act two dollai« each for each full day and one dollar each for each 

 half day, and then* other reasonable charges and disbuit^^ements 

 hereunder to be audited, as well as any other charges and dis- 

 bursements under this act, by the board of town auditors or 

 proi)er city officers, to be paid to such conunissiloners as other 

 town or city accounts are paid. Such fees and all reasonable 

 charges and disbursements of said commissioners, in each case 

 may be recovered by the town in the name of the supervisor, 

 and in cities in the name of the city, from the owner of the dis- 

 eased trees, on account of which such fees, charges and disbni'se- 

 ments become payable or were incuiTed. 



§ 8. This act shall take effect unmediately. 



Approved by the Govemor, May 12, 1892. 



THE WILD POTATO OF THE JdEXICA^ EEGION. 



About 1878 Dr. W. J. Beal, of the Michigan AgTicultural 

 College, received from the Harvard Botanic Gai-dens a few 

 tubers — the largest about an inch in diameter — of a wUd potato 

 from Mexico. This potato has been grown since that time at i h(? 

 Michigan college, and we have grown it here two or tJiree yeai-s, 

 from the MicMgan seed. The tubers are gi'aduall}' improving, 

 and in 1887, when I made a rei)ort upon this potato,* the best 

 tubers measured three inches in length. The largest tubers now 

 reach over four inches in length, and the number of sm;dl iK)ta- 

 toes in the hills seems to be lessening. The illustration shows an 

 aveiuge sample of this potatio as dug in our gardens this year. 

 The tubers are brown, with deep eyes, and tend to be flattened. 



* Bull. 31, Mich. Expt. Sta., 87. 



