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An Act Concerning the Improvement, Protection or Preserva- 

 tion of Fruit, Shade or Ornamental Trees. 



Section 1. Xo person, firm or corporation shall advertise, solicit or 

 contract to improve the condition of fruit, shade, forest or ornamental 

 trees, by pruning, trimming- or filling cavities, or to protect such trees 

 from damage by insects or disease, either by spraying or any other 

 melhoil, without having secured a certificate as specified in section two 

 of this act; and any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with 

 the terms of this act shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars; 

 provided any person may imi)rovo or protect any tree on his own 

 premises or on the property of his employer or on any property within 

 the limits of the town of which he is a legal resident, without securing 

 such a certificate. 



Sec. 2. The botanist, entomologist and forester of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Experiment Station shall constitute a board which shall, 

 upon application from any person, firm or corporation, examine the 

 qualifications of the applicant to improve, protect or preserve fruit, 

 shade, ornamental or forest trees, and if satisfied that the applicant is 

 qualified, may issue a certificate so stating; which certificate shall be 

 valid for one year from the date of its issue, unless sooner revoked as 

 provided in section three of this act, and may be renewed by the board 

 for succeeding years without further examination, upon payment of the 

 fee hereinafter required, provided any person, firm or corporation re- 

 ceiving such certificate shall be responsible for the acts of all employees 

 in the performance of such work. 



Sec. 3. Said board shall prepare all necessary forms and prescribe 

 all rules and regulations governing examinations, and any certificate 

 issued under the provisions of this act may be revoked by it upon proof 

 that improper methods have been used or for other sufficient cause. 



Sec. 4. Each applicant for an examination shall pay a fee of five 

 dollars in advance and a fee of two dollars for each certificate or re- 

 newal issued; which fees may be expended by the board for any expense 

 incurred by it in making examinations or "issuing certificates, and an 

 account of all receipts and expenditures under this act shall be rendered 

 annually to the state comptroller. 



