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or fruit are to be found. He must visit the principal fruit-shipping 

 points during the shipping season, inspect the fruit shipped, and prevent 

 the shipment of insect and pest-infested fruit. He shall give notice 

 through the public press one week in advance of his visit to each county, 

 giving the time and place of his visit, where he shall receive complaints 

 of fruit growers, and distribute to them printed and oral instructions 

 regarding destruction of pests, and other information, including proper 

 methods of handling, packing and shipping fruits. It shall also be his 

 duty to visit, when possible, if requested by an association or a number 

 of fruit growers, the meetings of such associations of fruit growers, and 

 aid them in the organization of proper associations beneficial to the 

 growing and marketing of fruits. The president shall preside at all 

 the meetings of the Board, and may call special meetings whenever an 

 emergency may require it. He shall make an annual report to the ap- 

 pointing Board of the general condition of the fruit interests of the 

 State and success of the commissioners in the work of exterminating 

 pests and executing the law. 



Section 15. Inasmuch as the provisions of this act are of immediate 

 importance to the horticultural interests of this State, this law shall 

 take effect from and after its approval by the Governor. 



Approved February 17, 1899. 



An act to protect the fruit and hop industi'y of Oregon. 

 Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon : 



Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, or 

 corporation, owning or operating any nursery, fruit orchard of any 

 kind, hop yards, flower gardens, or ornamental trees, to throw any 

 cuttings or prunings from any fruit trees, nursery stock, ornamental 

 trees, or hop vines into any public road, highway, lane, field, or other 

 inclosure, or into any water course of any kind; but shall destroy such 

 cuttings or prunings with fire within thirty days from the time such 

 cuttings or prunings are made. 



Section 2. It shall hereafter be the duty of any person, firm, or cor- 

 poration owning or operating any such nursery, fruit orchard, hop yard, 

 flower garden, or ornamental trees, and knowing such to be infected 

 with any kind of insects, pests, or disease, to immediately spray or 

 destroy the same in such manner as the fruit commissioner for his 

 district may direct. 



Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation 

 doing business in the State of Oregon to sell paris green, arsenic, london 

 purple, sulphur, or any spray material or compound for spraying pur- 

 poses in quantities exceeding one pound without providing with each 

 package sold a certificate, duly signed by the seller thereof, guarantee- 

 ing the quality and per cent of purity of said materials. 



Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation selling any of the above 

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