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materials which do not conform with the certificate furnished therewith, 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 

 shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor 

 more than one hundred ($100) dollars. 



Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation 

 to import or sell any infected or diseased fruit of any kind in the State 

 of Oregon. 



Section 6. Every person who packs or prepares for shipment to any 

 point without the State, or who delivers or causes to be delivered to any 

 express agent, or railroad agent, or other person, or to any transporta- 

 tion company or corporation for shipment to any point without the 

 ■ State, any fruit or fruits, either fresh, cured or dried, that is infected 

 with insects, pests or diseases injurious to trees, shrubs, plants, fruits 

 •;9r vegetables, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



.Section 7. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the pro- 

 A'isions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon 

 conviction thei'eof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty- 

 five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. 



Section 8. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the State 

 Board of Horticulture of the district in which a violation of this act 

 occurs to present the evidence of the case to the district attorney, whose 

 duty it shall be to prosecute any person guilty of a violation of this act, 

 which prosecution may be brought in any of the justice courts of this 

 State. 



Section 9. Inasmuch as the horticultural interests of this State de- 

 mand immediate attention, this act shall be in full force and effect from 

 and after its approval by the Governor. 



Appi'oved by the Governor. 



An act to provide for the appointment of county fruit inspectors, and to 

 amend sections 4178 and 4185 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, 

 as compiled and annotated by Charles B. Bellinger and William W. 

 Cotton. 



Be it enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: 



Section 1. That upon a petition of not less than twenty-five resi- 

 dents and fruit growers of any county in this State, the county court 

 of said county shall appoint a county inspector, whose duty it shall be 

 to inspect the apple and other fruit orchards of said county, and to en- 

 force the laws now in force and that may be hereafter in force in this 

 State, applicable to the fruit industry and to the growing, handling, 

 and selling of fruit, fruit trees, and other nursery stock; provided, that 

 the inspector so to be appointed shall be recommended and certified to 

 be competent for such position by the State District Commissioner of 

 the State Board of Horticultui'e for the said county, and said county 

 inspector shall hold his office during the pleasure of said county court. 



Section 2. It shall be the duty of the State District Commissioner to 

 instruct and educate the county inspectors as to the laws and quarantine 



