8 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



vided. As soon as, in the opinion of any member of the 

 board or the secretary thereof, the danger from such quaran- 

 tine locality shall have ceased, he may suspend the said quar- 

 antine, and shall immediately report the fact to the board, 

 who may confirm such action or may re-establish the said 

 quarantine, in which case it shall not be again suspended but 

 by action of the board. 



Section 8. The board, and, in case of necessity during the 

 recess of the board, the member residing in the quarantined 

 district, or the secretary, may appoint such quarantine guar- 

 dian as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this act, 

 whose duty it shall be to see that the regulations of the board 

 and the instructions of the secretary are enforced and carried 

 out. They shall also report to the board all infractions or 

 violations of said regulations or the law in regard to quaran- 

 tining, disinfection and destruction of pests. The salary of 

 quarantine guardians shall be fixed by the board at not to 

 exceed $2.00 per day, and shall be paid by the owners of 

 orchards or other places under quarantine, and they ma}" 

 maintain an action therefor before any justice of the peace 

 in any district in which an}" quarantined locality is wholly 

 or in part located ; but in no case shall the}' have any claim 

 upon the state for such services. 



Section 9. The powers conferred in the two preceding sec- 

 tions of this act shall be exercised only in great and immi- 

 nent danger to the fruit interests of the state, and with the 

 utmost caution and regard for the rights of individuals 

 affected, consistent with the safety and welfare of the fruit 

 interests of the whole state. 



Section 10. It shall be the duty of- the several members 

 of the board, and of the secretary, under their direction, 

 whenever they shall deem it necessary, to cause an inspection 

 to be made of any orchard, nurseries, trees, plants, vegeta- 

 bles, vines, or any fruit packing-house, storeroom, salesroom, 

 or any other place within their districts, and if found infested 

 with any pests, diseases or fungous growths injurious to fruits, 

 plants, vegetables, trees or vines, or with their eggs or larvae, 

 liable to spread to other places or localities, or such nature as 

 to be a public danger, they shall notify the owner or owners, 

 or persons in charge of or in possession of such articles, 

 things or places, that the same are so infested, and shall re- 

 quire said persons to eradicate or destroy said insects or pests, 

 or their eggs or larviie, or to treat such contagious diseases 

 within a certain time, to be specified in said notice. Said 



