Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



ber of the board, or the secretary thereof, shall forthwith, upon the com- 

 plaint of interested parties, inspect orchards, nurseries and other places 

 suspected to be infested with fruit pests or infected with contagious diseases 

 injurious to the trees, plants or fruits. If, upon report of any member or 

 the secretary, the board shall be of the opinion that any locality, district, 

 orchard or place is infested with fruit pests or infected with contagious dis- 

 eases, or injurious to trees, plants or fruits, and liable to spread to other 

 orchards or localities to their damage or injury so as to be a public danger, 

 said board shall, by an order entered upon its minutes, declare such place 

 to be under quarantine, and shall give notice thereof by posting a notice in 

 writing in a conspicuous place upon the premises, specifying with conven- 

 ient certainty what place or pi-emises are under quarantine regulations, and 

 by delivering a copy of such notice to the owner or person in charge of the 

 premises, if he may be found thereon: and such place shall thereafter be 

 subject to quarantine regulations of the board, and violation thereof shall be 

 punishable as hereinbefore provided. As soon as, in the opinion of any mem- 

 ber of the board or the secretary thereof, the danger from such quarantine 

 locality shall have ceased, he may suspend the said quarantine, 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 sus- 

 pended 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 guardian 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 regu- 

 lations or the law in regard to quarantining, 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 may maintain an action therefor 

 before any justice of the peace in any district in which any quarantined 

 locality is wholly or in part located ; but in no case shall they have any claim 

 upon the state for such services. 



Section 9. The powers conferred in the two preceding sections of this 

 act shall be exercised only in great and imminent danger to the fruit inter- 

 ests 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 inter- 

 ests 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, vegetables, 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 larvte, liable to spread to other places or locali- 

 ties, or such nature as to be a public danger, they shall notify the owner or 

 owners, or person in charge of or in possession of such articles, things or 



