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Sec. 6. No person, firm or corporation resident of anotlier state, province or 

 country shall engage or continue in the business of importing any trees, plants, 

 shrubs or vines, commonly known as nursery stock, into this state, or of selling 

 such importations within the state, or of selling such articles within the state, 

 for subsequent importation into it, without first having obtained from the State 

 Board of Agriculture a license to do business in this state as provided in section 

 five of this act, and shall have filed with the State Board of Agriculture the bond 

 therein required, together with a certificate of inspection by a state or government 

 inspector or that of some person designated by the Michigan State Board of 

 Agriculture for such purpose. 



That section, I believe, was taken bodily from a bill drawn by the 

 Illinois people. I think section six was their section. It is somewhat 

 different from the one that the committee had drawn, and we thought 

 it was very much superior. It is a very carefully drawn section. 



Sec. 7. The State Board of Agriculture shall, upon receipt of the fee referred 

 to in this act, together with the required bond and a satisfactory certificate of 

 inspection, issue licenses to the applicant according to the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 8. Whenever the commissioners under acts number one hundred and eight 

 and one hundred and nine, session laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, known 

 as yellows commissioners, shall be uncertain as to the existence or nature of any 

 infectious or contagious disease or dangerous insect pest in an orchard or else- 

 where, or in case any dispute shall arise between owners and commissioners, it 

 shall be the duty of the said commissioners to notify the state inspector of orchards 

 and nurseries, who shall at once investigate or inquire into the matter and suggest 

 or recommend the proper remedies, and give all the information he can to aid in 

 exterminating such insects or diseases, and his decision of the case and recom- 

 mendation shall be final. 



Sec. 9» It shall be the duty of the state inspector, whenever it shall come to 

 his knowledge that any destructive insects or infectious or contagious diseases 

 exist in any orchard in this state, or are supposed to exist, to investigate the 

 case, and if such dangerous insects or diseases are found, he shall have authority to 

 enter upon the premises and proceed according to the provisions of sections one, 

 two and three of this act, in exterminating the same. In case the owner or occupant 

 of the premises shall refuse or neglect to comply with the orders of said inspector 

 within five days, the inspector shall employ such aid as may be necessary to 

 carry out his orders and recommendations, the expense of which procedure shall 

 be certified to the township board and by them allowed, who shall cause the same 

 to be assessed as a special tax upon the premises concerned. 



Sec. 10. The state inspector of orchards and nurseries shall have power to 

 appoint such number of deputy inspectors as may be required, subject to approval 

 by the State Board of Agriculture. 



Sec. 11. All expenses incurred under the provisions of this act, not otherwise 

 provided for, shall be audited by the State Board of Agriculture, and paid out 

 of the general fund of the state, and the auditor general shall draw his warrant 

 for the same: Provided, That all moneys collected by the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, under this act, shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury. 



It was the desire of the committee to make this commission self- 

 sustaining, and I presume it will be practically so. We do not contend 

 that the bill is perfect, but we do claim that it is a good deal better 

 than the bills some of the other states have adopted. It is impossible 

 to get a perfect law to operate between states, on account of the inter- 

 state commerce law. The United States congress have a similar meas- 

 ure under consideration, but have taken no specific action, I had a copy 

 of their bill sent me by Mr. Taylor, and a great many communications 

 from him regarding their national legislation on this same point, but 

 they failed to agree on any bill. 



This I presume is the most important of new laws relating specially 

 to horticulture. In fact, it is practically the only one. There was an 



