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the Uuitoil States fnnii Idreign eountries, shall be subject to inspeotiou iu the 

 hands of the owner, and l»cl<ire reshipnient, sale, or planting out, according to 

 rules and rejiulations prcsrribed by the secretary of ayricullui-e, and when so 

 inspected and found apparently free from dangerously injurious insects or diseases, 

 the certificate of the othcer making such examination and huding shall be issued 

 to the OAvner or owners of such nursery stock. A copy of this certificate shall 

 be attached to and accompany each carload, box, bale, or package, and when so 

 attached and accompanying, shall operate to release all sucli nursery stock from 

 further inspection, quarantine, or restrictions in inter-state commerce. 



Sec. 2. Whenever it shall appear to the secretary of agriculture that any for- 

 eign country shall have provided proper and competent inspection for nursery 

 stock about to be import(>(l into this counti-y. he may by proclamation or otherwise 

 accept such inspection and certilication in lieu of the inspection as i)rovided for 

 in section 1 of this act. This acceptation by the secretary of agriculture shall 

 operate to relieve all such nursery stock, when accompanied by a copy of the 

 certilicate of inspection, from further restrictions in inter-state commerce. 



Sec. 3. All trees, plants, shrubs, vines, :ind buds, commonly known as nursery 

 stock, grown within the United States, may become subjects of inter-state com- 

 merce, under the rules and regulations as hereinafter provided. The secretary 

 of agriculture shall cause to be inspected all trees, plants, shrubs, vines, and bulbs, 

 known as niusery stock, which are subjects of inter-state commerce, and which 

 ar<' about to be transported from one state or territory, or the district of Columbia, 

 into another state or territory, or the district of Columbia. This examination shall 

 be made prior to September 1 of each year, in the manner provided for and pre- 

 scribed by the secretary of agriculture, and if such nursery stock is found to be 

 ajiparently free from dangerously injurious insects or diseases, the certificate of 

 the ofticer making such examination and finding shall be issued to the owner or 

 owners of such nursery stock, a copy of which certificate shall be attached to and 

 accompany each carload, box, bale or package, and when so attached and 

 accompanying shall operate to release all such nursery stock from further inspec- 

 tion, quarantine or restriction in inter-state commerce. 



Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to- 

 deliver to any other person, persons, or corporation, or to the postal service of the 

 United States (except for scientific purposes or by permission of the secretary of 

 agriculture), for transportation fi'om one state or territory or the district of Colum- 

 bia, to any other state or territory or the district of Columbia, any trees, plants, 

 shrubs, vines, or otlier nursery stock, which have not been examined in accordance 

 with the provision of section 3 of this act, or which, on said examination, have been 

 declared by the inspector to be dangerously infested with injurious insects or 

 diseases. Any person, persons, firm, or corporation who shall forge, counterfeit, 

 or knowingly alter, deface or destroy any certificate or copy thereof as provided 

 for in this act, and in the regulations of the secretary of agriculture, or shall iu 

 any Avay violate the jirovisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and on a conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed i)!500 nor less 

 than !f200, or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of 

 the court. 



Sec. 5. The rules and regulations herein provided for shall be promulgated on 

 or before the first dayof .July of each year. 



Sec. 6. That the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 

 hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States, not 

 otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on and after the 30th day of June, 1898. 



With such a hnv as this in operation, all nursery stock would be well 

 taken care of and the primary source of the distribution of the dangerous 

 insects and diseases stopped. The next step would be for^our states to 

 provide for inspection of orchards and fruits, and crush out the colonies 

 of scale wherever established. The law must grant much power to the 

 state inspector, as we all know the difficulty that has been experienced 

 in enforcing the peach yellows law. 



The following clipping comes from a San Francisco paper of Sept. 23. 

 and is a dispatch from Taconui, Washington. It shows that our western 

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