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shall be the duty of 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 alloAved, 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 othei-wise 

 provided foi", 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, 



PILFERING FROM ORCHARDS. 



AN ACT to protect vineyards, orchards, and gardens, and to repeal act number 

 131, public acts of 1869, entitled "An act to protect vineyards in the State of 

 Michigan," being section 9195 of Howell's annotated statutes. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any person who shall 

 enter a vineyard, orchard, or garden, during the months of July, August, Septem- 

 ber, or October, without the consent of the owner, and pick, take, carry away, 

 destroy, or injure any of the fruits, vegetables, or crops therein, on in anywise 

 injure or destroy any bush, tree, vine, or plant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in county jail, not more 

 than ninety days, or by fine not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, 

 or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 2. That act number 131 of the public acts of 1869, entitled "An act to pro- 

 tect vineyards in the State of Michigan," being section 9195 of Howell's annotated 

 statutes of Michigan, be and the same is hereby repealed. 



MARKING FRUIT PACKAGES. 



AN ACT to provide for marking on packages, designed for the shipment of certain 

 specified kinds of fruit, the number of pounds which each of said packages shall 

 contain. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all manufacturers of 

 peach baskets and other fruit packages designed for the shipment of peaches, 

 grapes, and plums, and all shippers and dealers in the same, shall mark or cause to 

 bo marked, in a plain manner, on the outside, otherwise than the bottom, of such 

 baskets or packages, the capacity of each basket or package in pounds at the rate of 

 one pound for each 43.008 cubic inches of space contained in such basket or 

 package. 



