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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



In case owner 

 refuse to de- 

 stroy infected 

 trees, duty oi 

 inspector. 



May employ 

 assistance. 



Owner liable 

 for costs. 



Amount. 



Name of con- 

 signor to be on 

 package when 

 shipped from 

 out of State. 



Government 

 inspector to 

 inspect ship- 

 ments. 



Violation a 

 misdemeanor. 



Penalty. 



When owners 

 of nurseries 10 

 apply lor in- 

 spection of 

 stock and 

 license to sell. 



License fee. 



dollar for every tree, vine, plant or shrub so affected, when 

 shipped or delivered from such nursery, which tine shall be 

 collected by suit by the prosecuting attorney of the county in 

 which said nursery is located. 



Sec. 3. Whenever it shall happen that the State inspector 

 of nurseries and orchards shall give the notice heretofore 

 required to the owner of a nursery, for the destruction of the 

 insects or diseases mentioned, and said owner shall fail or 

 neglect to take the measures necessary for the destruction 

 thereof, within the time mentioned in the notice given him, 

 it shall be the duty of the State inspector of nurseries and 

 orchards to have the proper remedies applied to such nursery 

 for the destruction of such diseases or insects, and shall 

 employ all necessary assistance and may enter the premises 

 of said owner of such nursery for the purpose of treating and 

 exterminating such insects or diseases, and the said owner 

 of such nursery shall be liable for the costs of such proceeding, 

 for the services of the inspector at a rate per diem to be fixed 

 by the State Board of Agriculture, not to exceed three dollars 

 per day, and for such number of days as said board shall 

 determine, which said charge must be paid before delivery 

 of the certificate in section one of this act. 



Sec. 4. Whenever any trees, shrubs, plants or vines are 

 shipped into this State from another state, country or prov- 

 ince, every package thereof shall be plainly labeled on the 

 outside with the name of the consignor, the name of the con- 

 signee, the contents, and a certificate showing that the con- 

 tents have been inspected by a State or government officer, 

 and that the trees, vines, shrubs or plants therein contained 

 appear free from all injurious insects or diseases. Whenever 

 any trees, shrubs, vines or plants are shipped inlo this State 

 without such certificate plainly fixed on the outside of the 

 package, box or car containing the same, the fact must be 

 reported within twenty-four hours to the State Board of Agri- 

 culture by the railway, express or steamboat company, or 

 other person or persons carrying the same; and any agent of 

 any railway, steamboat or express company, or any other per- 

 son or persons who shall violate the provisions of this section 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five nor 

 more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county 

 jail not less than five nor more than thirtv davs. or mav be so 

 fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court, and any 

 such tine shall be paid to the State Board of Agriculture. 



Sec. 5. Any person or persons growing or offering for sale 

 in this State any trees, vines, shrubs or plants commonly 

 known as nursery stock, shall, on or before the first day of 

 August in each year, apply to the State Board of Agriculture, 

 for inspection of said stock under Ihe provisions of this act 

 and a license for its sale, and shall deposit with said board 

 a fee of five dollars as a license fee for himself as principal. 



