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Such license shall be good for one year and shall not be License to be 

 transferable, and each of such persons, principals, shall exe- fear. forone 

 cute to the State Board of Agriculture, a bond, in the sum of Bond, 

 one thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties satis- 

 factory to said board, conditioned that he will comply with all 

 the provisions of this act, and that upon demand he will Tofiieiistof 

 file with the State Board of Agriculture, a list of the persons wu'hjjowd of 

 to whom he has sold or delivered any such nursery stock, Agriculture, 

 giving the species, together with the postoffice address of 

 each purchaser, which list shall be held in strict confidence 

 by the said State Board of Agriculture, and not be subject to 

 inspection by the public. Failure on the part of any nursery- Penalty for not 

 man, grower, agent or dealer to comply with the provisions fihDg hst " 

 of this section shall render him or them liable to the penalties 

 of a fine of not more than one hundred nor less than twenty- 

 five dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more 

 than ninety nor less than thirty days, or both such fine and 

 imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for each and 

 every such sale. Such information shall be preserved and be 

 for the sole use of the nursery and orchard inspector and his 

 deputies: Provided, That the provisions of the preceding sec- Proviso as to 

 tions shall not apply to persons engaged in fruit growing, e?c han a gVtrees r 

 who are not nurserymen, who desire to sell or exchange sur- 

 plus trees or plants of their own growing. 



Sec. 6. No person, firm or corporation resident of another Foreign Anns 

 state, jjrovince or country shall engage or continue in the busi- u ns7o°obtain 

 ness of importing any trees, plants, shrubs or vines, commonly {JoIrdlo^eTi 

 known as nursery stock, into this State, or of selling such in this state, 

 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 Agri- Toniebond 

 culture the bond therein required, together with a certificate "tVbSfd? 1 * 

 of inspection by a state or government inspector or that of 

 some person designated by the Michigan State Board of Agri- 

 culture for such purpose. 



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

 of the fee referred to in this act, together with the required ? s f 8 f n e e e 1 b i ^ e t ;° 

 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 incaseofdis- 

 one hundred and eight and one hundred and nine, session commissioner 

 laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, known as yellows f n D f e C °tId trees !° 

 commissioners, shall be uncertain as to the existence or inspector to 



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nature of any infectious or contagious disease or dangerous 

 insect pest in an orchard or elsewhere, or in case any dispute To recommend 

 shall arise between owners and commissioners, it shall be the edte^VeoTsion 

 duty of said commissioners to notify the State inspector of t0 be flnal - 

 orchards and nurseries, who shall at once investigate or 

 inquire into the matter and suggest or recommend the proper 



