342 THE MONTHLY^ BULLETIN. 



shall not have been abated within the time specified in such notice, it shall be the 

 duty of the county horticultural commissioner to cause said nuisance to be at once 

 abated, by eradicating or destroying said diseases, insects, or other pests, or their 

 eggs, or larvae, or Russian thistle or saltwort or Johnson grass or other noxious 

 weeds. The expense thereof shall be a county charge, and the board of supervisors 

 shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund of the county. Any and all 

 sum or sums so paid shall be and become a lien on the property and premises from 

 which said nuisance has been removed or abated in pursuance of this chapter. A 

 notice of such lien shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder of 

 the county in which the said property and premises are situated, within thirty days 

 fifter the right to the said lien has accrued. An action to foreclose such lien shall 

 be commenced within ninety days after the filing and recording of said notice of 

 lien, which action shall be brought in the proper court by the district attorney of 

 the county in the name and for the benefit of the county making such payment or 

 payments, and when the property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into 

 the county treasury of such county to satisfy the lien and costs ; and the overplus, 

 if any there be, shall be paid to the owner of the property, if he be known, and if 

 not, into the court for his use when ascertained. The county horticultural commis- 

 sioner is hereby vested with the power to cause any and all such nuisances to be at 

 once abated in a summary manner. 



§ 2322b. Said county horticultural commissioner shall have power to divide the 

 county into districts, and to appoint a local inspector, to hold office at the pleasure 

 of the commissioner, for each of said districts, and may with the consent and ap- 

 proval of the board of supervisors, appoint a deputy horticultural commissioner from 

 a list of qualified persons certified to the board of supervisors by the state board of 

 horticultural examiners, such deputy to hold office at the pleasure of the commis- 

 sioner. The State Commissioner of Horticulture may issue commissions as quaran- 

 tine guardians to the county horticultural commissioner, the deputy and inspectors 

 appointed by him. The said quarantine guardians, local inspectors, deputies or the 

 said county horticultural commissioner, have full authority to enter into any orchard, 

 nursery, place or places where trees or plants or fruit are kept and offered for sale 

 or otherwise, or any house, storeroom, salesroom, depot, or any other such place in 

 their jurisdiction, to inspect the same, or any part thereof. 



§2322c. It is the duty of the said county horticultural commissioner to keep a 

 record of his official doings and to make a report to the State Cohimissioner of Hor- 

 ticulture on or before the first day of October of each year of the condition of the 

 horticultural interests in their several districts, what is being done to eradicate 

 insect pests, also as to disinfecting, and as to quarantine against insect pests and 

 dieases, and as to the carrying out of all laws relative to the greatest good of the 

 horticultural interests, and to furnish from time to time to the State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture such other information as he may require. Said State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture may publish such reports in bulletin form or may incorporate so 

 much of the same in his annual report as may be of general interest. It is also 

 made the duty of the county horticultural commissioner to advise him.self with refer- 

 ence to all infectious diseases, scale insects or codlin moth or other pests injurious 

 to fruit, plants, vegetables, trees or vines, and with their eggs or larvae and all 

 noxious weeds or grasses that may exist in his county or be likely to exist tlierein 

 and for the purpose of so advising himself and of eradicating and preventing injury 

 from such causes, and for the purpose of advising himself on the best and most 

 efficacious methods of performing his duties and conducting his office he shall attend 

 the annual meeting of the state association of county horticultural commissioners, 

 and such other meetings as the State Commissioner of Horticulture shall reciuire, 

 and he shall be paid his per diem compensation and traveling expenses while so 

 engaged. 



§ 2322f?. The salary of all inspectors working under tlie county lioi'tieultural com- 

 missioner is three dollars and fifty cents per day. The salary of the deputy shall 

 be five dollars per day when in the actual performance of his duties and the neces- 

 sary traveling expenses. In the case of the commissioner himself his compensation 

 shall be six dollars per day when actually engaged in tlie performance of liis duties, 

 and the necessary traveling expenses incurred in tlie discliarge of liis regular duties 

 as described in this chapter. 



§ 2322e. It is the duty of the county horticultural commissioner to keep a record 

 of his official acts, and make a monthly report to the board of supervisors ; and the 

 board of supervisors may withhold warrants for salary of said commissioner, deputy 

 and inspectors until such time as such report is made. 



