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that we now have in interstate. It also provides that county horticul- 

 tural commissioners shall have power to enforce county ordinances. The 

 nurserymen and many others greatly desire that county ordinances 

 shall not be operative until approved by the State Commissioner of 

 Horticulture. This last clause is favored by many of the county hor- 

 ticultural commissioners, though some are very strongly opposed to 

 this action. 



The fourth bill has to do with bee inspection, providing for a civil 

 service examination for inspectors and also for a state apiarian. It is 

 thought by those best qualified to judge that this will be one of the 

 best foul brood laws ever passed by any state. 



A few other bills, should they pass, would certainly work harm. They 

 would remove the civil service examination for county horticultural 

 commissioners and leave their appointment and removal solely in the 

 hands of the supervisors. — A. J. Cook. 



