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II. Nurserymen will be required to secure permits from the State 

 i lommissioner of Horticulture entitling them to sell nursery stock within 

 the state. The State Commissioner shall issue to each nurseryman a 

 license bearing a special number which must accompany every shipment 

 and delivery of nursery stock. 



III. Nurserymen outside the state will be required to secure a permit 

 from the State Horticultural Commissioner to sell nursery stock within 

 the Stat<? of California. Permits granted to outside nurserymen shall 

 be numbered and all shipments sold or delivered in California must 

 bear such a number. 



The contemplated amendments to the County Horticultural Commis- 

 sioners Act change four of the sections of the present act and add 

 four entirely new sections. The changes may be briefly enumerated 

 and commented upon as follows: 



1. Ground squirrels and gophers are added to the list of pests that 

 the county horticultural commissioner is ordered to eradicate or control. 



'2. If, for any reason, a board of supervisors refuses or neglects to 

 appoint a county horticultural commissioner as required by law, the 

 State Hoard of Horticultural Examiners shall appoint from the list of 

 qualified persons. 



3. In case the county horticultural commissioner exercises his author- 

 ity to compel eradication or control of plant diseases, insect, animal 

 or weed pests, a lien is filed upon the property sufficient to cover the 

 cost of such eradication or control. Said lien shall take precedence 

 over and be paramount to all other liens upon the land excepting only 

 the lien of taxes. 



4. Provision is made for traveling expenses of county horticultural 

 inspectors when within their respective counties. County horticultural 

 commissioners shall be paid traveling expenses when working outside 

 the counties, when such service has been authorized by the supervisors. 



5. County horticultural commissioners may be paid either one thou- 

 sand eight hundred dollars per annum, or six dollars per day at the 

 option of the county boards of supervisors. 



6. Statutory provision is made for holding imported plants at desti- 

 nation until they have been inspected. 



7. Uniform treatment and disposal of infected shipments is provided. 



8. County horticultural commissioners are given power to grant 

 permits upon examination, to public sprayers and fumigators. 



9. The words "or control" are added wherever "eradicate" is men- 

 tioned, thereby making it possible to force control measures when 

 eradication is impossible. 



These proposed amendments to the County Commissioners Act may 

 nol make it absolutely perfect, but I feel that it will be far better and 

 stronger than ever before, and should it be found desirable to have 

 some slight amendments added, to strengthen the weak points, it can 

 be done in the agricultural committee of the legislature. As a whole 

 the County Commissioners Act represents the results of the joint labor 

 of fruit growers, nurserymen and commissioners from the north and 

 from the south, and as such it will command the careful attention of 

 our representatives in the legislature. 



In addition to the proposed amendments to the State and County 

 Commissioners Act. two new acts are introduced, providing ways and 



