﻿A^S'NUAL 
  EePOKT 
  of 
  CoMMISSIOXEE 
  of 
  ACtEICULTUKE. 
  913 
  

  

  ARIZONA. 
  

  

  Upon 
  a 
  petition 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  supervisors 
  of 
  any 
  

   county, 
  signed 
  by 
  ten 
  or 
  more 
  resident 
  freeholders 
  and 
  possessors 
  

   of 
  an 
  orchard, 
  stating 
  that 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  their 
  county 
  requires 
  

   legal 
  protection 
  against 
  the 
  importation, 
  propagation 
  or 
  spread- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  fruits 
  and 
  vines, 
  as 
  scale 
  insects, 
  cod- 
  

   lin-moth 
  and 
  other 
  insect 
  pests, 
  and 
  asking 
  for 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  

   a 
  commission 
  to 
  supervise 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  said 
  insects, 
  said 
  

   board 
  of 
  supervisors 
  shall 
  within 
  twenty 
  days 
  thereafter 
  select 
  

   three 
  commissioners 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  a 
  county 
  

   board 
  of 
  horticultural 
  commissioners. 
  The 
  said 
  commission 
  may 
  

   divide 
  the 
  county 
  into 
  districts, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  three 
  in 
  number, 
  

   and 
  shall 
  appoint 
  one 
  fruit 
  inspector 
  for 
  each 
  district 
  so 
  created. 
  

   Said 
  commissioners, 
  through 
  their 
  fruit 
  inspectors, 
  shall 
  make 
  a 
  

   thorough 
  examination 
  of 
  all 
  orchards, 
  nurseries 
  or 
  place 
  or 
  places 
  

   where 
  trees 
  or 
  plants 
  or 
  fruits 
  are 
  kept 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  other- 
  

   wise, 
  and 
  if 
  found 
  infested 
  wnth 
  anv 
  scale, 
  bucr, 
  codlin-moth, 
  or 
  

   other 
  insect 
  injurious 
  to 
  fruit, 
  trees 
  or 
  vines 
  they 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  

   owner 
  or 
  person 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  trees, 
  vines, 
  etc., 
  that 
  the 
  

   same 
  are 
  infested 
  with 
  said 
  insects, 
  etc., 
  and 
  such 
  persons 
  are 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  to 
  disinfect 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  same 
  within 
  a 
  certain 
  time, 
  to 
  be 
  

   specified. 
  If 
  within 
  such 
  specified 
  time 
  such 
  disinfection 
  or 
  de- 
  

   struction 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  accomplished 
  the 
  said 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  

   shall 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  make 
  application 
  of 
  such 
  treatment 
  for 
  the 
  

   said 
  purpose 
  as 
  said 
  commission 
  may 
  prescribe. 
  After 
  having 
  

   been 
  notified, 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  owners 
  of 
  said 
  orchard, 
  nursery, 
  etc., 
  

   fail, 
  neglect 
  or 
  refuse 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  same 
  or 
  make 
  application 
  of 
  

   treatment, 
  as 
  directed, 
  he 
  or 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  main- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  public 
  nuisance, 
  and 
  any, 
  such 
  orchard, 
  nurseries, 
  et«., 
  

   thus 
  infested, 
  shall 
  be 
  adjudged, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  hereby 
  declared 
  a 
  

   public 
  nuisance, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  proceeded 
  against 
  as 
  such, 
  and 
  if 
  

   found 
  sTiiltv 
  the 
  court 
  shall 
  direct 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  commission 
  to 
  

   abate 
  the 
  nuisance. 
  The 
  expense 
  thus 
  incurred 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  lien 
  

  

  upon 
  the 
  real 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  defendant. 
  

  

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