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  Seventh 
  Ankual 
  TJeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  GEORGIA. 
  

  

  A 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  entomology, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  

   agriculture 
  is 
  chairman, 
  shall 
  have 
  full 
  power 
  to 
  enact 
  regulations 
  

   governing 
  inspection, 
  certification, 
  sale, 
  transportation 
  and 
  intro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  cuttings, 
  buds, 
  vines, 
  etc., 
  that 
  they 
  

   may 
  deem 
  necessary 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  further 
  introduction 
  and 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  of 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  plant 
  diseases. 
  The 
  State 
  entomologist 
  

   shall 
  act 
  as 
  inspector 
  and 
  have 
  power 
  in 
  any 
  case 
  of 
  infested 
  tree& 
  

   or 
  plants, 
  to 
  prescribe 
  treatment, 
  which 
  shall 
  at 
  once 
  be 
  executed; 
  

   cost 
  of 
  material 
  and 
  labor 
  shall 
  be 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  owner; 
  provided, 
  

   that 
  in 
  case 
  the 
  trees 
  or 
  plants 
  shall 
  be 
  condemned, 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  

   destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  inspector 
  at 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  owner. 
  'No 
  compen- 
  

   sation 
  shall 
  be 
  allowed 
  for 
  any 
  plants 
  that 
  shall 
  be 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  to 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  'sell 
  or 
  transport 
  plants, 
  scions, 
  

   buds, 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  vines 
  or 
  other 
  plants, 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  with 
  

   dangerous 
  insects 
  or 
  plant 
  diseases. 
  Said 
  board 
  shall 
  also 
  adopt 
  

   rules 
  for 
  preventing 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  crop 
  pests 
  from 
  without 
  

   the 
  State. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  grower, 
  nurseryman 
  or 
  corporation 
  

   to 
  ship 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  any 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  etc., 
  without 
  having 
  

   been 
  previously 
  inspected. 
  by 
  either 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  experiment 
  station 
  

   entomologist 
  or 
  government 
  oiScer, 
  within 
  twelve 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  

   date 
  of 
  shipment, 
  the 
  certifi.cate 
  of 
  inspection 
  to 
  accompany 
  each 
  

   box 
  or 
  package. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  residing 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  dealing 
  in 
  or 
  handling 
  trees, 
  

   etc., 
  shall 
  be 
  compelled 
  to 
  have 
  his 
  or 
  their 
  stock 
  inspected 
  annu- 
  

   ally 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  I^ovember 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  If 
  found 
  

   to 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  board, 
  the 
  inspector 
  shall 
  

   furnish 
  a 
  certificate 
  to 
  that 
  effect, 
  and 
  no 
  shipment 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  

   before 
  filing 
  such 
  certificate 
  with 
  the 
  board. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  residing 
  outside 
  the 
  State 
  dealing 
  in 
  or 
  handling 
  

   trees, 
  etc., 
  shall 
  register 
  his 
  name 
  or 
  firm 
  and 
  file 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  his 
  

   certificate 
  of 
  inspection 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  entomologist, 
  fruit 
  in- 
  

  

  