﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  921 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  horticul- 
  

   tural 
  society 
  and 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  agricultural 
  experiment 
  

   station. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  a 
  fruit 
  grower, 
  nurseryman 
  or 
  agriculturist 
  shall 
  

   know 
  or 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  his 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  vines, 
  or 
  

   plants 
  are 
  affected 
  with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  yellows, 
  rosette, 
  or 
  other 
  

   destructive 
  insect 
  or 
  fungus 
  pests, 
  he 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  State 
  Ento- 
  

   mologist, 
  who 
  shall 
  examine 
  them 
  and 
  advise 
  proper 
  remedies 
  

   for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  such 
  pests. 
  

  

  Every 
  package 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  shipped 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  

   another 
  State 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  consignee, 
  consigTior 
  and 
  

   a 
  certiticate 
  signed 
  by 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  Government 
  inspector 
  showing 
  

   that 
  the 
  contents 
  have 
  been 
  examined 
  by 
  him 
  and 
  appear 
  free 
  

   from 
  destnictive 
  insect 
  or 
  funerus 
  enemies. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  nursery 
  stock 
  is 
  shipped 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  without 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tificate 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  package, 
  box 
  or 
  car, 
  the 
  fact 
  must 
  be 
  

   reported 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  by 
  the 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  railway, 
  

   express 
  or 
  boat 
  company 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  carrying 
  or 
  receiving 
  

   the 
  same 
  (including 
  mail 
  carrier), 
  and 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  shall 
  ex- 
  

   amine 
  such 
  unidentified 
  packages 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  express,, 
  

   railway, 
  steamboat 
  companies 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  carrying 
  the 
  same, 
  

   and 
  if 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  injurious 
  insects 
  or 
  plant 
  diseases, 
  he 
  

   may 
  allow 
  them 
  to 
  pass 
  to 
  their 
  destination; 
  otherwise 
  he 
  shall 
  

   cause 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  burned 
  or 
  destroved. 
  But 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  shall 
  the 
  

   agent 
  of 
  the 
  transportation 
  company 
  allow 
  said 
  package 
  or 
  j^ack- 
  

   ages 
  to 
  pass 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  possession. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  138.) 
  

  

  IOWA. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  is 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  this 
  

   act. 
  He 
  may 
  appoint 
  qualified 
  assistants 
  and 
  fix 
  their 
  compensa- 
  

   tion. 
  A 
  careful 
  examination 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  when 
  requested 
  by 
  

   owner 
  or 
  agent, 
  or 
  when 
  he 
  has 
  reasonable 
  grounds 
  to 
  believe 
  the 
  

  

  