﻿922 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  exists, 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  the 
  fif- 
  

   teenth 
  day 
  of 
  September 
  in 
  each 
  year, 
  of 
  any 
  nursery, 
  fruit 
  farm, 
  

   or 
  other 
  place 
  where 
  trees 
  or 
  plants 
  are 
  grown 
  for 
  sale, 
  and 
  if 
  

   found 
  apparently 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  scale, 
  he 
  shall 
  issue 
  his 
  certificate 
  

   stating 
  the 
  facts, 
  and 
  shall 
  collect 
  therefor 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   five 
  dollars, 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  fifteen 
  dollars, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  stock 
  inspected. 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  sell, 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  trans- 
  

   portation 
  any 
  nursery 
  stock 
  outside 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  said 
  nursery 
  

   stock 
  is 
  gro^^^l, 
  unless 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  this 
  certificate. 
  

  

  Authority 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  when 
  requested 
  

   by 
  owner 
  or 
  agent, 
  or 
  w^hen 
  he 
  has 
  reasonable 
  grounds 
  to 
  believe 
  

   the 
  scale 
  exists, 
  to 
  enter 
  upon 
  any 
  grounds, 
  public 
  or 
  private, 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  inspection, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  finds 
  any 
  nursery, 
  orchard, 
  

   garden 
  or 
  other 
  place 
  infected 
  by 
  the 
  scale, 
  he 
  may, 
  by 
  himself 
  

   or 
  his 
  assistants, 
  enter 
  upon 
  such 
  premises 
  and 
  establish 
  quaran« 
  

   tine 
  regulations. 
  

  

  '' 
  If, 
  in 
  his 
  judgment, 
  the 
  scale 
  may 
  be 
  eradicated 
  by 
  treatment, 
  

   he 
  may, 
  in 
  writing, 
  order 
  such 
  treatment, 
  and 
  prescribe 
  its 
  kind 
  

   and 
  character. 
  In 
  case 
  any 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  or 
  plants 
  are 
  found 
  so 
  

   infested 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  impracticable 
  to 
  treat 
  them, 
  he 
  may 
  

   order 
  them 
  burned. 
  If 
  the 
  own^r 
  or 
  persons 
  in 
  charge, 
  after 
  ten 
  

   days' 
  notice, 
  fails 
  to 
  treat 
  or 
  destroy 
  such 
  infested 
  trees 
  or 
  plants 
  

   as 
  ordered, 
  the 
  entomologist 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  perform 
  this 
  work 
  

   by 
  himself 
  or 
  assistant 
  and 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  cost 
  thereof. 
  He 
  

   shall 
  certify 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  such 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  person 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  premises, 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  paid 
  by 
  him 
  w^ithin 
  sixty 
  days 
  

   thereafter 
  he 
  shall 
  certify 
  the 
  amount 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  Auditor, 
  to 
  

   be 
  collected 
  as 
  other 
  taxes 
  are." 
  

  

  " 
  When 
  nursery 
  stock 
  is 
  shipped 
  into 
  this 
  State, 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  a 
  certificate 
  as 
  herein 
  provided, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  held 
  prima 
  facie 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  therein 
  stated," 
  but 
  if 
  the 
  State 
  Entomolo- 
  

   gist, 
  by 
  himself 
  or 
  his 
  assistants, 
  has 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  such 
  stock 
  

   to 
  be 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  scale, 
  he 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  same 
  

   and 
  subject 
  it 
  to 
  like 
  treatment 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  