﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  923 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  bring 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  any 
  nursery 
  stock 
  

   unless 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  inspection 
  by 
  a 
  State 
  ento- 
  

   mologist 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  shipment 
  was 
  made, 
  showing 
  

   that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  inspected 
  and 
  found 
  apparently 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  

   scale, 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  chap. 
  53.) 
  

  

  ILLINOIS. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  " 
  An 
  Act 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  introduction 
  and 
  spread 
  in 
  Illi- 
  

   nois 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  other 
  dangerous 
  insect 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  diseases 
  of 
  fruits." 
  

  

  It 
  provides 
  for 
  the 
  annual 
  inspection 
  of 
  nurseries 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  

   Entomologist 
  or 
  his 
  assistants, 
  for 
  the 
  issuing 
  of 
  certificates 
  and 
  

   ffling 
  duplicates 
  with 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station, 
  and 
  A^ath 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Horticultural 
  

   Society, 
  which 
  shall 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  public 
  inspection, 
  

   and 
  whenever 
  nursery 
  stock 
  is 
  shipped 
  or 
  delivered, 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  

   original 
  certificate 
  shall 
  be 
  placed 
  and 
  sent 
  on 
  each 
  package 
  so 
  

   shipped 
  or 
  delivered. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  to 
  inspect, 
  or 
  

   cause 
  to 
  be 
  inspected 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  suspected 
  premises, 
  and 
  

   specified 
  action 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  diseases, 
  

   such 
  as 
  notifying 
  the 
  owners 
  and, 
  if 
  necessary, 
  to 
  treat 
  the 
  trees 
  

   or 
  destroy 
  them 
  and 
  disinfect 
  the 
  premises, 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  

   of 
  treatment 
  to 
  Ije 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  owner, 
  and 
  certificates 
  are 
  to 
  

   be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  o^\^ler 
  of 
  premises 
  free 
  from 
  disease. 
  

  

  Shipment 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  from 
  other 
  States 
  must 
  bear 
  cer- 
  

   tificate 
  of 
  inspection. 
  Without 
  such 
  certificate 
  it 
  is 
  unlawful 
  for 
  

   common 
  carriers 
  to 
  deliver 
  any 
  such 
  property 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  in- 
  

   spected 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  or 
  his 
  assistants. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  

   p. 
  49.) 
  

  

  