﻿CoMMissioxER 
  OF 
  Agkicultuee. 
  925 
  

  

  examine 
  and 
  recommend 
  the 
  proper 
  remedies 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  

   of 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  jSTiirserj 
  stock 
  shipped 
  from 
  other 
  States 
  must 
  be 
  plainly 
  labeled 
  

   with 
  name 
  of 
  consignor 
  and 
  consignee, 
  the 
  contents 
  and 
  a 
  certifi- 
  

   cate 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  Government 
  inspector 
  that 
  said 
  stock 
  is 
  free 
  

   from 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  or 
  other 
  destructive 
  insect 
  or 
  fungus 
  enemies, 
  

   and 
  if 
  shipped 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  without 
  being 
  labeled, 
  etc., 
  with 
  

   certificate 
  as 
  required, 
  said 
  nursery 
  stock 
  may 
  be 
  seized, 
  and, 
  if 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  have 
  been 
  violated, 
  to 
  order 
  the 
  return 
  

   to 
  the 
  shipper 
  or 
  consignor 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  unless 
  the 
  

   consignor 
  or 
  agent 
  shall 
  have 
  said 
  stock 
  examined 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  

   Entomologist 
  or 
  his 
  appointees 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  expense, 
  and 
  upon 
  fail- 
  

   ure 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  shall 
  order 
  the 
  constable 
  or 
  sheriff 
  to 
  burn 
  or 
  destroy, 
  at 
  

   the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  consignee 
  or 
  agent, 
  such 
  nursery 
  stock. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person, 
  knowingly 
  or 
  willfully, 
  

   to 
  keep 
  any 
  plum, 
  cherry 
  or 
  other 
  tree 
  infected 
  with 
  the 
  contagious 
  

   disease 
  or 
  fungus 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  ' 
  black 
  knot.' 
  Every 
  tree 
  

   so 
  infected 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  public 
  nuisance, 
  and 
  the 
  cutting- 
  

   down 
  or 
  destroying 
  the 
  same 
  or 
  any 
  part 
  thereof, 
  if 
  done 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  is 
  lawful, 
  and 
  no 
  dam- 
  

   age 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  for 
  the 
  same. 
  If 
  any 
  person 
  shall 
  refuse 
  or 
  

   neglect 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  provisions, 
  it 
  becomes 
  the 
  duty 
  

   of 
  the 
  commissioners 
  to 
  remove 
  and 
  destroy 
  by 
  fire 
  every 
  tree 
  or 
  

   part 
  of 
  tree. 
  

  

  In 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  class, 
  the 
  mayor 
  shall 
  discharge 
  

   the 
  duties 
  and 
  the 
  cities 
  make 
  the 
  payments 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  this 
  

   act, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  said 
  disease 
  exists 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  said 
  cities. 
  (Laws 
  1894-, 
  

   chap. 
  101.) 
  

  

  LOUISIA^TA. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  bring 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  any 
  fruit 
  trees 
  

   or 
  vines, 
  shrubs, 
  scions, 
  cuttings, 
  buds, 
  grafts, 
  fruit 
  pits 
  or 
  any 
  

  

  