﻿932 
  Sevkxth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Trees, 
  plants, 
  etc., 
  sliippcd 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  must 
  be 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  inspection, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  each 
  

   package 
  have 
  been 
  inspected 
  by 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  government 
  officer 
  and 
  

   are 
  apparently 
  free 
  fi'om 
  disease. 
  Any 
  nnrsery 
  stock 
  received 
  

   withont 
  snch 
  certificate 
  must 
  be 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  railroad 
  company 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  nursery 
  inspector 
  within 
  twenty-four 
  hours. 
  (C. 
  L. 
  

   5699.) 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  growing 
  or 
  offering 
  for 
  sale 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  shall, 
  on 
  

   or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  August 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   board 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  for 
  inspection 
  of 
  said 
  stock 
  and 
  a 
  license 
  for 
  

   its 
  sale, 
  and 
  shall 
  deposit 
  with 
  said 
  board 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  five 
  dollars 
  as 
  

   a 
  license 
  fee 
  for 
  himself 
  as 
  principal. 
  Such 
  license 
  shall 
  be 
  good 
  

   for 
  one 
  year, 
  and 
  each 
  such 
  principal 
  shall 
  execute 
  a 
  bond 
  in 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  conditioned 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  comply 
  

   with 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  that 
  upon 
  demand 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture, 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  persons 
  to 
  whom 
  he 
  has 
  sold 
  or 
  delivered 
  any 
  

   such 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  giving 
  the 
  species 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  post-office 
  

   address. 
  Persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  fruit-growing 
  may 
  exchange 
  sur- 
  

   plus 
  among 
  themselves, 
  and 
  are 
  exempt 
  from 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   law. 
  (C. 
  L. 
  5700.) 
  

  

  Xo 
  person 
  or 
  corporation 
  resident 
  of 
  another 
  State 
  shall 
  en- 
  

   gage 
  or 
  continue 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  importing 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  or 
  

   selling 
  within 
  this 
  State, 
  or 
  selling 
  for 
  subsequent 
  importation, 
  

   without 
  first 
  having 
  obtained 
  a 
  license 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  

   agriculture 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  file 
  the 
  required 
  bond 
  and 
  a 
  

   certificate 
  of 
  inspection 
  by 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  government 
  inspector, 
  or 
  

   that 
  of 
  some 
  person 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  Michigan 
  State 
  board 
  for 
  

   such 
  purpose. 
  (C. 
  L. 
  5701.) 
  

  

  The 
  township 
  commissioners 
  referred 
  to 
  above 
  may 
  apply 
  to 
  

   the 
  State 
  nursery 
  inspector 
  for 
  help 
  and 
  assistance 
  in 
  their 
  labors 
  

   when 
  uncertain 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  or 
  nature 
  of 
  infectious 
  or 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  diseases, 
  and 
  his 
  recommendation 
  shall 
  be 
  final. 
  (C. 
  L. 
  

   5703.) 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  inspector, 
  whenever 
  it 
  shall 
  

   come 
  to 
  his 
  knowledge 
  that 
  any 
  diseases 
  exist 
  in 
  anv 
  orchard 
  or 
  

  

  