﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  933 
  

  

  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  exist, 
  and 
  if 
  so 
  found 
  on 
  investigation, 
  he 
  shall 
  

   proceed 
  as 
  above 
  provided 
  in 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  same. 
  If 
  the 
  

   owner 
  shall 
  neglect 
  or 
  refuse 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  the 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  

   inspector 
  within 
  five 
  days, 
  the 
  said 
  inspector 
  shall 
  employ 
  all 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  assistance 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  his 
  orders, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  shall 
  be 
  

   assessed 
  as 
  a 
  special 
  tax 
  on 
  the 
  premises 
  concerned. 
  (C. 
  L. 
  5704.) 
  

  

  MISSOURI. 
  

  

  This 
  law 
  creates 
  and 
  establishes 
  a 
  fruit 
  experiment 
  station 
  in 
  

   South 
  Missouri 
  to 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  different 
  kinds 
  of 
  fruit, 
  to 
  

   ascertain 
  the 
  desirable 
  varieties, 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  different 
  diseases 
  and 
  

   insects 
  which 
  injure 
  fruits, 
  berries, 
  vines, 
  etc., 
  and 
  best 
  remedies, 
  

   with 
  power 
  to 
  remove 
  or 
  destroy 
  infested 
  trees 
  or 
  orchards, 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  diseases 
  and 
  pests. 
  An 
  inspector 
  appointed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Governor 
  is 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  trustees 
  of 
  

   said 
  station, 
  whose 
  duty 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  visit 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   scribe 
  remedies 
  for 
  diseased 
  trees 
  or 
  orchards. 
  If 
  he 
  should 
  find 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  danger 
  of 
  any 
  disease 
  spreading 
  and 
  likely 
  to 
  in- 
  

   jure 
  other 
  trees 
  and 
  orchards, 
  he 
  shall 
  make 
  a 
  full 
  statement 
  to 
  

   the 
  County 
  Court, 
  which 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  said 
  trees 
  to 
  

   show 
  cause 
  why 
  they 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  destroyed; 
  if 
  the 
  court 
  shall 
  

   believe 
  it 
  best 
  to 
  destrov 
  said 
  trees, 
  it 
  mav 
  issue 
  an 
  order, 
  and 
  the 
  

   inspectors 
  shall 
  employ 
  laborers 
  to 
  dig 
  and 
  burn 
  such 
  trees, 
  the 
  

   expense 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  from 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  board. 
  (R. 
  S., 
  chap. 
  

   ^^, 
  sees. 
  4725-4733.) 
  

  

  MOiS^TAXA. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  wdio 
  maliciously 
  injures 
  or 
  destroys 
  any 
  standing 
  

   crops, 
  grain, 
  cultivated 
  fruits 
  or 
  vegetables, 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  an- 
  

   other, 
  is 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor. 
  (R. 
  S. 
  1055.) 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  horticulture 
  may 
  prescribe 
  regulations 
  for 
  

   inspection 
  and 
  disinfection, 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  contagious 
  

  

  