﻿934 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  diseases 
  among 
  fruit 
  and 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  extirpation 
  of 
  

   such 
  diseases 
  and 
  pests. 
  The 
  " 
  Inspector 
  of 
  Fruit 
  Pests 
  " 
  shall 
  

   visit 
  the 
  nurseries, 
  orchards, 
  stores, 
  packing 
  houses 
  and 
  other 
  

   places 
  where 
  horticultural 
  products 
  are 
  handled, 
  and 
  see 
  that 
  all 
  

   regulations 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  are 
  complied 
  with, 
  and 
  shall 
  have 
  

   power 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  same 
  and 
  to 
  destroy 
  or 
  disinfect 
  all 
  fruit, 
  

   trees, 
  etc., 
  found 
  infected 
  with 
  any 
  disease. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  sell 
  or 
  deliver 
  any 
  nursery 
  stock 
  must 
  

   notify 
  the 
  inspector 
  of 
  the 
  date 
  and 
  nursery, 
  or 
  railroad 
  station 
  

   where 
  said 
  stock 
  may 
  be, 
  and 
  the 
  inspector 
  shall 
  examine 
  it, 
  and 
  

   if 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  all 
  disease 
  and 
  pests, 
  he 
  shall 
  so 
  certify, 
  but 
  if 
  

   found 
  diseased 
  or 
  infected 
  with 
  any 
  pests, 
  said 
  inspector 
  shall 
  

   order 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  stock, 
  together 
  with 
  all 
  boxes 
  

   or 
  packing 
  material. 
  

  

  Every 
  owner 
  of 
  an 
  orchard, 
  nursery, 
  store-room 
  or 
  other 
  place 
  

   where 
  horticultural 
  supplies 
  or 
  products 
  are 
  kept, 
  which 
  shall 
  be- 
  

   come 
  diseased, 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  inspector 
  and 
  shall, 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  

   cost, 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  as 
  ordered 
  

   by 
  the 
  inspector. 
  If 
  said 
  owner 
  refuses, 
  then 
  said 
  inspector 
  shall 
  

   eradicate 
  such 
  disease 
  or 
  pest, 
  and 
  the 
  expense 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  

   a 
  tax 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  owner. 
  

  

  'No 
  person 
  or 
  transportation 
  company 
  shall 
  deliver 
  or 
  turn 
  over 
  

   any 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  without 
  an 
  inspector's 
  certificate. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  

   chap. 
  70.) 
  

  

  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  All 
  gardeners, 
  horticulturists, 
  farmers 
  and 
  nurserymen, 
  and 
  all 
  

   growers 
  and 
  dealers 
  in 
  plants 
  or 
  fruits 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  must 
  keep 
  

   their 
  premises 
  free 
  from 
  all 
  injurious 
  insects 
  that 
  might 
  spread 
  

   from 
  infested 
  plants 
  to 
  others 
  on 
  the 
  highways 
  or 
  adjoining 
  prem- 
  

   ises. 
  

  

  Notice 
  shall 
  be 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  commissioners 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  on 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  premises 
  to 
  eradicate 
  the 
  pests 
  within 
  five 
  days, 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  

  

  