﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  done 
  thev 
  shall 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  entomologist, 
  who 
  shall 
  decide 
  

   what 
  measures 
  shall 
  be 
  adopted 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread, 
  and 
  render 
  

   harmless 
  or 
  destroy 
  any 
  injurious 
  insects 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  discovered. 
  

   A 
  notice 
  of 
  his 
  decision 
  shall 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  prem- 
  

   ises, 
  and 
  failure 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  said 
  notice 
  

   shall 
  subject 
  the 
  said 
  owner 
  to 
  fines, 
  and 
  the 
  enforcing 
  officer 
  

   shall 
  seize 
  and 
  destroy 
  the 
  infested 
  trees, 
  plants, 
  shrubs 
  or 
  vines. 
  

  

  Any 
  nurseryman 
  may 
  require 
  the 
  State 
  entomologist 
  to 
  exam- 
  

   ine 
  or 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  stock 
  grown 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  

   or 
  not 
  injurious 
  insects 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  spread 
  on 
  such 
  stock. 
  Pro- 
  

   vided, 
  that 
  such 
  nurseryman 
  or 
  grower 
  of 
  plants 
  for 
  sale, 
  who 
  

   may 
  desire 
  such 
  examination 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  his 
  benefit, 
  shall 
  

   pay 
  all 
  expenses 
  connected 
  therewith. 
  

  

  In 
  case 
  no 
  such 
  insects 
  are 
  discovered, 
  such 
  nurseryman 
  may 
  

   demand 
  a 
  certificate 
  that 
  such 
  inspection 
  has 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  

   that 
  no 
  injurious 
  insects 
  have 
  been 
  discovered. 
  

  

  Any 
  nurseryman 
  or 
  grower 
  of 
  plants, 
  shipping 
  the 
  same 
  into 
  the 
  

   State, 
  shall 
  attach 
  to 
  each 
  box, 
  parcel, 
  bale 
  or 
  package, 
  containing 
  

   plants, 
  shrubs, 
  trees, 
  cuttings, 
  scions 
  or 
  buds, 
  a 
  certificate 
  or 
  a 
  

   copy 
  of 
  a 
  certificate 
  obtained 
  from 
  such 
  authority 
  as 
  is 
  authorized 
  

   to 
  give 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  wherein 
  they 
  were 
  grown, 
  setting 
  

   forth 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  properly 
  inspected, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  six 
  

   months 
  before 
  shipment, 
  and 
  been 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale 
  or 
  other 
  dangerous 
  insects 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  transferred 
  on 
  

   nursery 
  stock 
  from 
  the 
  nursery 
  to 
  the 
  orchard; 
  any 
  such 
  box, 
  

   parcel 
  or 
  package 
  found 
  at 
  any 
  station 
  or 
  warehouse, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  

   hands 
  of 
  any 
  common 
  carrier, 
  without 
  such 
  certificate, 
  may 
  be 
  de- 
  

   tained, 
  until 
  the 
  same 
  can 
  be 
  examined; 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  the 
  contents 
  

   thereof 
  are 
  found 
  infested 
  by 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  or 
  other 
  insects 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  dangerous 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  the 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  

   destroyed 
  or 
  reshipped 
  to 
  consignees, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  carrier. 
  

  

  Florists' 
  stock 
  is 
  exempt 
  from 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  (Laws 
  

   1898, 
  chap. 
  104.) 
  

  

  