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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  XEW 
  MKxrco. 
  

  

  When 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  knowTi 
  to 
  tlie 
  county 
  commissioners 
  that 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  orchards 
  or 
  nurseries, 
  or 
  trees 
  or 
  vineyards, 
  are 
  infested 
  vitli 
  

   scale 
  insects, 
  codlin 
  ludtli, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  insect 
  pest 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  trees 
  or 
  vines, 
  they 
  shall 
  appoint 
  a 
  comity 
  board 
  

   of 
  horticultural 
  commissioners, 
  whose 
  duty 
  shall 
  be 
  to 
  supervise 
  

   their 
  destruction. 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  said 
  board 
  to 
  make 
  in- 
  

   spection 
  of 
  orchards, 
  nurseries 
  or 
  vineyards 
  or 
  trees 
  or 
  any 
  fruit- 
  

   packing 
  houses, 
  and 
  if 
  found 
  infested 
  with 
  scale, 
  codlin 
  moth 
  or 
  

   other 
  pest 
  injurious 
  to 
  fruits, 
  trees 
  or 
  vines, 
  they 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  

   owners 
  and 
  require 
  them 
  to 
  disinfect 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  same 
  within 
  

   a 
  specified 
  time. 
  If 
  the 
  owner 
  fails 
  to 
  destroy 
  or 
  disinfect 
  as 
  

   directed, 
  the 
  premises 
  shall 
  be 
  declared 
  a 
  public 
  nuisance, 
  and 
  

   the 
  board 
  shall 
  abate 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  the 
  expense 
  incurred 
  may 
  be 
  

   a 
  lien 
  upon 
  the 
  real 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  defendant. 
  (C. 
  L. 
  1897, 
  sees. 
  

   707-713). 
  

  

  When 
  twenty-five 
  fruit 
  growers 
  or 
  owners 
  shall 
  petition 
  the 
  

   boards 
  of 
  county 
  commissioners, 
  stating 
  in 
  substance 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  

   danger 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  the 
  codlin 
  moth 
  or 
  

   other 
  worms 
  or 
  insects 
  destructive 
  of 
  fruit 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  ship- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  apples 
  or 
  other 
  fruits 
  into 
  said 
  county, 
  and 
  when 
  said 
  com- 
  

   missioners, 
  upon 
  examination, 
  are 
  satisfied 
  of 
  the 
  truth 
  of 
  the 
  

   petition 
  presented, 
  they 
  may 
  by 
  proclamation 
  prohibit 
  the 
  ship- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  fruit 
  into 
  said 
  county 
  by 
  an 
  imposition 
  of 
  a 
  license 
  or 
  

   other 
  lawful 
  means 
  which 
  said 
  commissioners 
  mav 
  deem 
  best 
  and 
  

   most 
  effective 
  to 
  accomplish 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  

   chap. 
  55.) 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  State, 
  reference 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  chapter 
  482 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  

   1898, 
  printed 
  in 
  full, 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  th^'^. 
  volume. 
  

  

  