﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Ageicultuke. 
  937 
  

  

  :noiith 
  carolixa. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   experiment 
  station, 
  and 
  the 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  horticultural 
  

   society 
  are 
  constituted 
  a 
  commission 
  for 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  

   noxious 
  insects, 
  fungus 
  diseases 
  and 
  weeds. 
  

  

  This 
  commission 
  shall 
  publish 
  lists 
  of 
  such 
  dangerous 
  crop 
  

   pests 
  and 
  the 
  remedies, 
  and 
  enforce 
  regiilations 
  to 
  prevent 
  their 
  

   introduction 
  and 
  spread. 
  

  

  iSTo 
  person 
  shall 
  keep 
  on 
  his 
  premises 
  any 
  injurious 
  crop 
  pest 
  

   or 
  permit 
  the 
  seeds 
  to 
  mature. 
  If 
  he 
  should 
  fail 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  

   the 
  orders 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  the 
  premises 
  cleaned 
  

   up, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  shall 
  he 
  a 
  lien 
  thereon. 
  An 
  inspector 
  is 
  employed 
  

   by 
  the 
  commission. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  2Gi.) 
  

  

  A 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  was 
  established 
  to 
  have 
  supervision 
  

   of 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  fungus 
  diseases, 
  and 
  authorized 
  to 
  make 
  regu- 
  

   lations 
  for 
  their 
  control. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  377.) 
  

  

  OHIO. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  

   experiment 
  station, 
  or 
  through 
  their 
  assistants, 
  to 
  seek 
  out 
  and 
  

   cause 
  to 
  be 
  exterminated 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  other 
  dangerous 
  

   insects, 
  and 
  tree, 
  shrub, 
  vine 
  or 
  plant 
  diseases. 
  Black 
  knot 
  and 
  

   peach 
  yellows 
  are 
  hereby 
  declared 
  dangerous, 
  and 
  affected 
  trees 
  

   shall 
  come 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  All 
  nurseries 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  examined 
  once 
  each 
  vear, 
  

   not 
  later 
  than 
  August 
  15, 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  infested 
  or 
  infected, 
  

   and 
  if 
  such 
  nurseries 
  shall 
  be 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  disease, 
  the 
  board 
  

   shall, 
  on 
  receipt 
  of 
  ten 
  dollars, 
  give 
  each 
  owner 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  

   facts, 
  provided 
  it 
  shall 
  require 
  but 
  one 
  day 
  or 
  part 
  of 
  one 
  day 
  to 
  

   make 
  inspection, 
  and 
  five 
  dollars 
  shall 
  be 
  charged 
  for 
  each 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  dav. 
  This 
  certificate 
  shall 
  be 
  void 
  after 
  August 
  15 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  