﻿942 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  foiiiid, 
  to 
  notify 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  found 
  to 
  exist, 
  with 
  an 
  

   order 
  to 
  treat 
  with 
  insecticides 
  or 
  effectually 
  uproot 
  and 
  burn 
  such 
  

   trees 
  or 
  parts 
  of 
  trees 
  as 
  said 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  order 
  within 
  five 
  

   days; 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  infected 
  fruit 
  such 
  person 
  shall 
  immediately 
  

   cause 
  its 
  destruction. 
  

  

  On 
  neglect 
  or 
  failure 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  ordei-s 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioners, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  their 
  duty 
  to 
  employ 
  help 
  to 
  remove 
  and 
  destroy 
  

   diseased 
  trees 
  and 
  fruit 
  at 
  the 
  cost 
  and 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  bor- 
  

   ough 
  or 
  towaiship, 
  but 
  the 
  amount 
  may 
  be 
  recovered 
  from 
  the 
  

   negligent 
  owner. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  N"o. 
  7Y.) 
  

  

  TEXAS. 
  

  

  The 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  horticultural 
  college 
  are 
  

   authorized 
  to 
  employ 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  expert 
  entomologists, 
  who 
  shall 
  

   devise 
  means 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  Mexican 
  boll 
  weevil, 
  boll 
  worm, 
  

   caterpillar, 
  sharpshooter, 
  chinch 
  bug, 
  peach 
  bug, 
  fly 
  and 
  worm 
  

   and 
  other 
  insect 
  pests. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  10.) 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  emergency 
  measure 
  was 
  passed 
  on 
  accoimt 
  of 
  great 
  

   destruction 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  and 
  peach 
  crops 
  over 
  large 
  sections 
  of 
  

   the 
  State. 
  

  

  UTAH. 
  

  

  Three 
  members 
  constitute 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  horticulture 
  and 
  each 
  is 
  

   assigned 
  a 
  district. 
  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  preventing 
  the 
  introduc- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  spread 
  of 
  contagious 
  diseases, 
  insects, 
  pests 
  or 
  fungus 
  

   growths 
  among 
  fruit 
  or 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  prevention, 
  treat- 
  

   ment, 
  cure 
  and 
  extirpation 
  of 
  pests, 
  and 
  for 
  disinfection 
  of 
  grafts, 
  

   scions, 
  orchard 
  debris, 
  boxes, 
  packages, 
  etc., 
  said 
  board 
  shall 
  

   promulgate 
  rules 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  notice 
  to 
  all 
  whom 
  it 
  may 
  con- 
  

   cern. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  every 
  owner 
  or 
  occupier 
  of 
  any 
  orchard, 
  

   vineyard 
  or 
  nursery 
  to 
  disinfect 
  all 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  bushes 
  or 
  vines 
  

  

  