﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkiculture. 
  943 
  

  

  that 
  are 
  infested 
  with 
  aiiv 
  kind 
  of 
  fruit-destroying 
  diseases 
  or 
  in- 
  

   sects, 
  etc., 
  by 
  spraying 
  with 
  solution 
  or 
  disinfectant 
  of 
  sufficient 
  

   strength 
  to 
  destroy 
  such 
  diseases 
  or 
  insects; 
  provided, 
  that 
  no 
  trees, 
  

   vines 
  or 
  bushes 
  shall 
  be 
  sprayed 
  while 
  in 
  bloom. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  spraying 
  trees 
  for 
  hire 
  shall 
  obtain 
  a 
  certificate 
  from 
  

   the 
  board. 
  

  

  In 
  e^'ery 
  county 
  where 
  five 
  thousand 
  fruit 
  trees 
  are 
  growing 
  

   the 
  board 
  may 
  appoint 
  county 
  fruit 
  tree 
  inspectors 
  and 
  deputies, 
  

   all 
  of 
  whom 
  shall 
  work 
  under 
  the 
  board, 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  its 
  regulations. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  and 
  the 
  several 
  inspectors, 
  to 
  

   cause 
  an 
  inspection 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  any 
  orchards, 
  nurseries, 
  trees, 
  

   plants, 
  vegetables, 
  vines, 
  or 
  any 
  fruit-packing 
  house, 
  store 
  room 
  or 
  

   other 
  place, 
  and 
  if 
  found 
  infested 
  with 
  diseases 
  liable 
  to 
  spread 
  to 
  

   other 
  localities, 
  they 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  person 
  in 
  charge 
  

   and 
  shall 
  require 
  said 
  persons 
  to 
  eradicate 
  such 
  diseases, 
  or 
  treat 
  

   the 
  places 
  and 
  contents 
  within 
  a 
  certain 
  time, 
  which 
  notice 
  shall 
  

   contain 
  directions 
  for 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  approved 
  remedies. 
  

  

  Infested 
  places 
  are 
  declared 
  a 
  public 
  nuisance, 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  abated 
  

   as 
  ordered 
  in 
  the 
  formal 
  notice, 
  the 
  board 
  shall 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  

   done, 
  and 
  the 
  expense 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  county 
  charge, 
  and 
  any 
  sums 
  so 
  

   paid 
  shall 
  become 
  a 
  lien 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  or 
  premises. 
  

  

  Any 
  inspector 
  shall, 
  upon 
  evidence 
  that 
  nursery 
  stock 
  is 
  im- 
  

   ported 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  cause 
  a 
  careful 
  examination 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  

   of 
  such 
  stock. 
  All, 
  or 
  any 
  nurserymen 
  or 
  persons, 
  shall 
  report 
  

   to 
  the 
  county 
  inspector 
  any 
  receipt 
  of 
  trees 
  from 
  points 
  outside 
  

   the 
  State. 
  (K. 
  S. 
  1898, 
  and 
  Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  47.) 
  

  

  VEKMONT. 
  

  

  Any 
  town 
  may 
  appropriate 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  money 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  

   in 
  exterminating 
  worms 
  on 
  shade, 
  ornamental 
  and 
  forest 
  trees 
  in 
  

   public 
  parks 
  or 
  highways. 
  

  

  The 
  selectmen 
  have 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  treatment 
  and 
  the 
  expendi- 
  

   tures. 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  ^o. 
  156.) 
  

  

  