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  Axntal 
  Hepokt 
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  VIRGINIA. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  of 
  control 
  of 
  tlie 
  Virginia 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

   Station 
  is 
  created 
  a 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  crop 
  pest 
  comniissioners, 
  whcrse 
  

   duty 
  is 
  to 
  appoint 
  a 
  State 
  entomologist 
  and 
  pathologist, 
  who 
  shall 
  

   act 
  as 
  State 
  inspector 
  to 
  eradicate 
  and^ 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  San 
  

   Jose 
  scale. 
  The 
  said 
  board 
  shall 
  provide 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  

   under 
  which 
  the 
  inspector 
  or 
  his 
  assistants 
  shall 
  proceed 
  to 
  con- 
  

   trol, 
  eradicate, 
  destroy 
  and 
  prevent 
  the 
  dissemination 
  of 
  pests. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  provide 
  quarantine 
  rules 
  against 
  

   the 
  sale 
  and 
  transportation 
  of 
  all 
  nursery 
  stock 
  within 
  or 
  entering 
  

   the 
  State, 
  where 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  with 
  injurious 
  

   diseases. 
  

  

  Provision 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  annual 
  inspection 
  of 
  all 
  nursery 
  stock 
  

   grown 
  within 
  the 
  State, 
  prior 
  to 
  September 
  first, 
  by 
  the 
  inspector 
  

   or 
  his 
  assistants, 
  who 
  shall 
  issue 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  freedom 
  from 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  pests 
  and 
  plant 
  diseases 
  to 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  all 
  nurseries 
  found 
  

   entitled 
  to 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  they 
  shall 
  further 
  provide 
  regulations 
  

   under 
  which 
  nursery 
  stock 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  may 
  be 
  sold 
  

   under 
  the 
  above 
  provided 
  certificate. 
  (Laws 
  1900, 
  chap. 
  109.) 
  

  

  WASHIXGTOK 
  

  

  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  horticulture 
  is 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  

   and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  his 
  duty 
  to 
  have 
  supervisory 
  direction 
  over 
  the 
  

   horticultural 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  to 
  enforce 
  laws 
  relative 
  to 
  

   importation, 
  transfer 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  plants 
  or 
  nursery 
  

   stock, 
  and 
  to 
  give 
  instruction 
  to 
  fruit 
  eulturists 
  regarding 
  the 
  cul- 
  

   tivation, 
  and 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  fruit 
  pests. 
  

  

  Provision 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  a 
  county 
  fruit 
  in- 
  

   spector, 
  who 
  shall 
  report 
  monthly 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  engage 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  selling 
  or 
  importing 
  

   fruit 
  trees, 
  plants 
  or 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  without 
  first 
  having 
  obtained 
  

   a 
  license 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  such 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Application 
  for 
  

  

  