﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  license 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  bond 
  in 
  

   the 
  snm 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  conditioned 
  that 
  the 
  principal 
  

   and 
  his 
  agents 
  will 
  obey 
  the 
  law, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  principal 
  will 
  

   pay 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  inspection, 
  and 
  destruction 
  of 
  all 
  infested 
  nursery 
  

   stock 
  imported 
  into 
  or 
  sold 
  within 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  licensed 
  to 
  do 
  business 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  notify 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  his 
  intention 
  to 
  ship 
  within 
  the 
  State, 
  or 
  to 
  

   import 
  nursery 
  stock 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  before 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  ship- 
  

   ment. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  preventing 
  the 
  introduction 
  and 
  spread 
  of 
  

   contagious 
  diseases, 
  fruit 
  pests, 
  spores 
  and 
  fungus 
  growths 
  among 
  

   fruit 
  trees 
  and 
  other 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  disinfection 
  and 
  

   cure 
  of 
  fruit 
  tree 
  diseases, 
  the 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  prescribe 
  such 
  

   remedies 
  as 
  he 
  shall 
  deem 
  best 
  and 
  publish 
  them 
  in 
  bulletins 
  for 
  

   distribution. 
  

  

  County 
  inspectors 
  are 
  authorized 
  to 
  compel 
  disinfection 
  of 
  any 
  

   stock 
  found 
  infested. 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  to 
  bring 
  any 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  nursery 
  stock 
  into 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  If 
  an 
  inspector 
  shall 
  find 
  any 
  nursery, 
  orchard, 
  garden 
  or 
  other 
  

   place 
  or 
  material 
  infested 
  with 
  insects 
  or 
  fungus 
  growths, 
  larva 
  

   or 
  spores 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  fruit 
  interests, 
  he 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  own- 
  

   ers 
  or 
  occupants 
  of 
  the 
  fact, 
  and 
  shall 
  direct 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  disinfected. 
  

  

  If 
  said 
  owner 
  shall 
  not 
  disinfect 
  the 
  premises 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  

   ordered 
  within 
  the 
  specified 
  time 
  required, 
  then 
  the 
  inspector 
  shall 
  

   disinfect 
  the 
  infected 
  premises, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  lien 
  thereon. 
  

   If 
  the 
  infected 
  property 
  be 
  transportable 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  disinfected 
  

   within 
  twenty-four 
  hours, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  shall 
  fail 
  to 
  comply 
  

   with 
  orders 
  of 
  the 
  inspector 
  then 
  the 
  inspector 
  shall 
  destroy 
  such 
  

   infested 
  materials, 
  as 
  fruits, 
  boxes, 
  baskets, 
  etc., 
  by 
  burning 
  the 
  

   same. 
  Appeals 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  horticulture 
  

   and 
  his 
  decision 
  shall 
  be 
  final. 
  (Laws 
  1890, 
  chap. 
  127.) 
  

  

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