﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  947 
  

  

  An 
  official 
  certificate 
  shall 
  be 
  issued 
  by 
  said 
  director 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  

   o^^^ler 
  of 
  any 
  nursery 
  after 
  the 
  nursery 
  stock 
  therein 
  has 
  been 
  

   properly 
  inspected 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  apparently 
  free 
  from 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale 
  or 
  other 
  injurious 
  insect 
  and 
  fungus 
  diseases 
  to 
  that 
  ef- 
  

   fect, 
  and 
  good 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  one 
  year, 
  upon 
  the 
  pay- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  five 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  ten 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  owned 
  or 
  leased 
  by 
  

   said 
  nurseryman 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  that 
  is 
  devoted 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  to 
  

   nursery 
  stock, 
  gro^vn 
  for 
  sale 
  purposes; 
  and 
  such 
  owner 
  may 
  apply 
  

   to 
  said 
  director 
  for 
  inspection 
  of 
  his 
  premises 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   securing 
  such 
  certificate, 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  directors 
  shall 
  cause 
  such 
  

   inspection 
  to 
  be 
  made, 
  within 
  three 
  months 
  after 
  receiving 
  such 
  

   application, 
  unless 
  such 
  inspection 
  shall 
  be 
  delayed 
  by 
  winter 
  

   weather, 
  but 
  no 
  such 
  certificate 
  shall 
  be 
  issued 
  covering 
  only 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  nursery 
  stock 
  owned 
  by 
  one 
  person, 
  nor 
  to 
  cover 
  nur- 
  

   sery 
  stock 
  received 
  after 
  such 
  inspection 
  was 
  made; 
  and 
  any 
  such 
  

   certificate 
  may 
  be 
  canceled 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  director 
  upon 
  the 
  discovery 
  

   in 
  such 
  nursery 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  or 
  other 
  injurious 
  insects 
  and 
  

   fungus 
  diseases." 
  

  

  Application 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  director 
  by 
  any 
  nursery- 
  

   man 
  holding 
  a 
  valid 
  certificate, 
  issued 
  as 
  prescribed 
  in 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  section 
  for 
  official 
  labels 
  or 
  tags, 
  " 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  

   director 
  may 
  charge 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  thirty 
  cents 
  per 
  hundred, 
  

   said 
  labels 
  or 
  tags 
  certifying 
  that 
  the 
  package 
  or 
  bundle 
  of 
  nur- 
  

   sery 
  stock 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  attached 
  are 
  from 
  nursery 
  stock 
  that 
  

   has 
  been 
  officially 
  inspected 
  and 
  found 
  apparently 
  free 
  from 
  San 
  

   Jose 
  scale 
  or 
  other 
  injurious 
  insects 
  and 
  fungus 
  diseases; 
  but 
  no 
  

   such 
  tags 
  or 
  labels 
  shall 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  stock 
  not 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  afore- 
  

   said 
  certificate 
  nor 
  after 
  such 
  certificate 
  has 
  expired 
  or 
  been 
  can- 
  

   celed; 
  and 
  no 
  person 
  shall 
  attempt 
  to 
  imitate 
  or 
  counterfeit 
  such 
  

   tags 
  or 
  labels." 
  

  

  A 
  report 
  of 
  all 
  operations 
  carried 
  out, 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  act, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  experiment 
  station 
  to 
  

   the 
  secretarv 
  of 
  State 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  dav 
  of 
  Mav 
  of 
  each 
  vear. 
  

  

  iv 
  4.' 
  1 
  • 
  

  

  (Chap. 
  180, 
  Laws 
  1899.) 
  

  

  