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  requesting 
  said 
  commissioner 
  to 
  tal^e 
  such 
  action 
  as 
  the 
  law 
  pro- 
  

   vides. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  Section 
  eighty-three 
  of 
  said 
  chapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-three, 
  as 
  

   amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-four 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five, 
  are 
  hereby 
  amended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  83. 
  Appointment 
  and 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  "When 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   ture 
  knows 
  or 
  has 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  any 
  such 
  contagious 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  exists, 
  or 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  good 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  exists, 
  

   or 
  danger 
  is 
  justly 
  apprehended 
  of 
  its 
  introduction 
  in 
  any 
  town 
  or 
  

   city 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  or 
  that 
  any 
  injurious 
  insect 
  pest 
  exists 
  within 
  

   this 
  state, 
  and 
  has 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  danger 
  may 
  be 
  justly 
  

   apprehended 
  from 
  its 
  existence, 
  he 
  shall 
  forthwith 
  send 
  some 
  

   competent 
  person 
  and 
  such 
  agent 
  or 
  agents 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  extirpating 
  said 
  pest 
  or 
  pests, 
  disease 
  or 
  

   diseases, 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  is 
  hereby 
  au- 
  

   thorized 
  and 
  empowered 
  to 
  take 
  such 
  steps 
  and 
  do 
  whatever 
  may 
  

   be 
  deemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  so 
  control 
  or 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  or 
  extir- 
  

   pate 
  said 
  pest 
  or 
  pests, 
  disease 
  or 
  diseases, 
  and 
  he 
  shall, 
  unless 
  

   previously 
  inspected 
  by 
  a 
  federal 
  officer 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  cause 
  an 
  

   examination 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  each 
  year 
  prior 
  to 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  first 
  of 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  nursery 
  or 
  other 
  place 
  where 
  trees, 
  

   shrubs 
  or 
  plants, 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  are 
  grown 
  

   for 
  sale 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  whether 
  the 
  trees, 
  shrubs 
  

   or 
  plants 
  therein 
  kept 
  or 
  propagated 
  for 
  sale 
  are 
  infected 
  with 
  

   any 
  such 
  contagious 
  disease 
  or 
  diseases, 
  or 
  infested 
  with 
  such 
  

   pest 
  or 
  pests. 
  If 
  after 
  such 
  examination 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  

   trees, 
  shrubs 
  or 
  other 
  plants 
  so 
  examined 
  are 
  free 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  

   from 
  any 
  such 
  contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  disease, 
  or 
  diseases, 
  dan- 
  

   gerously 
  injurious, 
  pest 
  or 
  pests, 
  the 
  said 
  commissioner, 
  or 
  his 
  

   duly 
  authorized 
  agent 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  designated 
  to 
  make 
  such 
  

   examination 
  shall 
  thereupon 
  issue 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  proprietor 
  of 
  

   the 
  said 
  stock 
  thus 
  examined 
  a 
  certificate 
  setting 
  forth 
  the 
  fact 
  

   of 
  the 
  examination 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  stock 
  so 
  examined 
  is 
  apparently 
  

   free 
  from 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  such 
  disease 
  or 
  diseases, 
  pest 
  or 
  pests. 
  

  

  