﻿1100 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  or 
  the 
  

  

  Should 
  any 
  nurseryman, 
  agent, 
  dealer 
  or 
  broker 
  send 
  out 
  or 
  de- 
  

   liver 
  within 
  the 
  state, 
  trees, 
  vines, 
  shrubs, 
  plants, 
  buds 
  or 
  cut- 
  

   tings, 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  nursery 
  stock, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  subject 
  

   to 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  and 
  diseases 
  above 
  provided 
  for, 
  un- 
  

   less 
  he 
  has 
  in 
  his 
  possession 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  said 
  certificate; 
  dated 
  

   within 
  a 
  year 
  tnereof 
  ; 
  deface 
  or 
  destroy 
  said 
  certificate; 
  or 
  wrong- 
  

   fully 
  be 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  said 
  certificate, 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  

   misdemeanor. 
  All 
  nursery 
  stock 
  shipped 
  by 
  freight, 
  express 
  or 
  

   other 
  transportation 
  companies, 
  shall 
  be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  copy 
  

   of 
  said 
  certificate 
  attached 
  to 
  each 
  car, 
  box, 
  bale 
  or 
  package. 
  Any 
  

   person 
  shipping 
  nursery 
  stock 
  as 
  above, 
  without 
  such 
  certificate 
  

   attached 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor. 
  A 
  certificate 
  issued 
  

   by 
  an 
  official 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  setting 
  forth 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   nursery 
  stock 
  is 
  free 
  from 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  such 
  disease 
  or 
  diseases, 
  

   pest 
  or 
  pests, 
  shall 
  be 
  accepted 
  in 
  lieu 
  of 
  state 
  inspection. 
  If 
  

   in 
  the 
  judgment 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  the 
  

   person 
  or 
  persons 
  representing 
  him, 
  the 
  trees, 
  shrubs 
  or 
  other 
  

   plants 
  should 
  be 
  entirely 
  destroyed, 
  then 
  such 
  destru2tion 
  shall 
  

   be 
  carried 
  on 
  and 
  completed 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  or 
  the 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  duly 
  appointed 
  by 
  

   him, 
  without 
  unnecessary 
  delay, 
  but 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  shall 
  

   be 
  notified 
  immediately, 
  upon 
  its 
  being 
  determined 
  that 
  they 
  

   must 
  be 
  destroyed, 
  by 
  a 
  written 
  notice 
  signed 
  by 
  such 
  commis- 
  

   sioner, 
  or 
  the 
  person 
  representing 
  him 
  and 
  left 
  at 
  his 
  usual 
  place 
  

   of 
  residence, 
  or 
  if 
  not 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  by 
  leaving 
  the 
  notice 
  

   with 
  the 
  person 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  premises, 
  trees 
  or 
  fruit 
  or 
  in 
  

   whose 
  possession 
  they 
  may 
  be. 
  Such 
  notice 
  shall 
  contain 
  a 
  brief 
  

   statement 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  found 
  to 
  exist, 
  whereby 
  it 
  is 
  deemed 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  destroy 
  said 
  trees, 
  shrubs 
  or 
  other 
  plants, 
  and 
  shall 
  call 
  

   attention 
  to 
  the 
  law 
  under 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  destroy 
  them. 
  

   In 
  case 
  of 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  findings 
  of 
  the 
  inspector 
  or 
  agent 
  of 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  an 
  appeal 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  said 
  

   commissioner, 
  whose 
  decision 
  shall 
  be 
  final; 
  an 
  appeal 
  must 
  be 
  

   taken 
  within 
  three 
  days 
  from 
  service 
  of 
  said 
  notice, 
  and 
  shall 
  act 
  

   as 
  a 
  stay 
  of 
  proceedings 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  heard 
  and 
  decided. 
  When 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  the 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  appointed 
  

   by 
  him 
  shall 
  be 
  determined 
  that 
  any 
  tree 
  or 
  trees, 
  shrubs 
  or 
  other 
  

  

  