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BY AUTHORITY. 



RULE XIII. 



EULE AND EEGULATION OF THE BOAED OF COMMISSIONEES 

 OF AGRICULTUEE AND FORESTRY CONCERNING THE CON- 

 TROL OF THE PLANT PEST THIMBLEBERRY IN THE TER- 

 RITORY OF HAWAII. 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry hereby make 

 the following rule and regulation : 



Section 1. For the purpose of controlling and as far as possible of 

 preventing the further spread of Thirableberry (Etibiis jamaiccnsis) , called 

 also Olaa Raspberry, and Hitchcock Berry, a plant introduced into this 

 Territory at a point near Hilo, Hawaii, and now known to be established 

 on various parts of the Island of Hawaii and in the Koolau and Hana 

 Districts, Maui, which by reason of its habits of growth and ease of propa- 

 gation has become in certain parts of the Territory a serious pest, especially 

 on grazing land, all persons and corporations are hereby prohibited from 

 carrying or shipping any plant, root, cutting, fruit or seed of the said 

 Thimbleberry from one Island of the Territory to any other Island ; Pro- 

 vided, lioivever, that shipments of such Thimbleberry plants which are in- 

 fected with a fungus disease may be made by duly authorized agents of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry for the purpose of inoculating 

 healthy Thimbleberry plants with said disease. 



Section 2. For the purpose of eradicating and preventing the spread 

 of the Bubus jamaicensis, inspectors and other duly appointed agents of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry are hereby empowered to enter at 

 ail reasonable times any and all premises throughout the Territory where 

 the Thimbleberry is known or believed to be growing, and such agents are 

 also hereby empowered, if plants of Thimbleberry are found thereon, to 

 seize and remove the same and to have them destroyed. 



Section 3. Any person or corporation violating the above rule shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a tine not to exceed 

 Five Hundred Dollars, as provided by Section 390 of the Revised Laws 

 01 Hawaii as amended by Act 82 of the Session Laws of 1905, and Act 

 112 of the Session Laws of 1907. 



Section 4. This regulation shall take effect from and after the ap- 

 proval thereof by the Governor. 



Approved : 



Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 

 January 31, 1912. 



W. F. FREAR, 



Governor of Hawaii. 



