FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 649 



STATE ENTOMOLOGIST— ASSISTANTS— FEES. 



See. 2575. The entomologist of the state experiment station is hereby con- 

 stituted the State entomologist and charged with the execution of this act. He may 

 appoint such qualified assistants as may be necessary, fix a reasonable compen- 

 sation for their labor, and pay the same ; and their acts shall have the same valid- 

 ity as his own. He shall, by himself, or his assistants, between the first day of 

 June and the fifteenth day of September, in each year, when requested by the owner 

 •or agent or where he has reasonable grounds to believe the scale exists, carefully 

 •examine any nursery, fruit farm, or other place where trees or plants are grown 

 for sale, and if found apparently free from the scale, he shall issue his certificate 

 stating the facts, and shall collect therefor a fee of not less than five dollars, nor more 

 than fifteen dollars, according to the amount inspected. It shall be unlawful to sell, or 

 offer for transportation, any nursery stock outside the county where said nursery stock 

 is grown unless accompanied by a copy of this certificate. 



QUARANTINE— TREATMENT— COLLECTION OF COST. 



Sec. 2575 — d. The State entomologist shall have authority, when requested 

 by the owner or agent, or when he has reasonable grounds to believe the scale ex- 

 ists, to enter upon any grounds, public or private, for the purpose of inspection, 

 and, if he finds anj^ nursery, orchard, garden, or other place infested by the scale, 

 he may. by himself or his assistants enter upon such premises and establish quaran- 

 tine regulations. If in his judgment the scale may be eradicated by treatment, he 

 may, in writing, order such treatment, and prescribe its kind and character. In 

 ■case any trees, shrubs, or plants are found so infested that it would be impracti- 

 -cable to treat them, he may order them burned. A failure for ten days after the 

 ■delivery of such order to the owner or persons in charge to treat or destroy such 

 infested trees or plants, as ordered, shall authorize the entomologist to perform 

 this work by himself or his assistants, and to ascertain the cost thereof. He shall 

 •certify the amount of such cost to the owner or person in charge of the premises, 

 and if the same is not paid to him within sixty days thereafter he shall certify 

 the amount to the county auditor, who shall spread the same upon the tax books, 

 to be collected as other taxes are, and turned over to the entomologist to become 

 a part of the fund for carrying this act into effect. 



INSPECTION OF NURSERY STOCK SHIPPED INTO STATE. 



Sec. 2575 — e. Where nursery stock is shipped into this state, accompanied 

 by a certificate as herein provided, it shall be held prima facie evidence of the 

 facts therein stated, but the state entomologist, by himself or his assistants, when 

 they have reason to believe any such stock is infested with the scale, shall be 

 authorized to inspect the same and subject it to like treatment as provided in sec- 

 tion two of this act. 



CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION— PENALTIES. 



Sec. 2575— f. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to 

 bring into the state any trees, plants, vines, cuttings, and buds, commonly known 

 as nursery stock iinless accompanied by a certificate of inspection by a state ento- 

 mologist of the State from which the shipment was made, showing that the stock 

 has been inspected and found apparently free from the scale. Any person violating 

 ■or neglecting to carry out the provisions of this act, or offering any hindrance to 

 the carrying out of this act, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and upon 

 ■conviction before a justice of the peace shall be fined not less than ten dollars, nor 

 more than one hundred dollars, for each and every offense, together with all the 

 costs of the prosecution, and shall stand committed until the same are paid. All 

 amounts so recovered shall be paid over to the state entomologist, and added to 

 the fund herein provided for carrying out the provisions of this act. 



