PIvANT DISEASES 



GENERAI, INFORI^L\TION. 



921 - Decree of the Lieutenant-general of the King of Italy dated the 28th June 1916, 

 No. 795, containing Measures for the Control of Field-voles in Apulia and adjacent 



Regions. — Gazzetta ufficialr del Regnn d' Italia, Year 1916, Xo. 158, pp. 3463-3464. Rome, 

 July 6, 1916. 



Art. I. Antiphylloxera Associations (i) are bound to engage in 

 field-vole control. For that purpose they are authorised to enter on their 

 contribution lists all the owners of cultivated lands. 



Art. 2. For communes which do not belong to an Antiphylloxera Asso- 

 ciation the Prefect will take the necessary measures, forming a compul- 

 sory Association for field- vole control, in pursuance of art. 38 of the regula- 

 tions approved b}- decree of the Lieutenant- General dated March 12, igi6, 

 No. 723 (2). 



Art. 3. The State will contribute up to one half of the expenses entail- 

 ed by the present decree ; it will advance the whole of the amount, and, 

 for this purpose the sums appropriated in chapter 50 of the estimates of the 

 Ministry^ of Agriculture for the financial year 1916-1917 will be increased by 

 600 000 lire. 



The associations will be bound to refund one half of the amount of 

 the expenses. 



Art. 4. A Commissioner appointed by the Minister of Agriculture shall 

 preside over the assessment of the expenses to be defra3'ed and their divi- 

 sion between the State and the Associations. 



Art. 5. In the estimates of receipts every year the share of expenses to 

 be repaid b}' the Associations shall be entered, in accordance with art. 27 of 

 the regulations approved by the decree of the Lieutenant General dated 

 the I2th March igi6, No. 723, together with the interest provided in 

 that article. 



LEGISL.\TIVE 

 .\ND .ADMINI- 

 STRATIVE MEA- 

 STJRES FOR THE 

 PROTECTION OF 

 PL.AXTS. 



(i) See B. August 1913, Xo. 995, and B. January 1914, Xo. 71. 



(2) These are the regulations for carrying into effect the law of the 26th Jime 1913, X0.888, 

 which contains measures for the purpose of preventing and controlling plant diseases. See B. 

 .\ugust 1913, Xo. 995. 



