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seizure for non-compliance ; provided, however, such inspec- 

 tor maybe employed at the option of the owners of property 

 requiring disinfection to disinfect the same. And also said 

 local resident inspectors will be entitled to such other fees 

 as are provided for in cases of conviction and seizures. 



1. All tree or plant cuttings, grafts or scions, plants or 

 trees of any kind, infested by any insect or insects, or the 

 germs thereof, namely, their eggs, larvae, or pup?e, that are 

 known to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees, and liable to 

 sjiread contagion; or any tree or plant cuttings, grafts, 

 scions, plants, or trees of any kind, grown or planted in 

 any county or district within the State of California, in 

 which trees or plants, in orchards, nurseries, or places, are 

 known to be infested by any insect or insects, or the germs 

 thereof, namely, their eggs, larvas, or pupa?, that are known 

 to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees, and liable to spread 

 contagion, are lierel)y required to be disinfected before 

 removal for distribution or transportation from any 

 orchard, nursery, or place where said tree or plant, cut- 

 tings, grafts, or scions, plants, or trees of any kind are 

 grown, or oft'ered for sale or gift, as hereinafter provided. 



2. All trees or plant cuttings, grafts, or scions, plants, 

 or trees of any kind, imported or brought into this State 

 from any foreign country, or from any of the United 

 States or Territories, are hereby required to be disinfected 

 immediately after their arrival in this State, and before 

 being offered for sale or removed for distribution or 

 transportation, as hereinafter described ; provided, that if 

 on examination of any such importations by a local resi- 

 dent inspector, or the chief executive horticultural officer, 

 a bill of health is certified to by such examining officer, 

 then disinfection will be unnecessary. 



3. Fruit of any kind infested by any species of scale 

 insect or scale insects, or the germs thereof, namely, their 

 eggs, larvas, or pupa3, known to he injurious to fruit and 

 fi'uit trees, and liable to spread contagion, is hereby 

 required to be disinfected, as hereinafter provided, before 

 removal off premises Avliere grown for the purpose of 

 sale, gift, distribution, or transportation. 



