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Sec. 7. An act entitled "An act to protect and promote the hor- 

 ticultural interests of the state," approved March 14, 1881, and cer- 

 tain acts amendatory thereof, approved March 19, 1889, and March 

 31, 1891, are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after 

 its passage. 



Approved March .31, 1897. 



COLORADO. 

 CHAPTER 55.— Laws of 1897. 



An Act concerning horticulture, and to repeal sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 

 9 of an act entitled "An act to create state and county boards of 

 horticulture, define their duties and compensation, to protect 

 and promote the horticultural interests of the state, and to repeal 

 an act to establish a bureau of horticulture, approved March 8, 

 1883," approved April 5, 1893. 



Section 1. Whenever a petition is presented to the board of 

 county commissioners of any county, signed by thirty-five (35) free- 

 holders each one of whom shall be the owner of an orchard of at 

 least two acres situate and growing in said county, stating that in 

 their opinion a necessity exists for protecting the horticultural in- 

 terests of said county, diminishing and destroying fruit pests, and 

 diseases and insects injurious to fruit-trees, plants, vines and 

 shrubs, the said county commissioners shall appoint a competent, 

 experienced horticulturist, a person who shall be known as the 

 county horticultural inspector, who shall hold his office for the pe- 

 riod of one year, unless otherwise terminated by said board of county 

 commissioners. It shall be the duty of the professor of entomology 

 of the state agricultural college at Fort Collins, in this state, to ex- 

 amine all persons applying for a license as a horticultural inspector, 

 and if found competent and fully qualified to perform the duties of 

 the office, he shall issue to such applicant a license as a county hor- 

 ticultural inspector, which license shall certify to the competence of 

 such applicant, and shall authorize him to act as an inspector in any 

 county in the state for a period of two years from its date. Said pro- 

 fessor shall receive for such services, a fee of five dollars from such ap- 

 plicant. No person shall enter upon the duties of the office of such 

 inspector nor continue in the performance thereof, unless holding such 

 a license. Such inspector shall also give a good and sufficient bond 

 before entering upon the duties of his office, in the sum of one 

 thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 

 duties of the office, the surety on which bond may be a good and re- 

 sponsible guarantee company, and shall be approved by the board 

 of county commissioners. Said inspector shall have the power to 

 appoint as many deputies as may be necessary subject to the ap- 



