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notify, in writing, the ownei-s of such nurseries, the commissioner of 

 agriculture and statistics, the director of the state agricultural ex- 

 periment station, and the president of the state horticultural society 

 of the presence of any San Jose scale or other destructively injurious 

 insects or fungi on the trees, vines, plants or other stock of such 

 nurseries, and shall also notify, in writing, the owner of any affected 

 stock that he is required, on or before a certain day, to take such 

 measures for the destruction of such insects or fungus enemies of 

 nursery stock as have been shown to be effectual for this purpose. 

 Said entomologist and botanist shall, for the purpose of this act be, 

 and he is hereby, declared to be, the state entomologist, and shall 

 serve without pay other than that he may receive as an officer of the 

 state agricultural experimental station, but his expenses shall be paid 

 as hereinafter provided. 



Sfx'. 2. The owner of this affected nursery stock shall, within the 

 time specified, take such steps for the destruction of San Jose scale 

 or other destructively injurious insects or fungus enemies present as 

 will exterminate the same, and it shall be a misdemeanor to ship or 

 deliver any of such stock, punishable by a fine of $50 for every such 

 offense, the fine recoverable before a justice of the peace or by in- 

 dictment of the grand jury of the county in which the nursery is sit- 

 uated, or of that to which such stock may have been shipped. 



Sec. 3. Whenevery a nurseryman or seller of trees, vines, plants 

 or other nursery stock, who is a resident of this commonwealth, shall 

 ship or deliver any such goods, he shall send on each package so 

 shipped or delivered a written certificate, signed by him, stating that 

 the whole and every part of such stock has been examined by a 

 state or government entomologist and found free from San Jose 

 scale or other destructively injurious insects or fungus enemies. 

 Failure to furnish such certificate, or furnishing a false certificate, 

 shall render him liable to the penalty of a fine of $50 for each and 

 every such shipment or delivery without such certificate. 



Sec. 4. When the state entomologist examines any trees, vines, 

 plants, or other nursery stock in this state under the provisions of 

 this act, and finds such nursery stock free from San Jose scale and 

 other destructively injurious insect and fungus enemies, he is here- 

 by authorized and directed to make out and deliver, in writing, to 

 the owner of such stock a certificate stating that he has Inspected 

 such stock and found the same free from San Jose scale and other 

 destructively injurious insect and fungus enemies, and he shall file 

 similar certificates with the commissioner of agriculture and statis- 

 tics and with the president of the state agricultural and mechanical 

 college, which certificate shall at all times be svibject to public in- 

 spection. 



Sec. 5. Whenever a nurseryman, fruit-grower or agriculturist in 

 this commonwealth shall know or have good reason to believe that 

 his trees, vines or plants are affected with the San Jose scale, yel- 



