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and not be subject to inspection by the public. Failure on the part 

 of any nurseryman, grower, agent or dealer to comply with the pro- 

 visions of this section shall render him or them liable to the penalties 

 of a fine of not more than SlOO nor less than 825, or imprisonment in 

 the county jail for not more than 90 nor less than 30 days, or both 

 such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for each 

 and every such sale. Such information shall be preserved and be 

 for the sole use of the nursery and orchard inspector and his depu- 

 ties; provided, that the provisions of the preceding sections shall 

 not apply to persons engaged in fruit-growing who are not nursery- 

 men, who desire to sell or exchange surplus trees or plants of their 

 own growing. 



Sec. 6. No person, firm or corporation resident of another state, 

 province or country shall engage or continue in the business of im- 

 porting any trees, plants, shrubs or vines, commonly known as nurs- 

 ery stock, into this state, or of selling such importations wuthin the 

 state, or of selling such articles within the state, for subsequent im- 

 portation into it. without first having obtained from the state board 

 of agriculture a license to do business in this state as provided in 

 section 5 of this act, and shall have filed with the state board of 

 agriculture the bond therein required, together with a certificate of 

 inspection by a state or government inspector or that of some per- 

 son designated by the Michigan state board of agriculture for such 

 purpose. 



Sec. 7. The state board of agriculture shall, upon receipt of the 

 fee referred to in this act, together with the required bond and a sat- 

 isfactory certificate of inspection, issue licenses to the applicant ac- 

 cording to the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 8. Whenever the commissioners under acts number 108 and 

 109, Session Laws of 1895, known as yellows commissioners, shall be 

 uncertain as to the existence or nature of any infectious or conta- 

 gious di.^ease or dangerous insect pest in an orchard or elsewhere, or 

 in case any dispute shall arise between owners and commissioners, it 

 shall be the duty of said commissioners to notify the state inspector 

 of orchards and nurseries, who shall at once investigate or inquire 

 into the matter and suggest or recommend the proper remedies, and 

 give all the information he can to aid in exterminating such insects 

 or diseases, and his decision of the case and recommendation shall 

 be final. 



Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the state inspector, whenever it 

 shall come to his knowledge that any destructive insects or infec- 

 tious or contagious diseases exist in any orchard in this state, or are 

 supposed to exist, to investigate the case, and if such dangerous in- 

 sects or diseases are found, he shall have authority to enter upon the 

 premises and proceed according to the provisions of sections 1, 2 

 and 3 of this act, in exterminating the same. In case the owner 

 or occupant of the premises shall refuse or neglect to comply with the 



