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sect, he is hereby authorized and directed to make out and deliver 

 in writing to the owner of such trees, plants, vines or nursery stock, 

 a certificate that he has examined such trees, plants, vines or nur- 

 sery stock, and that he finds the same free from all San Jose scale, 

 yellows, rosette, or other disease or insect, and said state entomolo- 

 gist shall also file a similar certificate with the governor of the state 

 and with the president of the said agricultural college, which cei-- 

 tificates shall at all times be subject to public inspection. 



(57.) The sum of $500, annually, or so much thereof as may be 

 necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the ex- 

 penses of the state entomologist in the performance of his duties 

 under the provisions of this act, and the comptroller is hereby di- 

 rected to issue his warrant upon the treasurer for the said sum, and 

 the state entomologist shall make report to the comptroller of the 

 amount expended. 



(58.) Whenever any trees, plants or vines are shipped into this 

 state fi-om another state, every package thereof shall be plainly 

 labeled on the outside with the name of the consignor, the name of 

 the consignee, the contents, and a certificate showing that the con- 

 tents have been inspected by a state or government officer, and that 

 the trees, vines or plants therein contained are free from all San Jose 

 scale, yellows, rosette and other injurious insect or disease; when- 

 ever any trees, plants or vines are shipped into this state without 

 such certificate plainly fixed on the outside of such package, the 

 fact may be reported to any justice of the peace of this state, and 

 such justice shall issue a summons for the consignee of such pack- 

 age, and the agent of the consignor, if he be known, to appear before 

 him on a certain day to be therein named, to show cause why such 

 trees, plants or vines should not be seized as being in violation of 

 the provisions of this act, and on trial thereof, if said justice is sat- 

 isfied that the provisions of this act have been violated, said justice 

 shall order said agent or consignee to return said packages of trees, 

 plants or vines immediately to the shipper or consignor, unless said 

 consignee or agent shall forthwith have said trees, plants or vines 

 examined by the state entomologist of this state, and he certify to 

 such justice of the peace that the said trees, plants or vines are free 

 from all insect and disease; and if said agent or consignee shall fail 

 to have such nursery stock examined by the state entomologist, or 

 fail to return such packages to the shipper or consignor thereof, then 

 said justice of the peace shall order and direct the constable or 

 sheriff to burn and destroy all such trees, plants and vines as have 

 been shipped into this state in violation of law. 



Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. 



Approved April 2, 189G. 



