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freed from such pests by the best available method, and the cost of 

 such work shall be a lien against such premises, and may be recov- 

 ered, together with cost of action, before any court in the state hav- 

 ing competent jurisdiction. Said notice shall be written, and mailed 

 to the usual or known address, or left at the ordinary place of business 

 of said owner or his agent. No damage shall be awarded the owner 

 of such premises for entering thereon and destroying or otherwise 

 treating any infested plant or crop, when done by the order of the 

 commission. 



Sec. 1. When said commission has reason to suspect that any 

 pest listed by them as dangerous exists in any county in the state, 

 they shall cause such suspicion to be verified by a person competent 

 to determine the specific identity of such pests of crops, and if such 

 suspicion prove founded upon fact, shall further appoint, for a des- 

 ignated time and duty, a competent person their agent to inspect 

 such infested premises, and to take such measures for treating the 

 same as the commission may direct. Any duly authorized agent of 

 the commission shall have authority to enter upon and inspect any 

 premises between the hours of sunrise and sunset during every 

 working day of the year. Any one who shall seek to prevent such 

 inspection, or who shall otherwise interfere with any agent of the 

 commission while in performance of his duties, shall, upon conviction, 

 be fined not lees than .$5 nor more than $50 for each offense, or may 

 be imprisoned for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days. 



Sec. 5. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this 

 act, the sum of $500 per annum, or so much thereof as is necessary, 

 is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the treasury not other- 

 wise appropriated, and shall be paid by the state treasurer upon 

 properly authenticated vouchers signed by the chairman of the 

 commission. 



Sec. 6. The said commission shall report to the governor, for 

 transmission to the next general assembly, its acts and disburse- 

 ments under the provisions of this act. Such a report, together 

 with all such circulars as may be issued by the said commission for 

 the purposes of this act, shall be printed in editions of 1,000 copies 

 by the public printer, and be paid for as other public printing. 



Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws inconsistent with this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from and after its ratification. 



Ratified March 5, 1897. 



Copy of a circular (No. 7) issued by the Nortli Carolina commission August 31, 

 1897, to common carriers in that state. 



To all Railroad, Exi^ress, and Steamshij:) Comjianies and 

 Common Carriers doing business in North Carolina : You are 

 hereby notified, by virtue of chapter 2G4 of the acts of the general 

 assembly of 1897, entitled "An act to prevent the introduction and 



