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further than may be necessary to determine the absence of a label 

 and certificate as required by law. Transportation companies will 

 immediately report to the commission any violation of this regula- 

 tion, together with the action of the company. Said report is to in- 

 clude the name and address of the shipper and of the consignee. 



Rule 3. Any transportation company or common carrier or other 

 person wilfully disregarding the said law and the above rules pre- 

 scribed in pursuance thereof, will be guilty of a nuisance and liable 

 to action for damages, punishable with fine or imprisonment. 



(Signed) , Chairman. 



Copy of a circular (No. 8) issued by the North Carolina commission August 31, 

 1897, to nurserymen and others. 



To Nurserymen and Dealers who Ship yursery Stock into 

 North Carolina: Your attention is called to the inclosed copy of cir- 

 cular No. 7 of this commission, relating to the shipment of nursery 

 stock into North Carolina. You will notice that there is a modification 

 in the regulations previously adopted, in that each package, etc., 

 shipped into the state must have the certificate of this commission 

 attached thereto, instead of the certificate of the official entomolo- 

 gist of the state in which your nursery is located. The certificate of 

 this commission, together with 100 facsimile copies, will be issued 

 without charge to each nurseryman, upon filing with this commis- 

 sion a certificate from the official entomologist of the state in which 

 the nursery is located that said nursery was, within six months, per- 

 sonally examined by him, and the growing stock found free from 

 San Jose scale. West Indian scale, black-knot, and other infectious 

 pests, and apparently healthy in every respect. The certificates of 

 this commission will bear date of April 1 or October 1, and will be 

 good for only six months. It is not the purpose of this commission 

 to interfere in any way with the sale of good nursery stock in the 

 state. It is not believed that the rules and regulations of this com- 

 mission will be found onerous to those who fully appreciate the ne- 

 cessity of protecting our horticultural interests. 



(Signed) , Chairman. 



