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whose district said nuisance shall exist, or the secretary under his or 

 their direction, to cause such nuisance to be at once abated, by eradi- 

 cating or destroying said insects or pests, or their eggs or larvtB, or by 

 treating or disinfecting the infested or diseased articles. The expense 

 thereof shall be a county charge, and the county court shall allow and 

 pay the same out of the general fund of the county. Any and all sums 

 so paid shall be and become a lien on the property and premises from 

 which said nuisance shall have been removed or abated, in pursuance 

 of this act, and may be recovered by a suit in equity against such 

 property or premises ; which suit to foreclose such liens shall be 

 brought in the circuit court of the county where the premises are 

 situated, by the district attorney, in the name and for the benefit of 

 the county making such payments. The proceedings in such cases 

 shall be governed by the same rules, as far as may be applicable, as 

 suits to foreclose mechanics' liens, and the property shall be sold 

 under [the order of the court, and the proceeds applied in like man- 

 ner. The board is hereby invested with the power to cause such 

 nuisances to be abated in a summary manner. 



Approved February 23, 1895. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— Laws of 1897. 



An Act to prevent the spread of the contagious diseases known as 

 yellows, black-knot, peach rosette and pear-blight among peach, 

 plum, cherry, prune, almond, apricot, nectarine and pear trees, 

 or the fruit thereof, and providing measures for the eradication 

 of the same, and applying the provisions of this act to " San Jose 

 scale," when found on any vine, plant, shrub or fruit-tree. 



Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to keep any 

 peach, almond, apricot, plum, cherry, nectarine or pear tree infected 

 with the contagious diseases known as yellows, black-knot, peach 

 rosette, or pear-blight, or to offer for sale or shipment, or to sell or to 

 ship any of the fruit thereof, except the fruit of the plum, cherry 

 and pear tree ; that both tree and fruit so infected shall be subject 

 to destruction as public nuisances as hereinafter provided. No 

 damages shall be awarded in any court in the state for entering upon 

 the premises and destroying such diseased trees, or parts of trees, or 

 fruit, if done in accordance with the provisions of this act. It shall 

 be the duty of every person, as soon as he becomes aware of the ex- 

 istence of such disease in any tree, parts of trees, or fruit owned by 

 him, to forthwith destroy or cause said trees or fruit to be destroyed. 



Sec. 2. In any township, borough or city of this state in which 

 such contagious diseases exist, or in which there is good reason to 

 believe they exist, or danger may be justly apprehended of their 

 introduction, it shall be the duty of the township supervisors or 

 board of road control, or borough or city council, as soon as such 



