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order of said commissioner or commissioners; and provided, that the 

 provisions of this act shall apply to the San Jose scale when fou d 

 on any vine, plant, shrub or fruit-tree. 



Sec. 9. All acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 

 This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



Approved June 18, 1897. 



UTAH. 

 CHAPTER 33.— Laws of 189i. 



An Act authorizing county courts to appoint fruit-tree inspectors 

 and to provide for the destruction of fruit-destroying insects. 



Section 1. It shall be the duty of the county court of any county 

 in the territory of Utah where fruit is grown to appoint one or more 

 fruit-tree inspectors for such county. 



Sec. 2. The duties of the fruit-tree inspectors of each county 

 shall be to inspect every orchard, vineyard or nursery in such county 

 at such time and under such regulations as the county court shall 

 prescribe. He shall annually report to the county court every item 

 of interest and the result of his labors pertaining to the duties of his 

 office. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the probate judge of any county 

 wherein fruit-trees are growing, to annually issue his proclamation, 

 stating the time or times when it is prudent and proper to spray 

 fruit-trees and to otherwise disinfect orchards that are infested with 

 any kind of fruit-destroying insects, in which he shall name two or 

 more formulas that have Vjeen used and approved for such purposes. 



Sec. 4. The inspector shall leave a printed notice with or mail to 

 every owner, occupant, or person in charge of any orchard, vineyard 

 or nursery, produce dealer, storage or commission merchant, or any 

 person handling fruit, on whose premises he shall find any kind of 

 fruit-destroying insects, their larv;v3 or their pup;»?, commanding 

 them to disinfect their trees, vines, storerooms and premises in con- 

 formity with the proclamation of the probate judge. Such notice 

 must be sigued by the inspector, who shall note in the stub of said 

 notice the name of the person so notified and the date on which such 

 notice was served or duly mailed to him. 



Sec. o. The county court is hereby authorized and required to 

 provide for the publication of the proclamation required by section 3, 

 and to formulate such rules arid regulations as it may deem proper, 

 to govern the actions of the fruit-tree inspector in his duties, and to 

 give such public notice as it may deem proper in relation to the dis- 

 infecting of storerooms, warehouses and salesrooms where fruits in 

 either a green or dried state may be stored, handled or offered for 

 sale. 



