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much smaller in size, the control of whiteflies by spraying and fumi- 

 gation in these states as compared with Florida is not a difficult 

 matter. Certain modifications of these existing laws are desirable, 

 however, while in Florida an existing law which authorizes the appoint- 

 ment of county boards of horticulture and which is now ineffective 

 through disuse and inadequacy should be entirely repealed to prevent 

 future confusion. In its place a carefully drawn law is needed, espe- 

 cially adapted to meet local conditions and embodying such features as 

 investigations of the whiteflies have shown to be advisable. 



In accordance with the views of the writer the following are essen- 

 tial features of such a law: ^ 



1. The County Commissioners or Supervisors of any county should 

 be authorized to appoint a County Entomologist upon receiving a 

 petition to do so from at least twenty-five fruit growers, provided that 

 when the horticultural interests in two or more adjoining counties 

 are comparatively small a single oflficial may be appointed jointly by 

 the commissioners of the several counties upon petition from twenty- 

 five fruit growers in each county concerned. 



2. It should be required that these appointments be made from an 

 approved list of available economic entomologists maintained by a state 

 committee on credentials consisting of the governor of the state, the 

 president of the State Horticultural Society and the director of the 

 State Agricultural Experiment Station. 



3. The various county entomologists appointed as above should be 

 constituted into a State Crop Pest Commission. 



4. The Entomologist of the State Agricultural Experiment Station 

 should be designated the State Entomologist. 



5. County entomologists should be appointed for a specified period, 

 not less than two years nor more than four years being advisable. 

 Dismissal by the county commissioners at any time should be author- 

 ized in the case of inefficiency or neglect of duty, but only with the 

 approval of the State Committee on Credentials following a hearing 

 by that committee. 



6. Each County Entomologist should be authorized to appoint such 

 assistants as may be necessary with the approval of the County Com- 

 missioners. Regularly appointed assistants or inspectors should be 

 granted all of the authority given to the County Entomologist when 



'Anj'one interested in the constitutionality of any of the features herein recom- 

 mended if enacted in a state law should consult the court decisions in California 

 cases. The definitions of nuisances in these cases are especially valuable. These 

 decisions are published by the state of California in a pamphlet entitled "Califor- 

 nia's Horticultural Statutes with Court Decisions and Legal Opinions Relating 

 Thereto (Sacramento 1908)." 



