February, '16] SANDERS: MODEL inspection LAW 209 



for such loss not to exceed the amount of said bond. Indemnity bonds with 

 sufficient sureties running to the inspector and the sureties upon his bond may be 

 required of deputy inspectors. 



Appointment of Deputies 

 Section 5. — The Board is hereby authorized to appoint or dismiss on the recommenda- 

 tion of the inspector (deputies) (county horticultural inspectors) (district horti- 

 cultural inspectors) who shall strictly enforce the provisions of (this act) (sections 



■ ■ to , inclusive) under the direction of the Board, and they are hereby 



endowed with the same police power as the inspector, and shall be furnished with 

 official badges or other insignia of authority, which shall be carried while on duty. 



Section 6. — The Board shall have the power to prescribe, modify and enforce such 

 reasonable rules, regulations and orders as may be needed to carry out the provi- 

 sions of this act, and may publish an annual report describing the various phases 

 of the inspection work, or may publish such other information as may seem 

 desirable concernmg the inspection and such insects and diseases as are covered 



by (this act) (sections to , inclusive). Such rules and regulations shall 



be printed from time to time and furnished free to interested parties. 



Inspector's Duties and Powers 

 Section 7. — The Board through the inspector or deputies shall at least once each 

 year inspect all nurseries and other places in which nursery stock is kept for sale. 

 For this purpose such inspector or deputies shall have free access, within reasonable 

 hours, to any field, orchard, garden, packing groimd, building, cellar, freight or 

 express office, warehouse, car, vessel, or other place, which it may be necessary or 

 desirable for him to enter in carrying out the provisions of this act. It shall be 

 unlawful to deny such access to the inspector or deputies or to hinder, thwart or 

 defeat such inspection by misrepresentation or concealment of facts or conditions 

 or otherwise. 



Section S. — The Board through the inspector or deputies shall have the authority 

 to inspect any orchard, fruit or garden plantation, park, cemetery, pi-ivate premises, 

 public place, and any place which might become infested or infected with danger- 

 ous or harmful insects or plant diseases. It shall also have the authority to in- 

 spect or reinspect at any time or place any nursery stock shipped in or into the 

 state and to treat it as hereinafter provided. 



Diseased Plant Material on Premises 

 Section 9. — The Board is hereby empowered to prohibit and prevent the removal 

 or shipment or transportation of plant material and any other material from any 

 private or pubhc property, or property owned or controlled by the state, or any 

 area of the state (commonwealth) which in its judgment contains dangerously 

 infested or infected nursery stock or jilant or other material of anj'- kind for such 

 periods and under such conditions as in its judgment seems necessary in order to 

 prevent the further spread of the infestation or infection, giving such notice thereof 

 as may be prescribed by the Board; and during the existence of such order no 

 person shall remove or ship from such area any such material whatsoever, except 

 by special permission or direction of the Board. 



Section 10. — It shall be imlawful for any person in this state knowingly to permit 

 any dangerous insect or plant disease to exist in or on his premises. It shall also 



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