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be unlawful to sell or to offer for sale any stock infested or infected with such in- 

 sect or disease. 



Section 11. — In case the inspector or deputy shall find present on any nursery or 

 dealer's premises or any packing ground or in any cellar or building used for storage 

 or sale of nursery stock, any injurious insect or plant disease, he shall notify the 

 owner or person having charge of the premises, in writing, to that effect, and the 

 Board shall withhold his certificate hereinafter provided for, until the premises 

 are freed from such injurious insect or plant disease, as hei'einafter provided. It 

 shall be unlawful for any person after receiving such notice to ship or deUver or 

 cause to be shipped or delivered any nursery stock from such aforesaid premises. 



Section 12. — (1) If the inspector or deputy shall find on examination any nursery, 

 orchard, small fruit plantation, park, cemetery, or any private or public premises 

 infested with injurious insects or plant diseases, he shall notify the owner or per- 

 son having charge of such premises to that effect, and the owner or person having 

 charge of the premises shall within ten days after such notice cause the removal 

 and destruction of such trees, plants, shrubs or other plant material if incapable 

 of successful treatment; otherwise, cause them to be treated as the Board may 

 direct. No damages shall be awarded to the owner for the loss of infested or 

 infected trees, plants, shrubs or other plant material under this act. 



(2) In case the owner or person in charge of such premises shall refuse or neglect 

 to carry out the orders of the Board within ten daj^s after receiving written notice, 

 the Board may proceed to treat or destroy the infested or infected plants or plant 

 material. The expense thereof shall be assessed, collected and enforced as taxes 

 are assessed, collected and enforced against the premises upon which such expense 

 was incurred. The amount of such expense when collected shall be paid to and 

 become a part of the fund used to enforce the provisions of (this act) (sections — 

 to , inclusive). 



Application for Inspection 



Section 13. — -Persons desiring to sell or ship nursery stock shall make application 

 in writing before July 1st of each year to the Board for inspection of their stock. 

 Persons failing to comply with this section shall be liable for extra charges to cover 

 traveling expenses of the inspector. 



Imported Stock 



Section 14- — Every person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock from 

 foreign countries shall notify the Board of the arrival of such shipment, the contents 

 thereof and the name of the consignor; and shall hold such shipment unopened 

 until duly inspected or released by the Board. In case any infested or infected 

 stock is discovered in such shipment, the shipment shall be subject to the provi- 

 sions of (this act) (sections to , inclusive). 



Nursery Certificate 



Section 15. — (1) The Board shall cause to be issued to owners of any nursery in 

 the state after the stock has been officially inspected as previousl}' provided, and 

 found to be apparently free from injurious insects or plant diseases, a certificate 

 signed by the inspector setting forth the fact of such inspection and the number 

 of acres or fraction thereof inspected. Said certificate shall be valid not to exceed 

 one year from (month) 1st. 



