20 INTRODUCTORY. 



composed of one pound (1 lb.) of whale oil soap and one- 

 fourth of one pound of flour of sulphur to each and every one 

 and one-quarter (1^) gallons of water used as such disinfect- 

 ant, or in any other manner satisfactory to the Chief Execu- 

 tive Horticultural and Health Officer. 



11. Owners of fruit of any kind grown in any orchard, 

 nursery, or place in which trees or plants are known to be 

 infested with any insect or insects, or the germs thereof, 

 namely, their eggs, larvae, or pupae, known to be injurious to 

 fruit or fruit trees, and liable to spread contagion, and all per- 

 sons in possession thereof, or offering for sale, gift, distribu- 

 tion, or transportation, are hereby required to procure a 

 certificate of disinfection before removal for sale, gift, distri- 

 bution, or transportation. 



12. Any tree or plant cuttings, scions, plants, or trees of 

 any kind, empty fruit boxes, fruit packages, or fruit baskets, 

 or transferable material of any kind, offered for sale, gift, dis- 

 tribution, or transportation, in violation of the quarantine 

 rules and regulations for the protection of fruit and fruit trees, 

 approved by the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, 

 may be seized by the Chief Executive Horticultural and 

 Health Officer, or by any of the local resident Inspectors 

 appointed })y him ; said seizure to be the taking possession 

 thereof, and holding for disinfection, or for an order of con- 

 demnation by a Court of competent jurisdiction. 



13. Any person violating the above quarantine rules and 

 regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall be punishable ])y a fine of not less 

 than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. 



Matthew Cooke, 

 Chief Executive Horticultural and Health Officer. 

 Sacramento, November 12, 1881. 



(For proceedings in Court in relation to quarantine rules, see 

 Chapter IV.) 



At the Fruit Growers' Convention, held at San Jose on the 

 fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth of November, 1882, the fol- 

 lowing committee was appointed to prepare such bills as were 

 considered constitutional, and required for the protection of 

 the horticultural industries : 



Wal. J. Tuska, San Francisco; L. M. Holt, San Bernardino 

 County ; F. C. De Long. Marin County ; S. M. Lcib, Santa 

 Clara County ; Dr. Chapin, Santa Clara County ; Hon. J. H. M. 

 Townsend, Santa Clara County ; G. M. Gray, Butte County ; 



