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ticiiltiiral Commissioners in each county, whenever they shall 

 be informed by complaint of any person residing in such 

 county, that an orchard, or nursery, or trees, or any fruit pack- 

 ing house, storeroom, saleroom, or any other place in their 

 jurisdiction, is infested with scale bug, codlin moth, red spider, 

 or other noxious insects liable to spread contagion dangerous 

 to the trees or fruit of complainant, or their eggs or larvse, 

 injurious to fruit or fruit trees, they shall cause an inspection 

 to be made of the said premises, and if found infected they 

 shall notify the owner or owners, or the person or persons in 

 charge or possession of said trees or places, as aforesaid, that 

 the same are infested with said insects, or any of them, or their 

 eggs or larvte, and shall require such person or persons to dis- 

 infect the same within a certain time to be specified. If, within 

 such specified time, such disinfection has not been accom- 

 plished, the said person or persons shall be required to make 

 application of such treatment for the purpose of destroying 

 them as said Commissioners shall prescribe. Said notices may 

 be served upon the person or persons owning or having charge 

 or possession of such infested trees, or places, or articles as 

 aforesaid, by any Commissioner, or by any person deputed by 

 the said Commissioners for that purpose, or they may be served 

 in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. If the 

 owner or owners, or the person or persons in charge or posses- 

 sion of any orchard, or nursery, or trees, or places, or articles, 

 infested with said insects, or any of them, or their larvae or 

 eggs, after having been notified as above to make application 

 of treatment as directed, shall fail, neglect, or refuse so to do, 

 he or they shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a public nui- 

 sance, and any such orchards, nurseries, trees, or places, or 

 articles thus infested, shall be adjudged and the same is hereby 

 declared a public nuisance, and may be proceeded against as 

 such. If found guilty, the Court shall direct the aforesaid 

 County Board of Horticultural Commissioners to abate the 

 nuisance. The expenses thus incurred shall be a lien upon the 

 real property of the defendant. 



Sec. 3. Said County Board of Horticultural Commission- 

 ers shall have power to divide the county into districts, and to 

 appoint a local Inspector for each of said districts. The duties 

 of such local Inspectors shall be prescribed by said County 

 Board. 



Sec. 4.* It shall be the duty of said County Board of Com- 

 missioners to keep a record of their official doings, and to make 

 a report to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners on 

 or before the first day of November of each year, who shall 

 incorporate the same in their annual reports. 



Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners at large. 



