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for the convenience of vine or fruit growers, or fruit dealers, a 

 resident Inspector shall be appointed upon petition of any 

 three neighboring vine or fruit growers, or dealers in grapes, to 

 reside in their vicinity, if not already provided for ; and there 

 shall be not less than two Inspectors appointed for each 

 county which is subjected to such quarantine regulations, and 

 they shall each be subject to removal at the will of the Viticul- 

 tural Health Officer, if incompetent, or if they fail to perform 

 their duties, or are unreasonably distasteful to vine growers 

 and grape dealers. 



Sec. 5. It shall be also the duty of the Chief Executive 

 Viticultural Officer to personally visit, examine, and report 

 upon the several viticultural regions of the State ; to prepare 

 documents for publication, as required by the Board, relating 

 to any and all branches of viticultural industry, including 

 treatises for the instruction of the public ; to supervise the 

 prejjaration of reports for publication, and especially report 

 upon the practibility and means of eradicating diseases from 

 vineyards, and to suj^erintend experiments with known and 

 new remedies. 



Sec. 6. All printing heretofore ordered by the Board shall 

 be paid for out of the appropriations heretofore made for its 

 use. All printing required hereafter shall be done by the State 

 Printer. 



Sec. 7. The salary of the Chief Executive Viticultural 

 Officer shall be fixed by the Board, not to exceed one hundred 

 and fifty dollars jaer month, for services while engaged as such 

 officer, and his actual traveling expenses shall be allowed, not 

 to exceed five hundred dollars per annum. 



Sec. 8. The Board of State Viticultural Commissioners 

 shall also aj^point an officer, who shall be especially qualified, 

 by practical experience in horticulture, for the duties of his 

 office, to perform similar duties respecting the protection of 

 fruit and fruit trees as are provided for in this Act in reference 

 to grapevines, with like powers ; and the salary and traveling 

 expenses of such officer shall be fixed by the said Board, at 

 the same amounts provided for in the case of the Chief Execu- 

 tive Viticultural Officer; and the said Board shall have power 

 to establish such quarantine rules and regulations as are 

 required for the protection of fruit and fruit trees from the 

 spread of insect pests. 



Sec. 9. There is hereby appropriated for the uses of the 

 Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, as set forth in this 

 Act, and in the Act providing for its organization, out of any 

 moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 

 sum of ten thousand dollars for the year commencing July 

 fo'st, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and ten thousand dol- 



