130 INJURIOUS LVSECTS OF 1903. 



NURSERY INSPECTION. 



The fact that in the past other states could ship nursery stock 

 into Minnesota with no restrictions whatever has been a stimu- 

 lus to those of our citizens interested in horticulture to secure the 

 passage of some law which would at least regulate this, particu- 

 larly as some of the neighboring states and very many states 

 throughout the Union will not allow stock to cross their borders 

 without a certificate of inspection. Efforts in this direction in 

 Minnesota have been a failure until this year, when the following 

 bill was passed : 



STATE OF MINNESOTA. 



THIRTY-THIRD SESSION. 



H. F. No. 245. 



A BILL 



FOR AN ACT TO PREVENT THE INTRODl^CTKON AND SPREAD OF 

 INJURIOUS INSECTS AND DANGEROUS PLANT DISEASES IN THE 

 STATE OF MINNESOTA. 



Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Slate of Minnesota: 



Section l. The Entomologist of the State Experiment Station is 

 hereby constituted the State Entomologist and charged with the execu- 

 tion of this act. He may appoint such qualified assistants as may be 

 necessary, fix a reasonable compensation for their labor, and pay the 

 same; and their acts shall have the same validity as his own. He shall, 

 by himself or his assistants, between the first day of May and the fifteenth 

 day of September, in each year, when requested by the owner or agent, 

 or when he has reasonable ground to believe that any injurious insect 

 pests or dangerous and contagious plant disease exist, carefully examine 

 any nursery, fruit farm or other place where trees or plants are grown 

 for sale, and if found apparently free from any injurious insect pests or 

 dangerous or contagious plant diseases, he shall issue his. certificate 

 stating the facts (good for one year unless revoked), and shall collect 

 therefor a fee of five dollars ($5.00) per day and expenses. 



