136 INJURIOUS INSKlTS Ol" 1903. 



under direction from the board, visits any part of state where 

 pests are supposed to exist. Owners of infested trees are notified 

 by him and treatment prescribed, the expense being borne by the 

 owner. A refusal to comply with instructions of State Horticul- 

 turist or of the Board is a misdemeanor. Unlawful to sell, or to 

 offer for sale, or to give away within the state, stock known to 

 be infested. The State Board, or its agents or employes, may 

 enter any premises in discharge of its duties. Provision is made 

 for preventing the introduction of dangerously injurious crop 

 pests of all kinds from without the state. All sales, or gifts, or 

 shipments of stock within the state must be accompanied by a 

 certificate of inspection on the part of the State Horticulturist 

 All nursery stock shipped into Alabama must be accompanied 

 with a permit in the shape of a certificate issued by the board. 

 Transportation companies or common carriers are not allowed 

 to deliver nursery stock to any consignee residing within the 

 State of Alabama, unless the package bears the ofilicial tag or 

 certificate, without notifying the State Horticulturist, and also 

 warning the shipper of his risk. Any person, firm or corpora- 

 tion receiving stock not accompanied by a certificate is guilty of 

 a misdemeanor and liable to line. 



ARIZONA: No law. 



ARKANSAS: The Entomologist of the Experiment Sta- 

 tion is made, by law, the State Inspector. He examines nurs- 

 eries upon request of owners, and grants certificates to such as 

 are free from dangerous insects and plant diseases. He receives 

 as fee $5.00 for each fifty acres or fraction thereof examined and 

 all traveling expenses, paid by the nurserymen. No stock can 

 be shipped into the state without a certificate of inspection at- 

 tached thereto. 



CALIFORNIA: Work is in charge of a State Commis- 

 sioner of Horticulture, appointed by the Governor. His salary 

 is fixed at $250.00 per month. $1,500.00 per year for traveling ex- 

 penses, and can appoint a clerk at $1,500.00 per annum and a 

 Deputy Commissioner at a salary of $200.00 per month. He is 

 authorized to establish, maintain and enforce such i|uarantinc 

 regulations as he deems necessary. He investigates complaints 



