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cate of inspection. Transportation companies bringing stock 

 into state not properly certified to as above described shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 

 subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each offense. Any 

 person suspecting the presence of San Jose Scale upon prop- 

 erty in his possession must notify Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 who shall cause stock to be inspected, and, if found dangerously 

 infested, shall see that the best known treatment is applied. The 

 commissioner or his employes may enter any grounds, private 

 or public, and treat any trees, shrubs or vines infested. Any 

 parties selling stock without an unexpired certificate thereon 

 within the state, or who shall cause samic to be transported within 

 the state, is subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each 

 offense. 



MARYLAND : All nurseries are inspected by State Ento- 

 mologist and Slate Pathologist every six months, and certificate 

 is issued if stock is found clean. No nursery stock can be shipped 

 without a copy of this certificate. No stock can be shipped 

 mto state without copy of certificate issued by the proper officer 

 in state from which said stock is shipped. Fumigation of all 

 nursery stock sold within the state is compulsory. 



MASSACHUSETTS: State Nursery Inspector appointed 

 annually by State Board of Agriculture, and he. in turn, may ap- 

 point not more than three deputies. All places where nursery 

 stock is grown, sold or offered for sale must be inspected by this 

 officer at least once each year, and if stock is found clean a cer- 

 tificate to that effect is issued. If stock is infested with danger- 

 ous insects or fungous pests, certificate is withheld until owner 

 of stock has taken the proper measures to suppress the evil. A 

 penalty of from $25 to $100 is imposed upon any party selling 

 stock who does not hold an unexpired certificate. A certificate 

 of fumigation, in form of an affidavit before a justice of the peace, 

 is acceptable in place of a certificate of inspection. Shipment 

 into state without a certificate of inspection or of fumigation is 

 forbidden. The inspector, or any of his deputies, may at any 

 time enter any public or private grounds in discharge of any of 

 their duties as p'rescribed by law. 



