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MISSISSIPPI : No law. 



MISSOURI : An inspector examines nurseries and orch- 

 ards, prescribing measures of relief where the same are infested. 

 Nursery stock cannot be shipped into the state without a certifi- 

 cate. There is no internal inspection law. 



NEBRASKA : No law. 



NEVADA : No law. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE : State Board of Agriculture appoints 

 annually a State Nursery Inspector, and he, in turn, may appoint 

 not more than two deputies. 



Inspection at least once a year of all nurseries or places in 

 the state where nursery stock is grown, sold or offered for sale 

 is compulsory. If stock is found to be free from pests a certifi- 

 cate is granted. If pests are found, the owner of the stock must 

 take such measures to repress the same as the inspector pre- 

 scribes, and certificate is withheld until this is done. A penalty 

 of from $25 to $100 for each offense is imposed upon any party 

 selling nursery stock who does not hold an unexpired certificate. 

 An affidavit of proper fumigation upon stock offered for sale 

 (i. e., fumigation approved of by the inspector), made before a jus- 

 tice of the peace, will be accepted in lieu of a certificate of inspec- 

 tion. Stock entering the state must be accompanied by a cer- 

 tificate of inspection or of fumigation. The inspector or his dep- 

 uties have at all times the right to enter any public or private 

 grounds in the discharge of their duty as prescribed by law. All 

 parties violating the act providing for the protection of trees and 

 shrubs shall be prosecuted by the Secretary of the State Board of 

 x\griculture. 



NEW JERSEY : Nurserymen call upon the State Entomol- 

 ogist to inspect their stock and receive from him a certificate if 

 no dangerously injurious insects are present. No nursery stock 

 can be shipped into the state without a certificate, and the State 

 Entomologist or his deputy can detain, examine and, if neces- 

 sary, destroy or send back to the shipper any stock so received. 

 He is further authorized, if he has reason to doubt the genu- 

 ineness of anv certificate attached to car, box, bale or parcel of 



