146 IXJURIOUS IXSl'.CTS Ol- 1903. 



SOUTH CAROLINA : The State Board of Entomology is 

 represented by three members of Board of Trustees of Clemson 

 College. This board appoints an entimologist and assistants if 

 necessary, said entomologist to act as inspector. This officer or 

 his assistants are empowered to enter any premises in the state 

 ni discharge of his duties as inspector; any hindrance on the 

 part of the owner entails a fine or imprisonment. The inspector 

 shall prescribe treatment for infested stock. Failure or refusal 

 on the part of the owner of infested stock to execute the treat- 

 ment prescribed by the Entomologist shall subject the owner to 

 a fine Or imprisonment. Sale of nursery stock within the state 

 is unlawful unless said stock is accompanied Ijy inspection tag 

 of the Entomologist, he being the official inspector. Annual in- 

 >pection is compulsory, and no stock can be sold within the state 

 which has not been inspected within six nn)nths previous- to date 

 of sale. Shipments into state must be accompanied by certificate 

 of inspector in state from which stock is shipped. 



Transportation companies and common carriers are liable for 

 non-conformance to laws ; said companies or carriers not allowed 

 to receive stock not accompanied by a certificate. Certificates 

 of inspection are withheld until nurserymen comply with the in- 

 structions of the Entoi7iologist in regard to treatment of stock 

 when treatment is necessary. 



SOUTH DAKOTA: No law. 



TENNESSEE: A certificate from the State Entomologist 

 must accompany all nursery stock offered for sale within the 

 state. These certificates are good for one year. This officer is 

 empowered to inspect nurseries, greenhouses, etc., whenever in 

 his estimation it seems best. Nursery stock found infested must 

 be destroyed. No shipment into the state allowed without cer- 

 tificate of inspection, and transportation companies and common 

 carriers must advise the State Entomologist if packages are re- 

 ceived without such certificate. An effort will be made at the 

 coming session of the legislature to make the inspection apply 

 to orchards in the inspectioi; of nursery stock. 



TEXAS; No law. 



