the State Entomologist. Prof. H. Garman, State Entomologist, 

 Lexington, Ky. (Act of 1897.) 



Louisiana. — Shipments seiit into the State must be accompanied 

 with official certificates of inspection. When a shipment containing 

 two or more orders is sent to an agent or dealer for delivery to differ- 

 ent persons, a certificate must accompany each individual order. Mr. 

 Wilmon Newell, Entomologist, State Crop Pest Commission. Baton 

 Rouge, La. (Act of 1903, Regulations of State Crop Pest Com- 

 mission, approved April 11, 1907.) 



Maine. — All stock shipped into the State must be accompanied with 

 official certificates of inspection, but the State Entomologist is em- 

 powered by law to inspect at the point of destination any stock which 

 may be received; and should such stock be found infested with 

 injurious insects or infected by plant diseases he may destroy the 

 same or return it to the consignor. Mr. E. F. Hitchings, State Ento- 

 mologist, Augusta, Me. (Amended act of 1909.) 



Maryland. — Stock sent into the State must bear the name of the 

 consignor and consignee and a certificate of inspection. Duplicate 

 certificates should be filed with the State Entomologist. Prof. T. B. 

 Sjaiions, State Entomologist; Prof. J. B. S. Norton, State Pathol- 

 ogist, College Park, Md. (Act of J898.) 



Massachusetts. — Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to ship 

 stock into the State must file a copy of his or its official certificate 

 of inspection with the State Nursery Inspector, and if the certificate 

 is satisfactory official tags bearing the certificate and seal of the 

 State will be issued at cost. Any shipment or package of stock 

 shipped into the State without such official tag is liable to confisca- 

 tion. The State Nursery Inspector has authority to inspect at the 

 jDoint of destination all stock coming into the State, and if it is found 

 infested with injurious pests he may cause it to be destroyed or re- 

 turned at the expense of .the owner. Agents selling stock in the 

 State must secure a license from the State Nursery Inspector. Dr. 

 H. T. Fernald, State Nursery Inspector, Amherst, Mass. (Act of 

 1909.) 



Michigan. — Nurserymen selling stock in this State must pay a 

 license fee of $5 and furnish a bond of $1,000, with satisfactory sure- 

 ties. ShiiDments must be accompanied with certificates of inspection 

 and, if of species subject to the attack of the San Jose scale, certifi- 

 cates by the nurser3'men that the stock has been properly fumigated. 

 Prof. L. R. Taft, State Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries, Agri- 

 cultural College, Mich. (Amended act of 1905.) 



Minnesota. — Stock shipped into the State must bear a certificate 

 of inspection. Prof. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, St. An- 

 thony Park, Minn. (Act of 1903.) 



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