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a license for its sale, and shall deposit with the said inspector a fee of 

 five dollars asa license for himself as principal and one dollar as a li. 

 cense fee for each and everyone of the local or traveling- ag^ents or em- 

 ployes who shall engage in selling such stock or soliciting orders 

 for the same; and each of such principals shall execute to the State 

 of Minnesota a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with two 

 g-ood and sufficient sureties who are residents and freeholders of 

 said state, conditioned that he or they will comply with all the pro- 

 visions of this act and that upon demand he or they will file wilh the 

 State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards within thirty days after 

 delivery a list of the persons to whom he has sold or delivered any 

 such nursery stock, giving species and varieties, together with the 

 post-office address of each. Such information shall be preserved 

 and be for the sole use of the Nursery and Orchard Inspector and 

 his deputies. 



Sec. 6. No person, firtn or corporation resident of another state 

 province or country, shall engage or continue in the business of 

 importing any trees, plants, shrubs or vines, commonly known as 

 nursery stock, into this state, or of selling such importations within 

 the state, or of selling such articles within the state for subsequent 

 importations into it, without having first obtained from the State 

 Inspector of Nursery and Orchards a license to do business in this 

 state as provided in section five of this act, and he shall also file with 

 the Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards the bond therein required, 

 together \vith the certificate of inspection by a legally authorized 

 inspector of the state, province or country where said person, firm, 

 or corporation is located. 



Sec. 7. The Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards upon receipt of 

 the fee required in this act, together with the bond and a satisfactory 

 certificate of inspection, shall issue license to the applicant accord- 

 ing to the provisions of this act; and all such licenses shall expire 

 on the first day of October next following the date of their issue. 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the State Inspector of Nurseries and 

 Orchards whenever it shall come to his knowledge that the San Jose 

 Scale exists in any orchard in this state or is supposed to exist, to 

 investigate the case, and if said insects are found he shall have 

 authority to enter upon the pi^emises and proceed according to the 

 provisions of this act in exterminating the same. If the owner of 

 such orchard shall refuse or neglect to comply with the orders of 

 said inspector, the inspector shall employ such aid as may be 

 necessary to carry out his orders and recommendations, the expense 

 of which procedure shall be certified to the proper township, city or 

 county officers, and by them be allowed, who shall cause the same 

 to be assessed as a special tax upon the premises concerned. 



Sec. 9. The State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards shall ap- 

 point such number of deputies as may be required, subject to the 

 approval of the Directors of the Minnesota State Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, and he shall render a full and complete report of 

 his proceedings, acts and expenditures under this act to the said 

 Directors of the Minnesota State Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 who shall audit his accounts and may publish said report. 



