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States, namely, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana, 

 have very definite legislation on this matter, while one other, Missis- 

 sippi, is about to enact similar regulations. For the purpose of delay- 

 ing the progress of the boll weevil as well as for application to other 

 injurious insects and plant diseases that ma}^ appear, it is recommended 

 that a law similar to that in force in Georgia and Louisiana be enacted 

 in all other Southern States. 



ALABAMA. 



AN ACT to prevent and prohibit the importation of seed from cotton affected with the Texas boll 



weevil. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of Alabama, That no person shall import or 

 bring into the State of Alabama any seed from any cotton affected with what is 

 known as the Texas boll weevil, nor the seed from any cotton from any place where 

 the cotton has been affected with said boll weevil. 



Section 2. Any person who violates the provisions of section 1 of this act shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars 

 ($10) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500). 



(H. 877, No. 559, approved Oct. 6, 1903.) 



GEORGIA. 



The crop-pest law of Georgia creates a board of entomology, and 

 gives this board the power to enact and enforce such regulations as it 

 may deem necessary to prevent the introduction or dissemination of 

 seriously injurious crop pests or diseases. In accordance with this 

 law the board has from time to time revised its regulations and has 

 adopted new ones as circumstances have warranted. Under date of 

 August 28, 1903, the State board of entomology adopted the follow- 

 ing regulation with reference to the cotton boll weevil: 



It shall be unlawful for any firm, person, or corporation to bring into the State of 

 Georgia, or to have in possession for any purpose, any living Mexican boll weevil or 

 any cotton bolls, squares, plants, or seed containing the adult, pupal, larval, or egg 

 stage of the Mexican boll weevil. 



No cotton seed grown in the States of Texas or Louisiana or consigned from points 

 in those States shall be shipped into the State of Georgia without being accompanied 

 by a certificate signed by a duly authorized State or Government entomologist stating 

 that said cotton seed has been fumigated in such manner as to kill any boll weevils, 

 larva, or pupa which may be contained therein. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



The State of North Carolina has taken no legal measures to prevent 

 the introduction of the boll weevil beyond the enactment of the crop- 

 pest law which was passed in 1897. This law gives the crop- pest 

 commission specific powers which may be applied to the boll weevil 

 as they have been applied to various other insects. Following are the 

 essential points in the law : The commission is given authority to make 

 regulations for its own government, as well as such as may be requisite 



