THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



Fir. 1284.— San Jose Scalk. 



DN response to the earnest request of 

 our Association, the Minister of 

 Agriculture for Ontario has intro- 

 duced a bill to prevent the spread 

 of the San Jose scale, which in its amen- 

 ded form, has received the full sanction 

 of the House. The importance of this 

 act of Parliament is so great that we give 

 the full text of it in this issue, and 

 earnestly beg the hearty co operation of 

 members, and of our readers everywhere^ 

 in carrying out its provisions. Those 

 who received advance copies of the Act 

 at our meeting at Waterloo, will notice 

 that certain changes have been made, 

 with the object of making the bill still 

 more stringent. The object is to stamp 

 out this pest in those few sections of On- 

 tario into which it has been introduced 

 upon United States nursery stock ; and if 

 this can be done by Provincial legisla- 

 tion, we hope to keep out further impor- 

 tations by a Dominion Act. With this 

 in view a committee of our Association 

 has waited upon the Hon. Sidney Fisher, 



and are encouraged to expect that 

 prompt and speedy action will be taken. 



An Act to prevent the spread of the San 



Jose Scale. 



Her Majesty, by and with the adrice and 

 consent of the Legislative Assembly of the 

 Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : — 



1. This Act may be sighted as Tht San 

 Jose S:ale Act. 



2. In this act the word '* Minister" shall 

 mean the Minister of Agriculture for the Pro- 

 vince of Ontario. 



The word "Plant" shall mean any tree, 

 rin**, shrub, or any part of a tree, vine, shrub 

 or plant, the fruit of any tree or plant. 



The word " scale ' shall mean the San Jose 

 Scale insect in any of its stages of development 



3 No person shall import or bring, or 

 cause to be brought into the Province of On- 

 tario, for any purpase whatsoever, any plant 

 infested with scale 



5. For the purpose of scientific investiga- 

 tion the Minister may from time to time, by 

 writing given under his hand, except such 

 persons as he may deem proper, from the 

 operation of the two preceding sections, and 

 while acting under such permission, such 

 persons shall not be subject to th? penalties 

 imposed by this Act. 



(i. Any person having reason to suspect 

 that any plant in his possession, or in his 

 charge, or keepiog, is infested with the scale 

 shall forthwith communicate with the Minister 

 in regard to the same, and shall furnish the 

 Minister with aU such information in regard 

 to the source or origin of the siid infestation 

 and the extent and nature of the same as he 

 may be able to give. 



7. Whenever the scale exists, or is supposed 

 to exist on an/ plant, the Minister maydirect 

 a competent person to make an eximiuation 

 and inspection and may order that any plant 

 so infested, or such part as he m^y deem ad- 

 visable, shall be immediately destroyed by 

 burning either by the person appointed to 

 make the inspection, or by the person owning 

 or having possession of the said plant or some 

 other person so directed in writing, and the 

 person so directed shall make a full report to 

 the Minister in writing as to the nature and 

 extent of the work so performed, together 

 with a fair estimate of the value of the plant 

 destroyed. 



8. For the purpose of enforcing this Act, it 

 shall be the duty of every inspector appointed 

 under The YeUows and Black Knot Act to 

 make careful examination and inspection for 

 the occurrence of the scale within the muni- 

 cipality to which he is appointed, and to re- 

 port forthwith to the Minister every case of 

 infestation and neglect to make such report 

 shall render the inspector liable to the penal- 

 ties imposed under section 1 1 of this Act 



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