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Rule 9. All Inspectors shall, at the close of each month, repdrt to the 

 Secretary of the Board a complete statement of his doings, upon the proper 

 blanks furnished for that purpose, together with an itemized bill for his 

 labor for the time actually served by him during such month, which bill, 

 when properly audited by the member of the State Board of Horticulture 

 for the district in which said Inspector shall labor, which bill will be again 

 audited by the President and Secretary of the State Board and forwarded 

 to the State Board of Examiners for payment. 



Rule 10. Inspectors shall receive as compensation the sum of five 

 dollars for each and every day actually served, but such Inspector shall pay 

 his own expenses. 



Rule 11. All inspection and fumigation shall be under the charge and 

 supervision of the Inspector at Large, and all Inspectors shall be responsi- 

 ble to him. 



Rule 12. The Inspectors appointed by this Board are authorized to 

 inspect any and all nursery stock, trees, plants, shrubs, vines, or the prod- 

 ucts thereof, and to collect the fees prescribed in these rules and regula- 

 tions, from the owner or person in control of such nursery stock or prod- 

 ucts, wherever found. 



Rule 13." For the inspection or treatment of each and every carload 

 of nursery stock, a fee of $10 shall be charged to cover expense of inspec- 

 tion and fumigation. 



Rule 14. It is hereby ordered that all green fruits and all citrus fruits 

 found for sale in Montana, shall be inspected and if found to be free of any 

 disease or infection, shall be branded "Inspected and Passed," but if found 

 to be infected with injurious insects or disease, shall be condemned and 

 destroyed by burning. 



Rule 15. For the inspection of all green fruits and citrus fruits, a fee 

 of two (2) cents per box or package, with a maximum charge of $5 for each 

 beparate lot inspected. 



Rule 16. All fines and fees collected for inspection and fumigation 

 shall be turned over by Inspectors to the Secretary of the Board, who 

 shall pay the same to the State Treasurer. 



By fumigation is to be understood treatment with hydrocyanic acid 

 gas. This treatment should be done as follows: All nursery stock to be 

 treated should be placed in an air-tight tent or box. For every 100 cubic 

 feet of space in box or tent, take one ounce (avoirdupois weight), of fused 

 potassium cyanide, 98 per cent strength, preferably in lumps about the size 

 of a walnut; one and one-half ounces commercial sulphuric acid, bes: 

 grade; and two and one-fourth fluid ounces of water. First place the 

 water in a three-gallon vessel (which may be of glazed earthenware); to 

 this add the acid and finally the potassium cyanide. (The cyanide would 

 better be enclosed in a small paper bag in which a hole is torn). Immedi- 

 ately close the doors or openings, taking all precautions against inhaling 

 the gas, which is one of the most violent poisons known. After leaving 

 Box or tent closed for 40 minutes, open all doors and allow at least one hour 



