THE CONNECTICUT 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT ifT 



NEW HAVEN, CONN., 

 OFFICE OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 



THE CONNECTICUT LAW RELATING TO INSECT 

 PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



AS AMENDED BY THE 



GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1903. 



The General Assembly of 1901 first enacted a law concerning 

 insect pests which has been published in bulletin 134 of this 

 Station and also in the first report of the State Entomologist 

 (Report of this Station for 1901, Part III, p. 229). 



The General Statutes of the State were revised by a com- 

 mittee on revision during the years 1901-1903 and the insect 

 pest law as revised by this committee and adopted by the Gen- 

 eral Assembly at the beginning of the session of 1903 was 

 printed in the second report of the State Entomologist (Report 

 of this Station for 1902, Part II, p. 100). Later, during the 

 session of 1903, two amendments were passed. These amend- 

 ' mends to Sections 4387 and 4388 are herein printed in bold- 

 faced type. 



THE INSECT PEST LAW. 

 Chapter 238, General Statutes of Connecticut. 



Section 4386. State entomologist; appointment. Said board 

 of control shall appoint a state entomologist to hold office 

 during the pleasure of the board, who shall have an office at the 

 experiment station, but shall receive no compensation other 

 than his regular salary as a member of the station staff. He 



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