may appoint such number of deputies, not exceeding three, 

 as he may deem necessary. 



Sec. 4387. Duties. The state entomologist, either personally 

 or through his deputies, shall visit any orchard, field, garden, 

 nursery, storehouse, on request of the owner, to advise 

 tre&igfent .agaS^l; $sts. He may inspect any orchard, field, 

 or g^rdeiif j^>ublicpr 'private grounds, which he may know or 

 "have" reason tl^sospVcVto be infested with San Jose scale or any 

 serious pests or infectious diseases, when in his judgment such 

 pests or infectious diseases are a menace to adjoining owners; 

 and may order the owner, occupant, or person in charge 

 thereof, in writing, to properly spray or give other suitable 

 treatment, or to cut and destroy any such diseased trees or 

 shrubs, if in the opinion of the state entomologist such action 

 is necessary, and the owner thereof shall not recover from nor 

 be recompensed therefor by the state. If the owner of such 

 orchard, field, or garden neglects or refuses to comply with the 

 order of the said state entomologist, he shall be fined not more 

 than fifty dollars. The state entomologist may issue such bulle- 

 tins of said experiment station as in his judgment are needed 

 to convey information about pests ; may conduct experiments 

 and investigations regarding injurious insects and the remedies 

 for their attacks ; diffuse such information by means of corre- 

 spondence, lectures, and published matter ; and may employ 

 such assistants in his office, laboratory, or in the field, and pur- 

 chase such apparatus and supplies as may be nee -ssary. He 

 shall keep a detailed account of expenses, and publish each 

 year a report of such expenses, and of the work done. 



Sec. 4388. Certificate of inspection of nursery stock.* All 

 nursery stock shipped into this state from any other state, 

 county, or province, shall bear on each package a certificate 

 that the contents of said package have been inspected by a state 

 or government officer and that said contents have been thor- 

 oughly fumigated and appear free from all dangerous insects 

 or disease. In case nursery stock is brought within the state 

 without such a certificate, the consignee may return it to the 

 consignor at the latter's expense, or may call the state ento- 

 mologist to inspect the same and deduct the costs of such 

 inspection from the consignor's bill for such stock. This sec- 

 tion shall be deemed to be a part of every contract made in 



