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this state for the sale of nursery stock to be shipped into this 

 state. 



Sec. 4389. Inspection of nurseries. Penalty. All nurseries 

 or places where nursery stock is grown, sold, or offered for 

 sale, shall be inspected at least once each ^e^r.b^^the state$t0- 

 mologist or one of his deputies, and ifdo**^ericw3 peSts -are 

 found, a certificate to that effect mayj"be g,i\^n^:*J^'6dt^i:^5ts\ 

 are found, the owner shall take such nleasuYe*S to stopf>ffes"ttfe*' 

 same as the state entomologist may prescribe. If such meas- 

 ures are not immediately taken by the owner of such nursery 

 or place such certificate shall be withheld, and every nursery- 

 man who does not hold such a certificate, after the first annual 

 inspection, who shall sell or otherwise dispose of nursery stock, 

 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. The form of certifi- 

 cate and the season for inspecting nurseries may be determined 

 by the state entomologist. The state entomologist or any of 

 his deputies may at all times enter any public or private grounds 

 in the performance of his duty. 



Sec. 4390. Appropriation. The sum of three thousand dol- 

 lars is appropriated to carry out the provisions of Sections 

 4386, 4387, 4388, and 4389, which sum is to be paid quarterly 

 to the treasurer of said station, who shall hold the same subject 

 to the order of the state entomologist. 



It will be seen that these amendments give the state ento- 

 mologist discretionary power to cause the destruction or proper 

 treatment of infested trees and shrubs, and if the owner refuses 

 or neglects to act after having been duly ordered in writing by 

 the state entomologist, he will be subject to a fine of not more 

 than fifty dollars. 



It is also necessary that nursery stock shipped into the state 

 shall bear a statement that it has been thoroughly fumigated in 

 addition to the certificate of inspection issued by a state or gov- 

 ernment officer. 



These amendments became operative July ist, 1903. 



All applications for inspection of orchards and nurseries, or 

 complaints regarding infested trees, should be made to 



W. E. BRITTON, State Entomologist, 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 



New Haven, Conn. 



