A(JKI< I I.Tl KAl. Al'l'UOl'KIATIOX Mil, I., lirJ4. '^ii^k 



on H l>in!m't of ul)«>ut $7.').()()() for iIm» (alciular vi-iir I'' llmt 



mniK'V. yoii uinlcrstHiul, is raiMocI l»y privntc iiiti-rrstM who ixnvv iho 

 wclfniT of the a;;r'wiil) iiriil n'<;iorH at heart and \vhii«*p prosprrifv is 

 j<le(u'ruli'ijt (lircctlv upon the anioiinl of ^niin which is pro hu-ni. 

 |i S«»v«'ral «|ii('stions wcrr ask«Ml with n'«;anl to hivvs in tlio varioUH 

 -States. If it is the ch'sirc of the cointnitto*' I shall hi* j;hul to (jlr in 

 llio rrconl a snniinnrv of all the law><. 



Mr. Iii( HASAN. I would likr to have it. 



Mr. FrM-KK. This is n suniinary of the laws in all tin* Stales. 



(Said laws follow:) 



T)i<- <'«)iiiiii<>ii liurl>t>rr> is uii outLiWfd pluiil m all <>( th<> l.\ .North (inirul .^tattfi 

 which th*- <M>\)-riiMit>iit uK«>iitt< ur«> D'Iiiovihk tl><> lui.-h Ku'h Siulc hiix a -iMt lal 

 Ute or i'X(M-utiv«> onl«>r, with th(> force of law, titidiT which the i''(Kli>rul forcna 

 k when there i.s uiiy (|tie.stiori of their authority to (ie.Mtroy the hartx-rriei* liift. 

 ■"overe.l 111 their Hur\ey 

 ! \\ hill- the aiilil>url»err.\ laws are el'fectiveaii<i enlorcealih', it seldom in nei-esnary to 

 Invoke the statutes, .'^late h-adi'iH re|M>rt. The (io\eriiiiieiit uKeiits lni\e lieen in- 

 !uructc«l to Kct the harherriet* out liy educational inethixls. I>eiie\<ilent crMTcion, 

 tiul iiionil Huasioii, beiii^ rt'comniended iuHteadof le^jal proce«lure, Owiierwof liusheii 

 •arely refuse to remove them, hut in case they do the held a-*si.staiit.s hu\«' the iiieanH 

 :o c«>m|>el action. 



The Slate lawt< generally recite the damtiKe cau.sed t)y the commuii harlK'rry hiu-h 

 M a spreader of black stem rust to small ^rraiiis and then prohibit the sale, tram*|>«)rtu- 

 ion, planting, or prowin^; of the shrub. The State department of agriculture usually 

 8 charged with enforcement. Most of the statutes provide fornotifyinj? profMTty owii- 

 "fhof the pn'.sciKH'of barberries and ordering; their (lest ru<t ion If action is not taken in 

 I given time, the work then may be underlakeii by the State and the cost charged 

 ja<k affainst the property in the form of special taxes. 



Many of the laws, in i)randinjj the common barberry as a pest, make il {)lain that the 

 la}Mine.se barberry, which is not a rust -bearing plant, is not included ni this desig- 

 lation. 



The Colorado regulations were announced by the State entomologist by virtue of 

 luthority veste<l in him by the amended horicultiiral inspection act of I'.il7. He 

 seued an order establishing a quarantine forl>id<liiig the snipment of common bar- 

 )erries into Colorado or the traiusportation of lh<' l)ushes within the borders of the 

 'tate. The order further directed the extermination of harmful barberries wherever 

 ound. It became effective July 2.">, 1!(1}». Noncompliance with a notice to remove 

 j)UPhes is ma<le punishable by a (ine of from $•') to l^otM), and the owner also is re(|uired 

 o pay the cost of era<lication if done by |)ublic ollicials. 



I'nder the Illinois plant inspection act of IDIT the State department of agriculture 

 las i.ssued an oUicial notice designating the c«immon barlterry as a {)est anil ordering 

 ta eradication. The law re<iuires property owners to dig up their bushes when in- 

 tructed to do so by the department of agriculture. In case of refusal or ni'glect to 

 ■arry out such orders the State may do the work and the cost constitutes a lien against 

 he i)ro|K'rty. Importation of the harmful liarberry into Illinois is prohil>ite<l by 

 xecutive order and violation may be punished l)y a line of from •'?-:)(K) to .$5.U(X). The 

 iolation of an order to remove im.shes is a misdemeanor and is puni.shable by a fine 



from'? 10 to.? UK). 



The antibarlierry regulations in Indiana became effective November 29, 191>J, 



rough an order of the State department of con.servation, acting under authority of 



legislative act ))aased in 1919. Owners of bushes were given until I>ecemlier M, 

 919, to get rid of their common and purple barberries. Possessing rust-beaiing 

 nshes now is punishable by a line of from SIO to ^MO, to which may bo a Ule;l jail 



rnis of from ,'U( days to (i months. 



Phe Iowa law became effective in February, 1919. It makes it unlawful to .sell, 



iTKiKirt. or permit to exist any species of the harmful barberry. The State ento- 



ist is charged with notifying property owners of the pn>sence of bushes. If they 



II' ■! remove them within U) days the State may do the work and charge the cost to 



<• pro|H'rty to be collected as a si>ecial tax. 



Michigan outlawed the common barberrv in a law pa.sse(l in 1919. The State 



iipector of orchards and nurseries is charge! with ordering the destruction of harmful 



;irietit>8. If the biishes are found growing wild outside the cor|><>ratc limits of any 

 ity or village and the owner of the pro|>erty refu.si's to destroy them, the State n>ay ilo 

 lie work ami charge half of the cost back against the proi)erty. If the barberries have 



