TWEXTY-FIRST REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 25 



STATE ENTOMOLOGIST LAW 



(Chapter 72, Revised Codes) 



913. State entomologist of Montana. The entomologist of Montana 

 agricultural college and experiment station shall be known as the state 

 entomologist of Montana. 



914. Duties of state entomologist. It shall be the duty of state 

 entomologist to conduct field investigations of the injurious insects of 

 fruits, vegetables, grains, grasses, forage crops, including clover and al- 

 falfa, root crops, shade trees, ornamental plants, and any other insects 

 that may become injurious. When it becomes known to the state ento- 

 mologist that an outbreak of an insect has occurred in any part of the 

 state, it shall be his duty, so far as is possible without conflicting with 

 his other duties, to go to the scene of the outbreak or send a suitably 

 qualified assistant. The state entomologist or said assistant shall deter- 

 mine the extent and seriousness of the outbreak, and, when necessary 

 publish or make public demonstration of the best remedies to be employed. 



915. Annual report. The entomologist shall make an annual report 

 to the governor of the state, on or before the first day of January, which 

 report shall be published by the experiment station as one of its regular 

 bulletins, and shall contain a report of his work and expenditures under 

 this act. 



916. Expenses: The state entomologist shall receive no compensation 

 for his services other than what he may receive from the College of Agri- 

 culture and Mechanic Arts and Experiment Station but such office or lab- 

 oratory expenses and such salaries of necessary assistants, together with 

 such traveling expenses, as result from the work contemplated under this 

 Act, not to exceed such sums as the legislature from time to time may 

 appropriate, shall be paid, and upon certification of the secretary of the 

 executive board of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, the state auditor is au- 

 thorized to issue warrants to cover same. The actual traveling expenses 

 of the State Entomologist and the actual traveling expenses and salary 

 of his assistant which shall result from the work contemplated undei- 

 Section 4504 of the Revised Codes of Montana of 1921, as amended by 

 Chapter 25 of the Laws of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of 1923 

 shall be paid by the county or counties wherein such work is contem- 

 plated or carried on, and upon presentation and allowance of a sworn 

 claim against such county or counties, warrants in payment thereof shall 

 be drawn upon the General Fund of such county or counties. The board 

 of county commissioners shall annually determine the amount of such 

 warrants drawn upon the General Fund for the purposes of this Act, and 

 shall include such amount in the tax levied the succeeding year for the 

 purpose of insect pest extermination and reimburse the General Fund for 

 money so paid out on such warrants as is provided in Section 4504 of 

 the Revised Codes of Montana of 1921, as amended by Chapter 25 of the 

 Laws of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of 1923. 



