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

 may appoint such a number of deputies, not exceeding three, 

 as he may deem necessary or expedient. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the state entomologist, either 

 personally or through his deputies, to visit any orchard, field, 

 garden, nursery, or store-house, upon the request of the owner, 

 to advise treatment against pests. He may inspect any orchard, 

 field, or garden, in public or private grounds, which he may 

 know or have reason to suspect is infested with San Jose scale 

 or any other serious pests; may from time to time issue such 

 circulars and bulletins as in his judgment are needed to convey 

 information about pests, which publications may be issued as 

 bulletins of the said Experiment Station ; may also conduct such 

 experiments and investigations regarding injurious insects as 

 will tend toward a better understanding of them and the reme- 

 dies for their attacks; may diffuse such information by means 

 of correspondence, lectures, and published matter; and may 

 employ such assistance in his office, laboratory, or in the field, 

 and purchase such apparatus and supplies as he may deem neces- 

 sary for the successful prosecution of his duties. He shall keep 

 a detailed account of expenses and shall publish each year a 

 report of such expenses, and of the work done under this act. 



Sec. 3. All nursery stock shipped into the state from some 

 other state, country, or province, shall bear on each box or 

 package a certificate that the contents of said box or package 

 have been inspected by a state or government officer and that 

 said contents appear to be free from all dangerous insects or 

 diseases. 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 entomol- 

 ogist to inspect the same and deduct the costs of such inspec- 

 tion from the consignor's bill for such stock. This section shall 

 be deemed to be a part of every contract made in this state for 

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



Sec 4. All nurseries or places in the state where nursery 

 stock is grown, sold, or offered for sale, shall be inspected at 

 least once a year by the state entomologist or one of his depu- 

 ties, and if no serious pests are found, a certificate to that effect 

 may be given. If such pests are found, the owner shall take 



