IMPORTATION OF NURSERY STOCK. 



General Acts, Chapter 193. 

 An Act eelative to the authority of the state nursery inspector, 



IN RESPECT to IMPORTATION OF NURSERY STOCK. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section twelve of chapter five hundred and seven of the acts of nine- 

 teen hundred and twelve is hereby amended by inserting after the word 

 "agriculture", in the second line, the words: — after a duly advertised 

 public hearing with notice to interested parties, — and by striking out the 

 words "not already present in this state", in the seventh and eighth lines, 

 and substituting the words : — , or is liable to act as a carrier of insect 

 pests or diseases, — so as to read as follows: — Section 12. The state 

 nursery inspector, with the approval of the secretary of the state board 

 of agriculture, after a duly advertised public hearing with notice to inter- 

 ested parties, may prohibit for such periods and under such conditions as 

 in his judgment may seem necessary, the delivery within the state of 

 nursery stock from any other state, province or country when in his 

 opinion such nursery stock is liable to be infested with insect pests or 

 diseases, or is liable to act as a carrier of insect pests or diseases. He, 

 with the approval of the secretary of the state board of agriculture, shall 

 have power to prescribe such general requirements as may be needed to 

 carry out the provisions of this act, and may publish information about 

 such insects and diseases as are concerned in this act. [Approved May 3, 

 1918. 



COMPENSATION FOR BERRY-BEARING SHRUBBERY. 



General Acts, Chapter 215. 



An Act to provide compensation for damages incident to checking 

 the spread of the white pine blister rust. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. The owner of any cultivated berry-bearing shrubbery de- 

 stroyed by the state nursery inspector or his agents acting under the pro- 

 visions of chapter five hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred 

 and twelve, as amended by chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the 

 General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, by chapter ninety-one of 

 the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and by chapter two 

 hundred and sixty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and 

 seventeen, for the purpose of checking the spread of the white pine bUster 

 rust, shall receive compensation therefor from the commonwealth, pro- 

 vided that he shall, within thirty days after the accrual of his claim to 

 compensation if the same accrues after the passage of this act, and within 

 sixty days after the date of the passage of this act, if his claim accrued 

 before that date, give notice in writing thereof to the state nursery in- 



