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appointed by them, whose duty it shall be to supervise their 

 destruction as herein provided, the Board of Supervisors shall, 

 within twenty days thereafter, select three commissioners for 

 the county to be known as a ' County Board of Horticultural 

 Commissioners.' . . ." [Statutes of California, 1889, 413.] 



It is the duty of the County Board to cause the inspection of 

 all plantations and buildings in which the presence of injurious 

 insects or fungi is feared. If such are found, a notice is served 

 upon the proper individuals, and it then becomes incumbent 

 upon the latter to destroy the pest. In case this is not done 

 within a certain period, the Board is compelled to assume the 

 work, the expenses being ultimately drawn from the owners of 

 the property. An excellent feature of the above law is that all 

 officials are required to enforce its provisions, as is distinctly 

 stated. The mere granting of power to act in a certain man- 

 ner has been fatal to the enforcement of other laws of this 

 nature. 



Several counties have availed themselves of the benefits to be 

 derived from the above acts, and have passed ordinances suited 

 to their needs. In 1894, thirty-four counties possessed " Horti- 

 cultural Quarantine Guardians." 



CANADA possesses a law which prohibits spraying fruit trees 

 while in bloom with any substance injurious to bees. The act 

 was passed in April, 1892, and reads as follows : 



" 1. No person in spraying or sprinkling fruit trees during 

 the period within which such trees are in full bloom shall use, 

 or cause to be used, any mixture containing Paris green or any 

 other poisonous substance injurious to bees. 



"2. Any person contravening the provisions of this Act, 

 shall on summary conviction thereof before a justice of the 

 peace, be subject to a penalty of not less than $1.00 or more 

 than $5.00 with or without costs of prosecution, and in case of 

 a fine or a fine and costs being awarded, and of the same not 

 being upon conviction forthwith paid, the justice may commit 

 the offender to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned for any 

 term not exceeding thirty days unless the fine and costs are 

 sooner paid. 



"3. This Act shall not come into force until the first day of 

 January, 1893." 



