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to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees or vines : Provided, That 

 no such spraying shall be done while said fruit trees or vines 

 are in blossom, except in case of canker-worms. 



"Section 2. In any township in this state where such inju- 

 rious insects or contagious diseases are known to exist, or in 

 which there is good reason to believe they exist, or danger may 

 be justly apprehended of their introduction, it shall be the duty 

 of the township board, upon the petition of at least ten free- 

 holders of such township, to appoint forthwith three competent 

 freeholders of said township, as commissioners, who shall hold 

 office during the pleasure of the board, and such order of ap- 

 pointment and of revocation shall be entered at large upon the 

 township record. Provided, That in townships having a board 

 of yellows commissioners, such commissioners shall be ex officio 

 commissioners under this act." 



It is the duty of the commissioners to notify owners of plan- 

 tations of the presence of any injurious parasite, it being un- 

 necessary that a complaint be first made by any one. 



" Section 5. Whenever any person shall refuse or neglect to 

 comply with the order to spray or disinfect the orchards or 

 vineyard designated by the commissioners, as aforesaid, it 

 shall become the duty of the commissioners to cause said trees 

 or vines to be effectually sprayed with a poisonous solution, or 

 disinfected, as occasion should require, forthwith, employing 

 all necessary aid for that purpose, and the expenses for the 

 same shall be a charge against the township ; and for said 

 spraying or disinfecting, the said commissioners, their agents 

 or workmen, shall have the right and power to enter upon any 

 and all premises within their township. 



" Section 6. If any owner, township officer, or commissioner, 

 neglects or refuses to comply with the requirements of this law 

 as set forth in the preceding sections, and within the time 

 therein specified, such persons shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or 

 imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days, or 

 by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the 

 court; and any justice of the peace of the township where 

 such trees or vines may be growing shall have jurisdiction 

 thereof." 



The act was ordered to take immediate effect. 



