BOARD OF HORTICULTURE, MONTANA. 



owner or manager, at his own proper expense, to comply with and carry 

 out all the instructions of said inspector for the eradication of said disease 

 or pests. Any person who shall fail or refuse to notify said inspector, as 

 herein provided, or who shall fail or refuse to comply with the instructions 

 of said inspector for the eradication of any disease or pest, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any 

 sum not less than $25 nor more than $300. 



Section 12. If any person or persons, corporation or corporations, 

 shall fail or refuse to forthwith comply with the instructions of said inspec- 

 tor, for the eradication of any disease or pest, said inspector shall pro- 

 ceed forthwith to eradicate such disease or pest and the expense of the 

 same shall become a charge and lien upon the property of such owner. 



Section 13. Every person who, for himself or as agent for any other 

 person or persons, corporation or corporations, tansportation company or 

 common carrier, shall deliver or turn over to any person or persons, corpo- 

 i"ation or corporations, any trees, vines, shrubs, nursery stock, scions, grafts, 

 without first having attached the inspector's certificate, as provided in 

 Section 9 of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than $25 nor more than 

 $300. 



Section 14. No person or persons, corporation or corporations, shall 

 be liable to any other person or persons, corporation or corporations for 

 any damage to any trees, vines or shrubs, nursery stock, scions or grafts by 

 reason of the same being held to await the certificate of the inspector, as pro- 

 vided in Section 9 of this Act. 



Section 15. The inspectors of fruit pests appointed or elected by said 

 board, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $5.00 

 (five dollars) per day for the time actually employed; provided, however, 

 that no inspector shall receive more than three hundred dollars in any one 

 year, when acting as such inspectors of fruit pests. The members of said 

 board shall receive no compensation for their services, except actual ex- 

 penses paid out. The secretary of said board shall receive the sum of 

 $1,000 per annum for his services. 



Section 16. All bills for expenditures, under this Act, shall be audited 

 and passed upon by the said Board of Horticulture, and if found legal and 

 just, shall be allowed, subject to the approval of the State Board of Ex- 

 aminers, and a v/arrant shall be drav.^n therefor upon the auditor of the 

 State of Montana, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer 

 therefor. 



Section 17. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings 

 of the board and to procure records of the proceedings aJid correspond- 

 ence, to collect books, pamphlets, periodicals and other documents con- 

 taining valuable information relating to horticulture, and to preserve the 

 game; to collect statistics and other information showing the actual con- 



