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3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That whenever complahit sJiall be made 

 to such commissioners, or to any one of them, that any person or persons 

 within their county has or have failed, neglected or refused and continue 

 to fail, neglect or refuse to use such methods so prescribed or to be pre- 

 scribed by the said Agricultural Experiment Stations in this State, or other 

 equally efficient and satisfactory methods, for the destruction of insects 

 injurious to growing crops and fruits, on land in his, her or their posses- 

 sion, that then said commissioners or any two of them shall notify such 

 person or persons so complained of, in writing, by service of such notice 

 signed by them, upon such person or persons personally, or by leaving 

 the same at their place of residence, that they are required under the 

 penalties provided in this act forthwith to apply such methods so prescribed 

 or to be prescribed as aforesaid, for and towards the destruction of such 

 injurious insects. And said notice shall specify the particular species of 

 insect or insects complained of, and the methods to be adopted for their 

 destruction, with a reference to the reports or bulletins of said Agricul- 

 tural P'xperiment Stations, or some one or more thereof, where such insects 

 and the methods for their destruction are or may be described — or in lieu 

 thereof, there may be served with such notice a printed copy of such bul- 

 letins or reports and prescribed methods of destroying insects as are relied 

 upon, or a printed extract or extracts therefrom setting forth the methods 

 to be used for their destruction. 



4 AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of such person 

 or persons so notified within twenty-four hours after receiving such notice 

 and directions, to proceed to destroy such insects on his lands and prem- 

 ises so complained of, in the manner and by such methods as said notice 

 and directions shall specify ; and every person or persons who shall neglect 

 or refuse so to do, for the space of six days after receiving such notice and 

 directions served as aforsaid, shall forfeit and pay a fine not less than 

 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars in the discretion of the 

 Court, besides the costs of the suit, to be sued for, received and collected 

 by any one of the commissioners in his own name, adding thereto the 

 name of commissioner, without other words of designation, in any Court 

 of competent jurisdiction in the county in which such offence shall have 

 been committed. 



. 5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all fines and costs that may be 

 received and collected under the provisions of this act, shall belong to and 

 be paid into the treasury of the State Board of Agriculture of this State, 

 to defray the costs and expenses incident to the enforcement of this act 

 and for the general purposes of the said board. Said expenses to include 

 such reasonable allowance to said commissioners for their services in the 

 premises as may be made by the said Executive Committee of the said 

 State Board of Agriculture. 



6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall take effect immedi- 

 .ately. 



