ELEVENTH ANNUAL EEPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 129 



Ee it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: 



Section t. Whenever the Governor of the State has good 

 reason to believe that any pest, gypsy moth, brown tail moth, Med- 

 iterranean fruit fly, potato w^art, potato canker, black scab, potato 

 ellworm, pea weevil, alfalfa weevil, alfalfa blight, flax canker, or 

 flax wilt or other fruit or plant disease or insect pest dangerous or 

 inimical to the horticultural or the agricultural industry exists in 

 certain localities in another State, territory or country, or that con- 

 ditions exist that render domestic horticultural stock or agricultural 

 crops or plants likely to become diseased, he must by proclamation 

 designate such localities and prohibit the importation therefrom ot 

 any tubers, plants, nursery stock, fruit or seeds or agricultural crops, 

 plants or seeds likely to introduce or spread infection, contagion or 

 insect pests into the State, except under such restrictions as Se, 

 after consulting with the State Board of Horticulture, the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture or the State Entomologist may deem proper. 



Section 2. Whenever the Governor of this State has good reason 

 to believe that any pest, gypsy moth, brown tail moth, potato wart, 

 potato canker, black scab, potato ellworm, pea weevil, alfalfa weevil, 

 alfalfa blight, flax canker or flax wilt or other plant disease or insect 

 pest, dangerous or inimical to the agricultural industry, exists within 

 any county or locality within the State, it shall be his duty to pre- 

 scribe and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary 

 to circumscribe, eradicate or control such pests or disease. 



Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation who after publica- 

 tion of such proclamation knowingly receives in charge any tubers, 

 plants, nursery stock, fruit, seeds, or agricultural crops, plants or 

 seeds from any of the prohibited districts and transports,, conveys, 

 sells or uses the same, within the limits of this State, is guilty of 

 a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine- of not less than ten 

 ($10.00) dollars or more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, and 

 is further liable for any and all damages and loss that may be sus- 

 tained by any person by reason of the importation of such prohibited 

 and diseased tubers, plants, nursery stock, fruits, seeds, or agricul- 

 tural crops, plants, or seeds. 



Section 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are 

 hereby repealed. 



