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shall be circulated among the residents of every district affected 

 thereby. 



Sec. 9. Any person who shall violate any of the rules or reg- 

 ulations of the State Board of Entomology shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in 

 any sum- not in excess of one hundred ($100.00) dollars, or by 

 imprisonment in the County Jail for any period not exceeding thirty 

 (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 10. There is here1)y appropriated out of any moneys in 

 the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of five 

 thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary 

 to carry on the work of the State Board of Entomology for the year 

 1913, and the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars or so much 

 thereof as may be necessary to carry on the work of said board 

 lor the year 1914. Said money to be expended under the direction 

 and approval of the State Board of Examiners. 



Sec. 11. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act 

 are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 12. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage 

 and approval. 



Approved March 18, 1913. 



While this law was undoubtedly intended to provide imme- 

 diately for the necessary legal machinery for control or eradication 

 of the spotted fever tick, its framer, Hon. Fred Whiteside, wisely 

 made it of much wider application and any insect which transmits 

 a disease of human beings or domestic animals may be investigated 

 and if the board possesses sufficient information it may proceed to 

 eradicate or control any such insect. This board, backed up by a 

 small appropriation, can be of much service to the State. There are 

 already several problems other than the tick which need attention. 



Work on the seasonal history of the spotted fever tick is being 

 continued. A series of longevity tubes has been established in Owl 

 Canyon, four miles northeast of Bozeman, and observations are being 

 made from time to time. The results of these tests are intended 

 for comparison with those that have been secured in the tubes at 

 Florence. These observations should add materially to our knowl- 

 edge of the time required for the completion of the full life-cycle 



