34 LAWS AGAIXST IXJUKIOUS INSECTS. 



Qr-AKANTixE Law Agaixst the Mexica>- Cotton Boll Weevll. 



[Sections of an act of the general assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 

 15, 1904, and section IT as amended August 23, 1905.] 



Section 15. It shall be unlawful for auy person to knowingly bring into the 

 State of Georgia any living Mexican boll weevil, or any cotton bolls, squares, 

 plants, or seeds containing the adult, pupal, larval, or egg stage of said Mexican 

 boll weevil unless the person shall immediately upon its discovery at once destroy 

 the same or turn over the same to the State entomologist. Violation of this sec- 

 tion shall be punished as provided by section 1039 of the Penal Code of Georgia 

 of 1S95. 



Sec. 1G. No cotton seed, seed cotton, cotton-seed hulls or cotton lint, in bales or 

 loose, shall be brought into this State from any points in the States of Texas and 

 Louisiana, or from any other point in any other State or country wherein the 

 Mexican boll weevil is known to exist, without having attached thereto in a 

 prominent and conspicuous manner, a certificate signed by a duly authorized 

 State or governmental entomologist stating that said cotton seed, seed cotton, 

 cotton-seed hulls, or cotton lint, was grown in, and that the shipment of same 

 originated in. a locality where by actual inspection by said official, or his agent, 

 the Mexican boll weevil was not found to exist. Any steamship, railroad, or 

 express company or other common carrier, or any firm, person, or corporation 

 l)ringing into this State any of the articles above mentioned without the specified 

 certificate attached shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. In case any com- 

 mon carrier enumerated violates this section, then the general manager of such 

 common carrier or the captain of such offending vessel shall be deemed guilty 

 and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by section 1039 of the Penal 

 Code of Georgia of 1895. 



Sec. 17. No corn in the shuck, or shipment of household goods, furniture, ma- 

 chinery, glassware, cr supplies of any description which are packed or partially 

 jiacked in or with cotton lint, cotton seed, seed cotton, hulls, seed cotton 

 and cotton seed sacks, or corn in the shuck, shall be shipped into this State from 

 points in Texas and Louisiana, or any other State cr country in which the Mexi- 

 can cotton boll weevil is knowii to exist, without having attached thereto in a 

 prominent and conspicuous manner the certificate provided for in section 16. 



Sec is. Transportation companies shall immediately notify the State ento- 

 mologist (Atlanta. Ga..) when by oversight, negligence, or otherwise any ship- 

 ments of the nature designated in sections 10 and 17, without a proper certificate 

 attached, shall arrive at any station or wharf in this State, and it shall be his 

 duty to proceed as speedily as possible, by himself or assistant, to investigate 

 such shipment. If upon investigation he find the shipment to be of the nature 

 herein designated he shall order same removed from this State. Upon failure 

 of the owner or shipper to remove same within forty-eight hours after notice 

 has been sent him by wire, said shipment shall be seized and burned. 



Sec 19. The State entomologist and his assistants shall have authority to 

 enter, during reasonable business hours, any depot, warehouse, freight, wharf, 

 transfer, steamship, or express office in this State and shall be allowed full 

 a.ccess to all waybills, invoices, and bills of lading therein, when he or they may 

 deem it necessary to determine the presence or record of any shipments of the 

 nature designated in sections 10 and 17 of this act. The State entomologist 

 and his assistants shall have authority to enter at any time, for the purpose of 

 inspecting shipments therein, or for determining the nature of shipments 

 therein, any express car or steamship when same is in transit or lying at dock 

 or de|X)t in charge of any employee or official of the company owning or oper- 



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