36 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



load or less than carload lot) being plainly labeled with the official entomolo- 

 gist's certificate to the effect that the contents of same have been inspected and 

 found to meet with the requirements of the board of entomology in accordance 

 with section 10 of the act cited above shall be liable to confiscation upon the 

 order of the inspector. 



5. No trees, shrubs, or other plants commonly known as nursery stock shall 

 be sold, delivered, or given away within the State of Georgia Avithout being 

 plainly labeled with the certificate of the State entomologist. 



6. Persons or firms within the State of Georgia growing for sale trees, cut- 

 tings, shrubs, vines, or other plants commonly known as nursery stock shall 

 make application to the State entomologist (Atlanta, Ga.) for inspection and 

 certificate on or before July 1st of each year. Any person, corporation, or firm 

 failing to make application to have his or their stock Inspected as aforesaid, 

 after receipt of notice of this rule, shall not be permitted to offer for sale in this 

 State any of said stock not inspected : Provided, That such person, corporation, 

 or firm may make written application to the State board of entomology to be 

 relieved of his or their default and consequences, and offering to pay any addi- 

 tional expense incurred by the State and its officers by reason of such failure. 

 The board may upon a proper showing order an inspection of said nursery. 



7. In case some part of a nursery shall be found infested with San Jose 

 scale no certificate shall then be granted: Provided, lioivever, That isolated 

 blocks of nursery stock not infested may be considered as separate nurseries 

 and a certificate may be granted covering such stock after all stock in the 

 infested block has been destroyed. 



8. Each and every box, bundle, or package of trees, shrubs, and other plants 

 commonly known as nursery stock, shipped in carload lots or less than carload 

 lots into the State of Georgia from any other State or country, shall be plainly 

 labeled with a certificate of inspection furnished by the entomologist, fruit 

 inspector, or other duly authorized official in the State or country in which 

 said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of the Georgia State board 

 of entomology hereinafter provided for ; said tag to be valid only until July 

 1st following the date of certificate upon which it is based (see sections 9 and 

 13 of the act cited above). Such shipments not so labeled shall be liable to 

 confiscation upon the order of the inspector. 



9. Any person or persons residing in States or countries outside of the State 

 of Georgia, dealing in or handling trees, shrubs, or other plants in this State, 

 or shipping trees, shrubs, or other plants therein, shall file with the State erto- 

 mologist (Atlanta, Ga.) a certified copy (or signed duplicate of original) of the 

 certificate issued by the entomologist, fruit inspector, or other duly authorized 

 official of the State or country in which said stock was grown. Such certificate 

 for nurseries south of the northern boundary line of North Carolina, Tennessee, 

 and Arkansas nmst be based upon an inspection made not earlier than July 1st, 

 and for nurseries north of said line, upon an inspection made not earlier than 

 June 1st. Said i)orson or persons shall also file with the State entomologist a 

 signeil statement in which said person or persons agree to fumigate with hydro- 

 cyanic-acid gas all stock shipped into the State of Georgia. Such fumigation 

 shall be in a manner approved by tlie State entomologist. Upon receipt and 

 approval of the certificate and statement above mentioned, the certificate of 

 the Georgia State board of entomology will be issued to the applicant without 

 charge, and official tags bearing a facsimile copy of such certificate and the seal 

 of the State board will be furnished the applicant at cost of printing, viz: 

 Sixty cents for the first one hundred or part thereof and twenty-five cents for 

 each additional hundred. 



