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RULE II. 



Section 1. For the purpose of preserving and protecting the forests and the 

 agricultural and horticultural interests of the Territory of Hawaii, all persons, 

 companies, and corporations are hereby prohibited from importing or introduc- 

 ing into the Territory of Hawaii, or into any of its ports, for the purpose of 

 debarkation into the said Territory, any live animal or animals known as 

 "flying fox" (Pteropus) or "fruit-eating bat," or any crustacean known as 

 " land crab," or any other animal, bird, reptile, or insect injurious, or liable to 

 become injurious, to forests, trees, plants, or other vegetation of value. 



Sec. 2. If any animal, bird, reptile, or insect is imported or introduced into 

 the Territory of Hawaii, or into any of its ports, for the purpose of debarkation 

 into the Territory of Hawaii, contrary to law or this regulation, the same shall, 

 in the discretion of the board of commissioners of agriculture and forestry, or 

 its duly authorized agent, officer, or inspector, be immediately destroyed or 

 deported at the expense of the importer or introducer, and the person or persons 

 or corporation introducing or importing the same shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor and shall be liable to the penalty or penalties provided by law. 



Sec. 3. This regulation shall take effect from and after the approval thereof 

 by the governor. 



Approved October 25, 1904. 



IDAHO. 



An Act to create and define the duties of a State board of horticultural inspection and 

 the appointment of a State horticultural inspector and deputies ; to appropriate 

 money for their expenses, and defining the duties thereof ; to prevent the gift, sale, 

 distribution, transportation, importation, or planting of infested trees, vines, plants, 

 cuttings, scions, grafts, pits, buds, or other articles, and to provide for the disinfec- 

 tion or destruction of the same ; to provide for the extirpation of insect pests or fun- 

 gus diseases found on trees, shrubs, vines, plants, fruit ; to provide penalties for fail- 

 ure to comply with the provisions of this act. 



Section 1. There is hereby created the State board of horticultural inspection, 

 which board shall consist of five members as follows : The director of the ex- 

 periment station and the professor of zoology of the University of Idaho shall 

 be ex officio members of said board, and the other three members sliall be ap- 

 pointed by the governor of the State as soon as may be after the passage of 

 this act, and shall hold their office for a term of three years, or until their suc- 

 cessors are appointed and qualified, and in making said appointments the gov- 

 ernor shall consider the recommendations of the State horticultural society as 

 to the proper persons to appoint : Provided, That of the three members first 

 appointed after the passage of this act, one shall hold his office for one year, one 

 for two years, and one for three j^ears from the date of his appointment. 



Sec. 2. Before entering on the duties of his office each member of said board 

 shall take and subscribe the official oath prescribed for State officers, which 

 oath shall be filed in the office of the secretarj- of state. 



Sec. 3. Said board shall meet immediately after the passage and approval of 

 this act, when it shall elect a president and a secretary from its number, who 

 shall hold their office during tlie pleasure of the said board. The secretary 

 shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the board, and shall receive 

 such compensation as the board may establish, not exceeding $350.00 per annum. 



Said board shall meet annually at such times and at such places as it may 

 determine. 



