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a majority of said board, said bill shall be transmitted to the State auditor, p.nd 

 they shall be paid as other claims against the State. 



Sec. 16. The members of the State board of horticultural inspection shall 

 serve without compensation, but shall receive actual expenses incurred in 

 attending meetings of the board. 



Sec. 17. All county officers shall be liable on their official bond for the proper 

 performance of any duties imposed by this act. 



Sec. 18. Neglect or refusal to comply with the orders of the State inspector 

 or his deputies, made in pursuance of the provisions of this act, shall constitute 

 a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided for misdemeanors in section 

 14 of this act. 



Sec. 19. Whereas there is great danger to the horticultural interests of the 

 State of Idaho from pests and other causes for which no adequate remedy has 

 been provided, an emergency existing, therefore this act shall take effect from 

 and after its passage and approval by the governor. 



Sec. 20. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby 

 repealed. 



ILI^II^OIS. 



An Act to prevent the introduction and spread in Illinois of the San Jose scale and 

 other dangerous insects and contagious diseases of fruits. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy the people of the State of Illinois, represented in 

 the general assemblij, That it shall be the duty of the State entomologist of 

 Illinois to inspect, or cause to be inspected by his duly appointed assistants, 

 once each year all nurseries in the State of Illinois as to whether they are 

 infested by dangerous insects or infected with contagious plant diseases, and, 

 if upon such inspection such nurseries appear to be free from such dangerous 

 insects or diseases, he shall, upon the payment of the expenses of inspection as 

 certified by him, give to each owner of such nursery or nurseries a certificate 

 to the facts, and shall file duplicate certificates with the director of the State 

 agricultural experiment station and with the secretary of the State horticul- 

 tural society, which certificates shall be at all times subject to public inspection. 

 Whenever a nurseryman or seller of trees, vines, plants, or other nursery stock 

 within this State shall ship or deliver any such stock he shall place and send 

 on each package so shipped or delivered a copy of a certificate, the original of 

 which is signed by a State or Government inspector, stating that such stock 

 has been inspected and has been found apparently free from dangerous insects 

 or contagious plant diseases, and the use of such certificate in connection with 

 nursery stock any and every part of which has not been inspected and certified 

 as aforesaid shall render the owner of such stock liable to the penalties pre- 

 scribed for a violation of this act. 



§ 2. It shall further be the duty of the State entomologist to inspect, or to cause 

 to be inspected, from time to time, any nursery, orchard, fruit plantation, or 

 other property or place in this State which he shall have reason to suppose 

 to be infested by dangerous insects or infected with contagious plant diseases, 

 and for the purpose of such inspection he and his assistants are authorized, dur- 

 ing reasonable business hours, to enter into or upon any farm, orchard, nursery, 

 garden, storehouse, or other building or place used for the growing, storage, 

 packing, or sale of trees, plants, or fruits ; and if the State entomologist shall 

 find by inspection as aforesaid that any nursery, orchard, or garden or other 

 property or place is infested by the San Jose scale or other dangerous insect, or 



