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infected with contagious plant diseases, liable to spread or be conveyed to other- 

 premises, to the serious injury of the property thereon, he shall notify in writing 

 the owner or the person in charge of such infested or infected property, and 

 shall direct him. within a time and in a manner prescribed in such notice, to 

 use such measures as shall prevent the conveyance or spread of such insects or 

 disease to the property of others, and such infested or infected property shall 

 not be removed after the owner or person in charge of the same shall have been 

 notified in writing as aforesaid without the written permission of the entomolo- 

 gist. If the person so notified shall refuse or neglect to treat and disinfect said 

 Ijremises or property in the manner and within the time prescribed in said 

 notice, it shall be the duty of the State entomologist to cause such property or 

 premises to be so treated, and he shall certifj' to the owner or person in charge 

 of the premises one-half the amount of the cost of treatment, and if not paid to 

 him within sixty days thereafter the same may be recovered, together with the 

 cost of action, before any court in the State having competent jurisdiction : Pro- 

 vided, That any orchard property found infested by the San Jose scale which 

 the State entomologist has good reason to believe became so infested before the 

 jear 1899 shall be once thoroughly treated and disinfected by the entomolo- 

 gist without charge to the owner of said infested property: A}td further pro- 

 vided, That any part of such property which may, in the judgment of the ento- 

 mologist, be so badly infested by the San Jose scale as to be worthless may be 

 destroyed by him or his assistant without liability for compensation to the 

 ov.-ner thereof, and if he should find that such orchard or fruit plantation or 

 other property or place in this State is not so infested, that he shall be required 

 to give the owners thereof a certificate to that effect without charge. 



§ 3. Whenever any trees, shrubs, plants, or vines are shipped into the State 

 from some other State, country, or province, every package thereof shall be 

 plainly labeled on the outside with the name of the consignor, the name of the 

 consignee, and a certificate showing that the contents have been inspected by a 

 State or Government officer, and that the trees, vines, shrubs, oi* plants therein 

 contained appear free from all dangerous insects or diseases. Whenever any trees, 

 shrubs, vines, or plants are shipped into this State without such certificate 

 plainly fixed on the outside of the package, box. or car containing the same, the 

 facts must be reported within twenty-four hours to the State entomologist by 

 tbe railway, express, or steamboat company, or other person or persons carrying 

 the same, and it shall be unlawful to deliver any such property until it has been 

 inspected by the State entomologist or his assi.stants and by him or them certi- 

 fied to be free from dangerous insects or contagious diseases. Any agent of anj- 

 railway, steamboat, or express company, or other person or persons carrying 

 such property as aforesaid, who shall fail to give such notice as above required 

 shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act. When nursery stock is shipped 

 into this State accompanied by a certificate, as herein provided, it shall be held 

 prima facie evidence of the facts tberein stated, but the State entomologist, by 

 himself or his assistants, when they have reason to believe that any such stock 

 is infested with dangerous insects, or is infected with contagious diseases, shall 

 be authorized to inspect the same and subject it to like treatment as provided in 

 section 2 of this act. 



§ 4, Any person violating or neglecting to carry out the provisions of this act, 

 or offering any hindrance to the carrying out of this act. shall be adjudged guiltj' 

 of misdemeanor, and, upon conviction before a justice of the peace, shall be fined 

 not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars for each and 

 every offense, together with all the costs of the prosecution, and shall stand 

 committed until the same is paid. It shall be the duty of the State's attorney 



