50 LAWS AGAINST IXJUEIOVS IXSECTS. 



such nurseries, tbe secretary of the State board of agriculture, the director of 

 the State agricultural experiment station, and the president of the State horti- 

 cultural society of the presence of any San Jose scale or other destructively 

 'njurious insect or fungi on trees, shrubs, vines, plants, or other stock of such 

 nurseries, and shall notify in writing the owner of any affected stock that he is 

 required on or before a certain day to take such measures for the destruction of 

 such insects or fungus enemies of nursery stock as have been shown to be ef- 

 fectual for this purpose. 



Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying this act into effect the governor is hereby 

 authorized to appoint a State entomologist, who shall hold ofRce for four years, 

 unless sooner removed by the governor for cause, whose duty it shall be to inspect 

 nursery stock and other plants, as provided for in this act. and the said State 

 entomologist or his assistants are hereby empowered with authority to enter 

 upon any premises and examine all plants whatsoever in discharge of the duties 

 herein prescribed. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons who shall obstruct or hinder said State ento- 

 mologist or his assistant in the discharge of their duties shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten or 

 more than twenty-five dollars. 



Sec. 4. [Refers to the compensation of the State entomologist.] 



Sec. 5. The owner of any affected nursery stock shall, within the time speci- 

 fied, take such steps for the destruction of San Jose scale or other destructively 

 injurious insects or fungus enemies present as will exterminate the same, and it 

 shall be a misdemeanor to ship or deliver any of such stock, punishable by a 

 fine of twenty-five dollars (.^25) for every such oft'ense, the fine recoverable 

 before a justice of the peace, or by indictment of the grand jury of the county 

 in which the nursery is situated, or of that to which such stock may have been 

 shipped. 



Sec. 6. Whenever a nurseryman or seller ot trees, shrubs, vines, plants, or 

 otTier nursery stock, who is a resident of this State, shall ship or deliver any 

 such goods, he shall send on each package so shipped or delivered a written or 

 printed certificate stating that such stock has been examined by a State or Gov- 

 ernment entomologist and found, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to be 

 free from San Jose scale or other destructively injurious insects or fungus ene- 

 mies. Failure to furnish such certificate or furnishing a false certificate shall 

 render him liable to the penalty of a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each 

 and every shipment or delivery without such certificate. 



Sec 7. When the State entomologist or his assistant examines any trees, 

 shrubs, vines, plants, or other nursery stock in this State, under the provisions 

 of this act, and finds such nursery stock apparently free from San Jose scale 

 and other destructively injurious insect and fungus enemies, he is hereby author- 

 ized and directed to make out and deliver, in writing, to the owner of such stock 

 a certificate stating that he has inspected such stock and found the same to be 

 apparently free from San Jose scale and other destructively injurious insect 

 and fungus enemies, and he shall file similar certificate with the secretary of 

 the State board of agriculture, the president of the State horticultural society, 

 and the director of the State agricultural experiment station, which certificates 

 shall at all times be subject to public inspection. 



Sec 8. Whenever a nurseryman, fruit grower, or agriculturist in this State 

 shall know or have good reasons to believe that his trees, shrubs, vines, or plants 

 are affected with San Jose scale, yellows, rosette, or other destructive insects or 

 fungus enemies, he shall have the privilege, and it shall be his duty, to notify 

 the State entomologist, who shall proceed in person or by his assistant to ex- 



