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as may be necessarj% fix a reasonable compensation for their labor, and pay the 

 same, and their acts shall have the same validity as his own. He shall, by him- 

 self or his assistants, between the first day of June and the fifteenth day of 

 September, in each year, when requested by the owner or agent, or where he has 

 reasonable grounds to believe the scale exists, carefully examine any nursery, 

 fruit farm,, or other place where trees or plants are grown for sale, and if found 

 apparently free from the scale he shall issue his certificate stating the facts, and 

 shall collect therefor a fee of not less than five dollars nor more than fifteen 

 dollars, according to the amount of stock inspected. It shall be unlawful to 

 sell or offer for transportation any nursery stock outside the county where said 

 nursery stock is grown, unless accompanied by a copy of this certificate. 



Sec. 2. Quarantine — Treatment — Collection of cost. The State entomologist 

 shall have authority, when requested by the owner or agent or when he has 

 reasonable grounds to believe the scale exists, to enter upon any grounds, pub- 

 lic or private, for the purpose of inspection, and if he finds any nursery, orchard, 

 garden, or other place infested by the scale he may, by himself or his assistants, 

 enter upon such premises and establish quarantine regulations. 



If, in his judgment, the scale may be eradicated by treatment he may, in 

 writing, order such treatment, and prescribe its kind and character. In case 

 any trees, shrubs, or plants are found so infested that it would be impracticable 

 to treat them he may order them burned. A failure for ten days after the de- 

 livery of such order to the owner or jiersons in charge to treat or destroy such 

 infested trees or plants, as ordered, shall authorize the entomologist to perform 

 this work by himself or his assistants, and to ascertain the cost thereof. He 

 shall certify the amount of such cost to the owner or person in charge of the 

 premises, and if the same is not paid to him within sixty days thereafter he 

 shall certify the amount to the count}- auditor, who shall spread the same upon 

 the tax books, to be collected as other taxes are, and turned over to the ento- 

 mologist to become a part of the fund for carrying this act into effect. 



Sec. 3. Inspection of nursery stock shipped into State. Where nursery stock 

 is shipped into this State, accompanied by a certificate, as herein provided, it 

 shall be held prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, but the State ento- 

 mologist, by himself or his assistants, when they have reason to believe such 

 stock is infested with the scale, shall be authorized to inspect the same and sub- 

 ject it to like treatment, as provided in section two of this act. 



Sec. 4. Certificate of inspection — Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any per- 

 son, firm, or corporation to bring into the State any trees, plants, vines, cuttin,^--^, 

 and buds, commonlj^ known as nursery stock, unless accompanied by a certifi- 

 cate of inspection by a State entomologist of the State from which the shipment 

 was made, showing that the stock has been inspected and found apparently free 

 from the scale. 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 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a justice of the 

 peace shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 

 lars for each and every offense, together with all the costs of the prosecution, 

 and shall stand committed until the same are paid. All amounts so recovered 

 shall be paid over to the State entomologist and added to the fund herein pro- 

 vided for carrying out the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 5. Compensation. The State entomologist shall be allowed and paid for 

 his services while engaged in this work all his necessary traveling expenses and 

 the sum of $5 per day. All funds coming into his hands shall be paid over to 

 the State treasurer, with an itemized statement of the source whence received. 

 He shall certify the amount of his expenses and per diem to the auditor of 



