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fied of the same by the commissioner of agriculture at once; such proprietor, 

 owner, or his agents are hereby prohibited selling or offering for sale such trees, 

 shrubs, or plants unless the same have been fumigated or otherwise treated 

 under the direction of the commissioner of agriculture, and such trees, shrubs, 

 or plants shall bear a certificate of the same. Any violation of this requirement 

 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. 



Sec. 2. All nursery stock shipped into this State from any other State, country, 

 or province shall bear on each box or package a certificate that the contents of 

 said box or package have been investigated by a duly authorized inspecting 

 oflicer, and that said contents appear to be free from all dangerous insects or 

 diseases. In case nursery stock is brought into the State without such a certifi- 

 cate the consignee shall return it to the consignor at the expense of the latter : 

 Provided, Jioivever, That any box or package bearing a certificate of fumiga- 

 tion, which shall be an afiidavit made before a justice of the peace, that all 

 stock sold by the consignor has been fumigated in a manner approved by the 

 State nursery inspector of the State from which said nursery stock is shipped, 

 the same may be accepted as though bearing a proper certificate of inspection. 



Sec 3. Any transportation company that shall bring into this State any nurs- 

 ery stock, such as trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, or buds, and any transportation 

 company, owner or owners of nursery stock, or persons selling nursery stock 

 as thus defined, who shall transport such stock or cause it to be transported 

 within the State, the same not having attached to each box or package an 

 unexpired official certificate of inspection or an affidavit of fumigation which 

 shall meet the requirements specified in section one of this act, shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof be subject to a fine not exceeding 

 one hundred dollars for each offense. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of agriculture to make full 

 investigation of any locality when the presence of the brown-tail or gypsy moths 

 or other injurious insects or plant diseases may be suspected. Should any person 

 in the State suspect the presence of the brown-tail, the gypsy moth, the San 

 Jose scale, or other injurious insects or diseases preying upon trees, shrubs, or 

 Tines in his possession or within his knowledge, he shall forthwith notify the com- 

 missioner of agriculture to that effect ; and it shall be the duty of said commis- 

 sioner of agriculture to cause the said trees, shrubs, or vines to be inspected hy 

 a competent entomologist, who shall forthwith make a report of the results of 

 his inspection. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of agriculture to dis- 

 seminate information concerning the brown-tail moth, the gypsy moth, and other 

 injurious insects or plant diseases. Wherever such insects or diseases may be 

 found it shall also be the duty of said commissioner to at once proceed to 

 exterminate or control all such insects and plant diseases as may come to his 

 knowledge within the limits of the means at his disposal. 



Sec. 5. For the purpose of inspecting any trees, shrubs, or plants supposed to 

 be infected with dangerous insects or diseases, the authorized entomologist shall 

 have the right to enter private or public grounds, and for the purpose of extermi- 

 nating or controlling any dangerous insects or diseases that may be found infect- 

 ing trees, shrubs, or plants the commissioner of agriculture and his employees 

 and municipal officers and their employees shall have the right to enter private 

 and public grounds. 



Sec. 6. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act the 

 sums of five thousand dollars for the year nineteen hundred and five and for the 

 year nineteen hundred and six, or such part thereof as may be necessary, are 

 hereby appropriated. 



Sec. 7. In case of violation of this act it shall be the dutv of the commissioner 



