24: LAWS AGAINST IXJURIOUS INSECTS. 



of this act for such reasonable time as in his judgment is necessary, without 

 unreasonable delay. 



Sec. 6. Any person or persons who shall ship or bring or cause to be brought 

 or shipped into any county of the State having a c-ounty horticultural inspector 

 any of the articles mentioned in section 2 of this act. shall have placed upon 

 or securely attached to each box. package, or separate parcel of such articles 

 a distinct mark or label showing the name of the owner, agent, or shipper, the 

 name of the grower, and any further evidence necessary to determine the 

 locality where grown. 



Sec 7. It shall be the duty of the county horticultural inspector in each 

 county, whenever he shall deem it necessary, to make an inspection of any 

 orchard, nursery, or trees, or any fruit packing house, storeroom, salesroom, 

 or other place or article within his jurisdiction, and if found infested with 

 insects or i)ests or diseases injurious to fruit, fruit trees, vines, bushes, or other 

 horticultural interests he shall notify the owner or owners, or person or per- 

 sons in charge or in possesion of such trees, place, or other thing as aforesaid, 

 that the same or any of them are infested with insects or their eggs or larvje 

 or with fruit or fruit-tree diseases, and shall give a formula for the treatment 

 thereof, and such person or persons so notified shall eradicate or destroy the 

 said insects or pests, or their eggs or larvae, within a certain time to be speci- 

 fied in said notice. Said notices may be served upon the person or persons, or 

 either of them, owning or having charge or having possession of such infested 

 place, trees, or other thing as aforesaid, by the inspector or any deputy in- 

 spector. Any and all such places, trees, or other thing thus infested are hereby 

 declared and adjudged to be a public nuisance. Whenever any such nuisance 

 shall exist at any place within his jurisdiction on the property of any non- 

 resident, or on any property the owner or owners of which can not be found by 

 the inspector after diligent search within the county, or on the property of any 

 owner or owners upon which notice has been served, and who refuses or neglects 

 to abate the same within the time specified or to follow the directions given 

 by the said inspector for disinfecting the same, it shall be the duty of such 

 inspector to cause the same to be at once abated by eradicating or destroying 

 said insects or other pests, their eggs or larvae, so far as practicable, and he 

 may, if necessary, cut back, disinfect, fumigate, or burn said infested trees, 

 vines, and shrubs, as well as other articles in the vicinity which are also 

 infested, but the inspector shall not proceed to abate any such nuisance where 

 his directions have been followed. 



The expense thereof shall be first paid by the county upon filing of proper 

 vouchers therefor. Any and all sums so paid, together with the inspector's 

 salary while engaged upon said property, shall be and become a lien on the 

 property and premises from which said nuisance has been removed or abated 

 in pursuance of this act, upon the filing with the county clerk and recorder of 

 the said county a sworn statement, showing the itemized amount of such sum 

 or sums and a description of such property or premises. Such lien may be 

 foreclosed by an action against such property and premises, which action shall 

 be brought by the district attorney in the name and for the benefit of the county 

 making such payment. When the property is sold the proceeds thereof shall 

 be paid into the county treasury of such county to satisfy the lien and costs, 

 and the overplus, if any. shall be paid to the owner by order of the board of 

 county commissioners upon his applying therefor. 



Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to spray fruit trees 

 while in bloom with any substance injurious to bees. 



Sec. 9. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty 



