G2 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



oi" agriculture to enforce the penalties set clo^Yn in sections one and three of 

 tbis act. 



Sec. 8. The statute law entitled "An act for the protection of trees and shrubs 

 from injurious insects and diseases " is hereby repealed. 



Sec. 9. This act shall take effect when approved. 



Approved February 28, 1905. 



Laws of Maryland, 1898. Chapter 289. 



An Act to repeal sections 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 of Article XLVIII of the Code 

 of Public General Laws, title " Inspection," subtitle " Trees and nursery stock," as desig- 

 nated by chapter 290 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1896, and to 

 reenact the same with amendments, under a new subtitle, to be known as "State 

 horticultural department," and to add thereto eight new sections, to be designated 59, 

 59a, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 65, providing for the protection of the horticultural inter- 

 ests of the State by the suppression and extermination of the San Jose scale, peach- 

 yellows, pear-blight, and other injurious insect pests and plant diseases, and to create 

 the offices of " State entomologist," " State pathologist," and " State horticulturist," 

 and to appropriate a sum of money therefor. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hjj the general assembly of Maryland, That sections 

 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 of Article XLYIII of the Code of Public General 

 Laws, title " Inspection," subtitle " Trees and nursery stock," as passed by 

 the general assembly of Maryland, session 1896, chapter 290, be, and the same 

 are hereby, repealed and reenacted to read as follows : 



51. That a State horticultural department be established for the State of 

 Maryland ; that its purpose is to suppress and eradicate the San Jose scale, 

 peach-yellows, pear-blight, and other injuriously dangerous insect pests and 

 plant diseases throughout the State of Maryland. 



52. That the professor of entomology, the professor of vegetable pathology, 

 and the professor of horticulture of the Maryland Agricultural College and 

 Experiment Station shall be the State entomologist. State pathologist, and State 

 horticulturist, respectively. 



53. That the said horticultural department shall be under the control of the 

 board of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College and Experiment Station, 

 to whom the officers created under this act shall be responsible ; that the salary 

 of the State entomologist and State pathologist shall be fixed by the said board of 

 trustees, and the said board shall likewise fix the compensation of any assistant 

 or assistants, employe or emploj'os, and control all expenses thereof. That the 

 expenses of said department shall be paid out of an appropriation hereinafter 

 provided for, and that said board of trustees be invested with all pov^-ers neces- 

 sary to carry into effect the provisions of this act ; but no expenses shall be in- 

 curred beyond the amount appropriated. 



54. That it shall be the duty of said State entomologist and State pathologist, 

 their assistants, and employes, under the control of trustees of said college, to 

 seek out and suppress all pernicious insect pests and contagious diseases herein- 

 before mentioned as destructive to horticultural and agricultural interests of 

 this State, and conduct experiments when necessary to accomplish that end. 



55. That in order to accomplish the purposes of this act the State entomolo- 

 gist and the State pathologist, their assistants, and employes, or any other 

 officer, assistant, or employe appointed by said board of trustees are hereby 

 authorized to enter upon any public premises, parks, cemeteries, or other prem- 

 ises, or upon any land of any firm, corporation, or private individual within the 



