64 LAWS AGAIIs^ST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



plants, buds, or cuttings from any such nurseries or premises without accom- 

 panying the same with a copy of the said certificate printed upon a tag or 

 label not easily destroyed, the same to be firmly attached in some conspicuous 

 position upon each carload, box, bale, or package so sent out or delivered. 



Sec. 2. And he it enacted hi) the general assemhly of Maryland, That the fol- 

 lowing sections be, and the same are hereby, added to Article XLVIII of the Code 

 of Public General Laws, title " Inspections," subtitle " Horticultural depart- 

 naent," to be designated as sections 59, 59 a, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 65. 



59. That should any nurseryman, agent, broker, dealer, or other person send 

 out or deliver within the State, or transport to any other State or Territory, or 

 the District of Columbia, trees, vines, shrubs, plants, buds, or cuttings subject 

 to the attacks of insects and diseases above provided for without attaching a 

 copy of said certificate, deface or destroy said certificate, or wrongfully attach 

 c certificate, he shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon con- 

 viction before any justice of the peace be fined a sum not less than ten dollars 

 ($10.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs of prosecution 

 for each and every offense, and stand committed until such fine and costs are 

 paid, and the fines so collected shall be paid to the trustees of the said college, 

 and be added to the funds herein provided for carrying out the provisions of 

 this act. 



59 A. That all trees, plants, vines, shrubs, buds, or cuttings, commonly known 

 as nursery stock, grown or handled by each and every nurseryman within this 

 State, and subject to the attacks of the aforesaid insects or disease, shall be 

 fumigated by the nurseryman owning the same with hydrocyanic-acid gas in 

 buildings or enclosures inspected and approved by the aforesaid State officers 

 under their discretion. 



60. That when any trees, plants, shrubs, vines, buds, or cuttings, commonly 

 known as nursery stock, are shipped into the State from any other State or 

 Territory or the District of Columbia to any nurseryman, broker, dealer, agent, 

 or other person in this State, every carload, bale, box, or package thereof 

 shall be plainly labeled on the outside with the name of the consignor, the 

 name of the consignee, and a certificate showing that the contents have been 

 inspected by a qualified State or Government officer, and that the trees, plants, 

 vines, shrubs, or cuttings therein contained are apparently free from the insects 

 and diseases herein provided for. Whenever any trees, plants, vines, shrubs, 

 buds, or cuttings are shipped into this State from any other State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia without such certificate plainly fixed on the outside 

 of each carload, box, bale, or package, the agent of the transportation company, 

 firm, or person receiving same shall not deliver said nursery stock to the con- 

 signee or agent representing the consignor, and said agent of the transportation 

 company, firm, or person shall notify the State entomologist or State pathologist 

 at the Maryland Agricultural College, and said State officer receiving such noti- 

 fication shall immediately notify any justice of the peace of this State to issue 

 a summons for the consignee and the agent or consignor, if he be known, of 

 such carload, bale, box. or package of nursery stock to appear before him on a 

 certain day to be named therein to show why such trees, plants, vines, shrubs, 

 buds, or cuttings should not be seized as being in violation of the provisions of 

 this act, and on trial thereof, if said justice be satisfied that the provisions of 

 this act have been violated, said justice shall order said agent or consignee to 

 return such carload, box. bale, or package of trees, plants, shrubs, vines, buds, 

 or cuttings immediately to the shipper or consignor, unless said consignee or 

 agent of the consignor at his expense shall forthwith have said nursery stock 

 examined by the State entomologist and State pathologist of this State and such 



