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destroyed, and if the same is not paid to him within 10 days thereafter he shall 

 certify the amount thereof to the county attorney of the county in which the 

 stock may be found in an affidavit and it shall be the duty of the county attor- 

 ney to file said affidavit with the village, city, or town clerk of the village, 

 city, or town in which such stock may be, and the same shall thereupon consti- 

 tute a lien thereon, which it shall be the duty of the county attorney to proceed 

 to collect forthwith in a civil suit and to turn over the amount recovered by him 

 in such suit to the State auditor to reimburse the State for the money expended. 



Sec. 4, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bring into 

 the State any trees, plants, vines, cuttings, and buds, commonly known as 

 nursery stock, unless accompanied by a certificate of inspection by a State 

 entomologist of the State from which the shipment is made, showing that the 

 stock has been inspected and found apparently free from any injurious insect 

 pests, or dangerous and contagious plant diseases. 



Sec. 5. 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 $10 nor more than $100 for each and every offense, 

 together with all the costs of the prosecution, and shall stand committed until 

 the same are paid. 



Sec. 6. All fees or other amounts collected or received by any person under 

 the provisions hereof shall be by him forthwith turned into the State treasury 

 to be paid over to the State auditor to be added to tUe fund provided for com- 

 bating injurious insects in Minnesota, and all expenses incurred in enforcing 

 the provisions hereof shall be paid out of said fund. 



Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after June 1, 1903. 



An Act to prevent the destruction of grasses, grains, and otlier crops by grasshoppers. 



Be it enacted hy the legislature of the State of Minnesota: 



Section 1. Every tract or parcel of land in this State so infested in any year 

 with the eggs of grasshoppers as to be so eminently dangerous to grasses, grains, 

 or other crops growing, or to grow, in or upon lands situate in the vicinity of 

 the tract or parcel so infested as to threaten the destruction of a great part of 

 any of such grasses, grains, or other crops, shall from and after the date when 

 it becomes the duty of the owner or lessee thereof to plow the same as provided 

 in this act, and so long as the same remains unplowed and so infested, be 

 deemed a public nuisance. 



Sec 2. The board of county commissioners in any county in this State is 

 hereby authorized at any regular or special session thereof to hear and consider 

 complaints relative to any tract or parcel of land claimed to be infested with 

 the eggs of grasshoppers and to fully investigate the facts in any such case. 

 The certificate of the State entomologist to the effect that he had made exam- 

 ination of any such infested tract or parcel, or any portion thereof described by 

 him, and that in his opinion such tract or parcel, or any portion thereof so 

 described, is or is not so infested with the eggs of grasshoppers as to be greatly 

 dangerous to grasses, grains, or other crops growing, or to grow, on lands situate 

 in the vicinity of the tract or parcel so infested as to threaten the destruction 

 of a great part of any thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein 

 stated at any such hearing of said board, or in any civil action authorized by, 

 or arising from anything done pursuant to, this act. The person complaining 

 shall cause notice to be served upon the owner of such tract, or his lessee, at 



