82 LAWS AGAINST INJUKIOUS INSECTS. 



the term of six years ; that as the term of office shall expire the successors shall 

 be appointed for six years from the time of expiration of the term of the out- 

 going member ; the manager and inspector shall be appointed for a term of 

 four years by the board of trustees : Provided, Either the trustees or manager 

 and inspector, or any of them, may be removed for cause and successors ap- 

 pointed. (New section.) 



Sec. 4728. Manager and inspector. Said manager and inspector shall be under 

 the control of the board of trustees of the experiment station. (New section.) 



Sec. 4729. Services of manager, lioic ohtained. It shall be lawful for any five 

 freeholders, residents of this State, to go before any clerk of a court of record 

 and demand the presence and services of said manager in the following manner : 



State of Missouri, County of , ss : 



To the manager of the fruit experiment station of the State of Missouri : 



We, the undersigned citizens, freeholders of the county of , believe that 



there exists in this locality a dangerous infectious disease among the (here 

 name the fruit trees, grapes, or berries) located on the farm or in the orchard 



or orchards of the following-named party, to wit : , located as follows, 



to wit : (Here describe the lands as near as possible). Therefore, we request the 

 presence of the manager and inspector of the fruit experiment station. 



Which petition may be certified as follows : 



I hereby- certifj^ that the above-named petitioners are known to me to be 

 reputable citizens of this county. 



Clerk of court of County, Mo. 



(New section.) 



Sec. 4730. Duty of manager on receipt of petition. Such petition may be for- 

 warded by mail or otherwise, as said petitioners may elect, to meet the manager 

 and inspector of the fruit experiment station at the place where said station 

 is located, who shall, as early as possible after the receipt of the same, go to 

 the locality named and give such aid and instructions as he may think best for 

 the prevention, cure, or eradication of the disease or insects with which he may 

 find the trees, berries, vines, or orchards infected, and request said petitioners 

 to report to him, in writing, the result of the treatment prescribed. (New 

 section. ) 



Sec. 4731. Duties of manager, continued. Said manager and inspectpr may 

 rJso, on information satisfactory to himself, visit any localitj' in this State with- 

 out receiving any petition as provided for in the preceding section, where he 

 may think his presence necessary to the protection of orchards, berries, small 

 fruits, vineyards, grapes, and fruit-tree interests in the State, and make a thor- 

 ough investigation as to the health and condition of said fruit trees, berries, 

 vines, and fruits of all kinds in that locality. (New section.) 



Sec. 4732. Proceedings tcheti trees, etc., are found to he diseased. If upon in- 

 vestigation said manager and inspector shall be satisfied that said fruit trees, 

 grapevines, berry vines, or the fruit, berries, or grapes are diseased, and that the 

 disease is liable to spread to other trees, vines, or orchards, or that the trees are 

 infected with any kind of insects that are liable to destroy said trees, vines or 

 fruits or make them worthless, and that the same is liable to spread to other 

 trees, vines, orchards, or vineyards, he shall thereupon notify the county court 

 or any other authoritj' having the jurisidiction of the county court, or any two 

 judges thereof in vacation, of the county in which said diseased fruits, trees, 

 vines, or fruits are located, setting forth the number and kind of trees, vines, or 



