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fruits infected and the nature of the disease or insect, with the name of the 

 owner, if l^nown, if he resides in the county ; if not, then to the person in charge 

 of the diseased fruit trees, vines, or fruits to appear before said court on a day 

 to be named in the notice. Said notice to be served not less than ten days before 

 the hearing notifying said owner or person in charge to appear before the court 

 and show cause, if any. why said diseased fruit trees or vines should not be dug 

 up and burned, said notice to be served by the sheriff the same as ordinary 

 slimmons, and notice to the person in charge shall be sufficient notice to the 

 owner : Provided, The owner shall not be known, or be outside of the county. 

 (New section.) 



Sec. 4733. Diseased trees, etc., to l)e destroyed on order of eounty court, ivJien. 

 Upon the parties hereinbefore specified being notified and appearing, if it shall 

 appear to the court that said trees or vines are infected with any disease or insect 

 that are likely to spread to other trees, vines, orchards, or vineyards, and that the 

 same can not be eradicated, cured, or the insects killed, then the court shall 

 make an order that the trees or vines so infected be dug up and burned, under 

 the direction and supervision of the manager and inspector of said fruit experi- 

 ment station, who may employ some person or persons to dig up and burn said 

 trees or vines, for which services the laborers employed shall receive not to 

 exceed $1.50 per day each for their services, to be paid out of the contingent 

 fund of said fruit experiment station ; and it is further provided, that the man- 

 ager or inspector shall have the right to enter on any premises to investigate 

 and inspect fruit trees, grapevines, or berry vines or the fruits, and also to 

 enter said premises with such persons as he may employ to dig up and burn said 

 trees, and shall not be guilty of trespass or any damages whatever while in the 

 discharge of his duties. (New section.) 



Sec. 4734. Compensation of manager and trustees. The manager and in- 

 spector shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum and necessary 

 traveling expenses, and the trustees shall each receive the sum of three hun- 

 dred dollars per annum and necessary traveling expenses, all to be paid by the 

 State of Missouri. (New section.) 



Sec. 4735. Commissioners to locate station. Upon the passage and taking 

 effect of this article the governor shall appoint three commissioners to locate 

 said experiment station, and may receive donations of either land or money for 

 and in consideration of the location of the same at any one point ; said commis- 

 sioners to receive $5 per day and their traveling expenses for locating said 

 station. (New section.) 



An Act to create the Montana State board of horticulture. 



Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of Montana: 

 Section 1. There is hereby created a State board of horticulture, to consist of 

 seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor, one from each 

 of the horticultural districts that are hereby created, and the State executive, 

 who shall be an ex officio member of the board. No person shall, however, be 

 appointed on said board, or employed by them, who shall be connected in any 

 way with any nursery, or who shall be engaged in the sale or handling for profit 

 of any nursery product. 



Sec 2. The State shall be divided into the following horticultural districts : 

 The first district shall comprise the counties of Dawson, Custer, Yellowstone, 

 Sweet Grass, Carbon, Park, and Rosebud; the second district shall comprise 



