86 LAWS AGAINST INJUEIOUS INSECTS. 



plies are handled or kept shall fail or refuse to comply with the rules and reg- 

 ulations of the said State board of horticulture or shall fail or refuse to disin- 

 fect or destroy any diseased or infected trees, plants, scions, vines, grafts, 

 shrubs, or other horticultural supplies or products when ordered so to do by the 

 inspector of such district he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $25 nor more than 

 $300. 



Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of every owner or manager of every orchard, 

 nursery, storeroom, packing house, or other place where horticultural products 

 or supplies are kept or handled, which shall become diseased or infected with 

 any injurious insect or pest, to immediately, upon discovery of the existence of 

 such disease or pest, to notify the inspector of said district of the existence of 

 the same. It shall be the duty of such owner or manager at his own proper 

 expense to comply with and carry out all the instructions of said inspector for 

 the eradication of any disease or pest. If he shall fail to do so, he shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in 

 any sum not less than $25 nor more than $300. 



Sec 12. If any person or persons, corporation or corporations shall fail or 

 refuse to forthwith comply with the instructions of said inspector, for the eradi- 

 cation of any disease or pest, said inspector shall proceed forthwith to eradi- 

 cate such disease or pest and the expense of the same shall become a charge 

 and a lien upon the property of such owner. 



Sec. 13. Every person who. for himself or as agent for any other person or 

 persons, corporation or corporations, transportation company or common carrier, 

 shall deliver or turn over to any person or persons, corporation or corporations, 

 any trees, vines, shrubs, nursery stock, scions, grafts, without first having 

 attached the inspector's certificate, as provided in section 9 of this act, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in 

 a sum not less than $25 nor more than $300. 



Sec. 14. Xo person or persons, corporation or corporations, shall be liable to 

 any other person or persons, corporation or corporations, for any damage to any 

 trees, vines, or shrubs, nursery stock, scions, or grafts by reason of the same 

 being held to await the certificate of the inspector, as provided in section 9 of 

 this act. 



Sec 15. The inspectors of fruit pests appointed or elected by said board shall 

 receive as compensation for their services such sum as the board may regulate, 

 provided not to exceed five dollars per day for the time actually employed. 

 The members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services, 

 except actual expenses paid out. The secretary of said board shall receive the 

 sum of $1,000 per annum for his services. 



Sec 16. All bills for expenditures under this act shall be audited and passed 

 upon by said board of horticulture, and if found legal and just shall be allowed, 

 subject to the approval of the State board of examiners, and a warrant shall 

 be drawn therefor uj)on the auditor of the State of Montana, who shall draw 

 his warrant upon the State treasurer therefor. 



Sec 17. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings of the 

 board and procure records of the proceedings and correspondence, to collect 

 books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents containing valuable informa- 

 tion relating to horticulture, and to preserve the same : to collect statistics and 

 other information showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in 

 this State and elsewhere; to correspond with agricultural and horticultural 

 societies, colleges, and schools of agriculture and horticulture, and other per- 

 sons and bodies as may be directed by the board, and prepare, as required by 



