88 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



and shall use or dispose of said nursery stock, fruit trees, vines, plants, scions, 

 cuttings, grafts, etc., etc., without first notifying the inspector and furnishing him 

 opportunity to examine, and if necessary fumigate the said nursery stock, will be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and will be subject to fine as further provided 

 in this act. 



Sec. 27. All nursery stock, trees, plants, vines, and cuttings grown or growing 

 within the State of Montana used for filling orders shall, after said stock shall 

 have been taken from the nursery rows or grounds, and before the same shall 

 have been packed for delivery, be inspected by a duly appointed inspector and 

 shall be disinfected by fumigating or other method, when in his judgment such 

 is necessary. After such inspection, if it be found that said nursery stock, trees, 

 plants, vines, and cuttings are clean and free from insects and fungi pests, he 

 shall issue his certificate to said nurseryman, and said certificate shall entitle 

 him to use said stock so inspected and disinfected for filling orders for next 

 current delivery. 



Nurseries shall give to the secretary of the board five days' notice of the time 

 when said stock shall be ready for inspection under the provision of this act. 



Sec. 28. Any person or persons, corporation or corporations, transportation 

 companies or common carriers, violating any of the provisions of this act, shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in the sum of not less than twenty- 

 five dollars ($25), nor more than three hundred dollars ($.300). 



Sec. 29. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 30. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage 

 and approval. 



Approved February 17, 1899. 



Rules of the Montana State Board of Horticulture. 



Rule 1. It shall be the duty of the inspector after receiving notice of the 

 arrival of any nursery stock, to immediately have the same inspected or fumi- 

 gated and he shall, if he finds after inspection said nursery stock free from any 

 and all diseases, place his certificate upon each and every package showing 

 that the said nursery stock has been inspected or fumigated, giving name of 

 the inspector, the date of inspection and place; but if the said nursery stock be 

 found to be infected with any of the diseases or insects injurious to orchards as 

 prescribed by the board of horticulture, other than the San Jose scale, woolly 

 aphis, black knot of the plum and black knot of the cherry, the said diseased 

 stock shall be properly treated, but if the said nursery stock shall be infected 

 with San Jose scale, woolly aphis, black knot of plum, black knot of cherry, 

 crown gall, or root knot, then the inspector shall destroy the same by burning, 

 together with all wrapping and packing, and shall issue a certificate to the ship- 

 per or owner showing cause for destruction. 



Rule 2. All nursery stock, trees, plants, vines, and cuttings of any kind 

 shipped into or brought into the State of Montana, before delivery to the pur- 

 chaser shall be unpacked from the boxes, and in case of baled or burlapped 

 shipments these coverings shall be removed and stock shall be inspected and 

 fumigated at Miles City, Billings, Dillon, Missoula, Kalispell, Great Falls, or 

 Glasgow, which points are hereby designated as quarantine stations. 



All nursery stock, trees, plants, vines, and cuttings brought into Montana by 

 any transportation company shall be inspected and fumigated at the point of 

 delivery, provided said point of delivery shall be one of the above-designated 

 quarantine stations; but if any shipments shall be filled for delivery at any 

 other points in Montana, they shall be inspected or fumigated at the quarantine 



