104 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



be allowed only such expenses as have been specifically incurred and necessary 

 in attending the meetings of the commission. 



Sec. 2. The members of the commission aforesaid shall hold a meeting 

 within thirty days after the ratification of this act, and shall prepare and pub- 

 lish a list of dangerous crop pests, known to be present within the State or 

 liable to be introduced, and may at any subsequent meeting extend or amend 

 said list. The commission shall also publish methods for exterminating such 

 pests as they may deem capable of being economically exterminated within the 

 boundaries of the State, and for repressing such as can not be economically 

 exterminated, and for preventing the spread of such pests within the State. 

 They may also adopt regulations, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution 

 of this State and the United States, for preventing the introduction of dangerous 

 crop pests from without the State, and for governing common carriers in trans- 

 porting plants liable to harbor such pests to and from the State, and such 

 regulations shall have the force of laws. 



Sec. 3. No person, firm, or corporation shall knowingly and wilfully keep 

 upon his or their premises any plant infested by any dangerous crop pest listed 

 and published as such by the said commission, or permit dangerous weed pests 

 to mature seed or otherwise multiply upon their land except under such regu- 

 lations as the commission may prescribe. Every such infested plant and 

 premises are hereby declared a public nuisance. The owner of such plants or 

 premises shall, when notified to do so by the commission, take such measures as 

 may be prescribed to eradicate such pests, and if such action is not taken, or is 

 improperly executed within ten days after being so notified, the commission 

 shall cause said premises to be freed from such pests by the best available 

 method, and the cost of such work shall be a lien against such premises, and 

 may be recovered, together with cost of action, before any court in the State 

 having competent jurisdiction. Said notice shall be written and mailed to the 

 usual or known address, or left at the ordinary place of business of said owner 

 or his agent. No damage shall be awarded the owner of such premises for 

 entering thereon and destroying or otherwise treating any infested plant or crop, 

 when done by the order of the commission. 



Sec. 4. When said commission has reason to suspect that any pest listed by 

 them as dangerous exists in any county in the State, they shall cause such sus- 

 picion to be verified by a person competent to determine the specific identity of 

 such pests of crops, and if such suspicion prove founded upon fact, shall further 

 appoint, for a designated time and duty, a competent person their agent to in- 

 spect such infested premises and to take such measures for treating the same as 

 the commission may direct. Any duly authorized agent of the commission shall 

 have authority to enter upon and inspect any premises between the hours of 

 sunrise and sunset during every working day of the year. Any one who shall 

 seek to prevent such inspection, or who shall otherwise interfere with any agent 

 of the commission while in performance of his duties, shall, upon conviction, be 

 fined not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense, or may be imprisoned 

 for not less than ten nor more than thirty days. 



Sec. 5. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act, the sum of 

 $500 per annum, or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated, out 

 of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and shall be paid by 

 the State treasurer upon properly authenticated vouchers signed by the chair- 

 man of the commission. 



Sec. 6. The said commission shall report to the governor, for transmission to 

 the next general assembly, its acts and disbursements under the provisions of 

 this act. Such a report, together with all such circulars as may be issued by the 



