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common carrier at any point within the State of North Carolina or for delivery 

 in said State, and such stock be not accompanied by a valid certificate of inspec- 

 tion plainly and securely attached, the company or its agent shall refuse same 

 for transportation, and shall at once report the case to the entomologist, stating 

 the name of the consignor, consignee, and nature of the stock, and the ento- 

 mologist shall advise as to the course to be followed. Such a shipment is 

 declared to be a public nuisance, and may be destroyed by any agent of this 

 commission or on his written order, without compensation to the consignor. 



Rule 3. Any trees or plants being shipped to or from any point in North 

 Carolina, whether or not they be of the kinds above defined as nursery stock, 

 and whether or not they be accompanied by a certificate of inspection,' are 

 hereby declared to be a public nuisance if found by any agent of this commission 

 to be infested with the San Jose scale or other dangerous insect or contagious 

 disease, and such stock maj' be destroyed by any agent cf this commission or 

 by his written order, without compensation to the consignor. 



Rules and Suggestions Applying to Nurseries Outside of North Carolina 



WHICH DO Business in the State. 



Rule 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, exchange, 

 barter, or give away within the State of North Carolina any such plants 

 rts are above defined as nursery stock unless such person, firm, or corporation 

 is in possession of a valid certificate of inspection issued by. the properly au- 

 thorized officer of the State where such stock is grown, and such certificate must 

 state that the premises of such person, firm, or corporation have been inspected 

 and that the growing of salable stock covered by the certificate is apparently 

 free from San Jose scale. 



Rule 2. Every carload, box, bale, or package (even if it be only of a single 

 tree) of nursery stock which is sent into the State of North Carolina for deliv- 

 ery must be accompanied by a valid copy of the certificate of inspection, which 

 fihall be plainly and securely attached. This shall be construed to mean that a 

 shipment, no matter how large, if sent in one lot at one time and to one con- 

 signee, may be covered by a single copy of the certificate. And any shipment of 

 nursery stock not accompanied by such a certificate is declared to be a public 

 nuisance and is liable to be destroyed without compensation to the cons'ignor. 



Rule. 3. If any trees, plants, or parts thereof, being shipped for delivery at 

 any point in North Carolina, whether or not included under the term " nursery 

 stock," and whether or not accompanied by a certificate of inspection, are 

 found by any agent of this commission to be infested with living San Jose scale, 

 such entire shipment is declared to be a public nuisance and is liable to destruc- 

 tion without compensation to the consignor. 



Rule 4. Every person, firm, or corporation outside of the State, and who 

 desires to do business within the State of North Carolina, is required to file 

 with the entomologist a copj^ of the certificate of inspection, which shall be valid 

 for the ensuing season, and upon filing such certificate with the entomologist 

 such person, firm, or corporation is at once qualified to ship nursery stock into 

 the State. 



Rule 5. This commission reserves the right to forbid transportation companies 

 or common carriers from delivering within the State of North Carolina the 

 stock of any person, firm, or corporation if it has reason to believe that the 

 trade of such party is being fraudulently conducted. False and preposterous 

 claims evidently made to deceive the purchaser may be considered as evidence 

 of fraud. 



