110 LAWS AGAINST INJUKIOUS INSECTS. 



OHIO. 



Section 1. The Ohio State board of agriculture is hereby empowered and 

 directed to malvc such regulations as may be deemed necessary for the control of 

 dangerously injurious insect pests and plant diseases, and for the prevention of 

 the spread of San Jose scale, peach yellows, black knot, and any other danger- 

 ously injurious insect pests or plant diseases, which are hereby declared a public 

 nuisance, and are liable to be transmitted on nursery stock. Said board is hereby 

 authorized to establish a division of nursery and orchard inspection in the Ohio de- 

 partment of agriculture, and to appoint a competent entomologist as the chief 

 inspector of said division, and the necessary assistants, who shall, under the 

 direction of the board have charge of the inspection of nurseries and orchards, 

 as hereinafter provided ; he may investigate, or cause to be investigated, out- 

 breaks of dangerously injurious insect pests or plant diseases, and recommend 

 suitable measures to be taken for their eradication or control ; he is empowered 

 to devise and test practical remedies for their suppression, and ptiblish the 

 results of these investigations and such other information as may be deemed 

 necessary. 



Sec. 2. Every nurseryman or other person in the State of Ohio who is engaged 

 in growing trees, shrubs, plants, and vines for sale, except such as are herein- 

 after specified, shall on or before the first day of July of each year place on file 

 in the ofiice of the Ohio department of agriculture an application for the inspec- 

 tion of his nursery stock and premises. Failure to file such application, or the 

 disposal of uninspected stock, either by sale or gift, shall render the owner 

 liable to the penalty provided for in section 8 of this act. The chief inspector 

 shall examine, or cause to be examined, before September 15th of each year, or 

 as often as may be deemed necessary by said board, the nurseries and premises 

 of all parties whose applications for inspection have been filed. If upon such 

 examination the nursery stock and premises appear to be free from San Jose 

 scale, peach yellows, black knot, and other dangerously injurious insect pests 

 or plant diseases, a certificate of inspection shall be given to the owner or lessee 

 stating the facts, and said certificate shall be issued before September 15th and 

 shall be valid for one year from that date unless sooner revoked for cause. If 

 any dangerously injurious insect pests or plant diseases are found on nursery 

 stock or premises, the chief inspector shall order and enforce such treatment as 

 shall be deemed sufficient before granting a certificate of inspection. Upon the 

 written request of the owner or lessee of any nursery premises that has been 

 regularly inspected in accordance with the provisions of this section, the said 

 board, through the chief inspector, may issue a certificate of fumigation, pro- 

 vided that all the requirements of the said board have been complied with, and 

 that the said fumigation shall be in accordance with the directions and under 

 the supervision of an authorized assistant inspector appointed by said board. 

 The provisions of this act shall not apply to greenhouse plants and cuttings 

 thereof, bulbs, flowers, and vegetable plants. 



Sec. 3. Every agent, dealer or any other person, not engaged in growing 

 trees, shrubs, plants, or vines for sale, who sells or delivers such stock, shall 

 before delivering the same annually place on file in the office of the Ohio depart- 

 ment of agriculture a statement made under oath, before an officer qualified to 

 administer oaths in the locality where he may reside, or if a nonresident of the 

 State in the locality where the said- stock is sold or delivered, that the said stock 

 has been duly inspected and was received by him accompanied with a valid 

 official certificate of inspection or fumigation. Said statement shall also desig- 

 nate the name of the grower or growers from which such stock was obtained 

 and the name of the owner or owners of the certificate or certificates under 



