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the quarantine rules and regulations as provided in section two (2) of this act 

 the governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, when advised and requested by 

 the said board of agriculture, shall issue a proclamation setting forth and pro- 

 claiming the orders, rules, and regulations so prescribed by said board of agri- 

 culture and declaring the same to be in force and in effect, and the issuance of 

 said proclamation shall be due and public notice of its provisions, and no fur- 

 ther notice or publication of the same shall be necessary. 



Sec 4. Each nursery located in the Territory of Oklahoma in which fruit 

 or shade trees, bushes and vines, or ornamental shrubbery are grown for 

 sale, shall, at least once each year during the growing season, be Sub- 

 ject to inspection by a competent entomologist acting under the direction of 

 the board of agriculture, and if it shall appear from the report of the 

 said entomologist that such nursery stock is free from infestation by injurious 

 insect pests and from infection by contagious plant diseases the said board of 

 agriculture shall issue to the person or persons owning or operating such nurs- 

 ery a certificate to that effect. If it shall appear from the report of said ento- 

 mologist that, upon careful examination, such nursery stock has been found 

 to be infested with injurious insect pests or infected with contagious plant 

 diseases, it shall be the dutj' of the said board of agriculture to prohibit the sale 

 or planting such nursery stock in the Territory of Oklahoma until said nursery 

 stock shall have been properly dipped, fumigated, sprayed, or otherwise disin- 

 fected as directed by said board of agriculture. It shall furthermore be the 

 duty of the board of agriculture to require the owner or owners of each nursery 

 located in Oklahoma to send out a copy of said certificate with each shipment 

 of nursery stock which has been sold to be planted in Oklahoma : Provided, That 

 there shall be paid by the owner or operator of such nursery a fee as herein- 

 after provided, together with necessary traveling expenses incurred in making 

 such inspection : Provided further. That the entomologist or assistant entomolo- 

 gist of the Oklahoma agricultural experiment station shall be detailed for serv- 

 ice as inspector of nurseries when not inconsistent with the performance of 

 his regular duties. 



Sec. 5. The importation, transportation, and sale of fruits, grains, seeds, or 

 vegetables which may be infested with injurious insect pests or infected with 

 contagious plant diseases or containing seeds of any noxious or injurious plants 

 shall be subject to such quarantine regulations as may be prescribed and estab- 

 lished by the board of agriculture, acting under the authority and power granted 

 in sections two (2) and three (3) of this act. 



Sec. 6. Any person, firm, or corporation which owns or operates a nursery in 

 any other State or Territory, and which desires to sell from the same, either 

 directly or indirectly, or by agent, any trees, vines, bushes, or other nursery 

 stock within the limits of the Territory of Oklahoma, shall first procure a per- 

 mit from the board of agriculture authorizing such nursery, or its duly consti- 

 tuted representatives, to do business in the Territory. As conditions precedent 

 to the issuance of such permit the board of agriculture shall require a certifi- 

 cate of inspection from a competent entomologist, duly authorized to act as an 

 inspector in the State or Territory where such nursery is owned and operated, 

 and the board of agriculture may, furthermore, require such references and evi- 

 dences of integrity as may seem to be necessary to establish the responsibility 

 and good faith of the applicant. 



Sec 7. The board of agriculture shall be and hereby is duly authorized to 

 require that any or all nursery stock which is shipped into Oklahoma from any 

 other State or Territory shall be accompanied by a duplicate of certificate of 

 nursery inspection which may be required by law in such State or Territory, 



