116 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



and said board of agriculture may furthermore require that any or all nursery 

 stock shipped in from any other State or Territory shall be subject to reinspec- 

 tion ; and if upon such reinspection it shall be found that such nursery stock 

 is infested with injurious insect pests or infected with contagious plant dis- 

 eases, it shall be the duty of said board of agriculture to prohibit the sale, de- 

 livery, or planting of such nursery stock within the limits of the Territory of 

 Oklahoma until the same shall have been dipped, fumigated, sprayed, or other- 

 wise disinfected as directed by said board of agriculture ; and it shall be unlaw- 

 ful for any nursery agent or the agent of any common carrier to deliver any 

 nursery stock which may have been shipped in from any other State or Terri- 

 tory- until the same shall have been inspected or released as directed by said 

 board or its duly authorized inspectors at the discretion of said board. 



Sec. 8. Any person who, acting as agent or solicitor within the limits of the 

 Territory of Oklahoma, sells, or offers to sell, trees or any other nursery stock 

 for any person, firm, or corporation which may be engaged in the nursery busi- 

 ness shall be required to carry a letter or certificate from his principal, setting 

 forth the fact that he is duly authorized to represent such nursery and that a 

 guarantee is made that any written contract entered into by him as agent will 

 be fulfilled if the same is accepted by said nursery and unless notification to 

 the contrary be made in writing to the purchaser within thirty days after such 

 order or contract is made. In addition to the foregoing, each agent or solicitor 

 who sells or offers to sell trees or other nursery stock that may have been 

 grown in any other State or Territory shall be required to procure and carry 

 a duplicate of the permit issued to his principal. 



Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to wilfully misrepresent nursery stock which is 

 offered for sale or refuse to state where the same was propagated or the man- 

 ner of propagation, or to sell, offer for sale, or deliver nurserj- stock which is 

 untrue to name, or to sell seeds which have been adulterated or seeds which 

 by reason of age have become deficient in vitality and germinating power, or 

 containing seeds of any noxious or injurious plants. 



Sec. 10. The violation of the provisions of any of the foregoing sections of 

 this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of liot less than 

 fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars and in addition any person, 

 firm, or corporation engaged in the nursery business or any nursery agent or 

 solicitor who violates the provisions of section nine (9) of this act shall forfeit 

 the right to do business in the territory which may be held by such party or 

 parties and such agent or solicitor shall be disqualified to receive a permit to 

 act as agent for any other nursery which operates in the territory. 



Sec. 11. The board of agriculture shall collect as a fee for issuing a permit to 

 nurseries to do business in the Territory, as provided in section six (6) of this 

 act, the sum of five dollars and, as a fee for each agent's duplicate of such per- 

 mit, the further sum of one dollar. It shall be the duty of the board of agri- 

 culture to regulate the amount of nursery inspection fees, and the fees for 

 reinspection of the nursery stock that is shipped in from any other State or 

 Territory, apportion traveling expenses of inspector and collect the same before 

 issuing certificates of inspection. All moneys so received shall be paid over to 

 the treasurer of the said board, to be placed in separate fund, which shall be 

 known as the inspection fund, to be used at the discretion of said board, and 

 said board shall render an annual report to the governor, giving a detailed 

 statement of all receipts and expenditures under the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 12. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 13. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after May 1st, 

 1905. 



Approved March 13, 1905. 



