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Sec. 4. All nursery stock, as designated in this act, sent out by any nursery- 

 man, agent, dealer, or broker Avithin this State, shall be accompanied by a copy 

 of said certificate attached to each box, bale, or package. A certificate issued 

 by an official of the United States, setting forth the fact that the nursery stock 

 has been fumigated and is free from any and all such destructive insects and 

 diseases, shall be accepted in lieu of the State inspection. Transportation com- 

 panies are required to reject all nursery stock not accompanied with a certifi- 

 cate of inspection, and also to reject all such stock entering this State without 

 a certificate of fumigation. 



Sec. 5. Whenever any trees, shrubs, vines, or plants are shipped into 'the 

 State from some other State, country, or province, every package thereof shall 

 be plainly labeled on the outside with the name of the consignor, the name of 

 the consignee, and a certificate showing that the contents have been inspected 

 by a State or Government officer, and that the trees, vines, shrubs, or plants, 

 excepting conifers and herbaceous plants, therein contained, are properly fumi- 

 gated and appear free from all dangerously destructive insects and diseases. 

 When nursery stock is shipped into this State, accompanied by a certificate 

 as herein provided, it shall be held to be prima facie evidence of the facts 

 therein stated ; but the secretary of agriculture, by himself or his assistants, 

 when they have reason to believe that any such stock is infested with dangerous 

 insects or diseases, shall be authorized to inspect the same and subject it to 

 like treatment as provided in sections six and seven of this act. 



Sec. 6. If, after examination or upon information given in writing to the 

 secretary of agriculture, it is found that any nursery stock, trees, or shrubs, 

 either in a nursery or elsewhere, or sent forth to deliver in this State, are 

 found to be infested with San Jose scale or other destructive insects or dis- 

 eases, it shall be the duty of the secretary of agriculture, by himself or his duly 

 authorized representative or agent, to take means to control, prevent the spread 

 of, or secure the extermination of such insects or diseases, and shall have power 

 to enter upon the premises and order the examination and treatment or de- 

 struction of such dangerously injurious insects or diseases, or the nursery 

 stock or trees and shrubs infested therewith, giving written notice to the owner 

 or person in charge of the premises or nursery stock so infested. Such notice 

 shall contain a brief statement of the facts found to exist, and descriptions of 

 methods whereby it is deemed necessary to treat or destroy said trees, shrubs, 

 vines, or plants, and shall call attention to the law under which it is proposed 

 to treat or destroy them. In case of objection to the findings of the inspector 

 or agent of the secretary of agriculture, an appeal shall be made to the said 

 secretary of agriculture, whose decision shall be final. An appeal must be 

 taken within six days from the service of said notice, and shall act as a stay of 

 proceedings until it is heard and decided. 



Sec 7. When the secretary of agriculture, or the persons or person appointed 

 by him, shall finally determine, in accordance with the provisions of this act, 

 that any trees, shrubs, vines, or other plants must be treated or destroyed, he 

 shall notify in writing the owner or the person in charge of said infested stock, 

 trees, vines, or shrubs, and shall direct him, within a time and in a manner 

 prescribed in such notice, to treat or destroy such infested property. If the 

 person so notified shall refuse or neglect to treat, destroy, or disinfect said trees, 

 vines, or shrubs in the manner and within the time prescribed in the said notice, 

 the secretary of agriculture shall cause such property to be so treated, and may 

 employ all necessary assistants for that purpose ; and such person or persons, 

 agent or agents, employe or employes may enter on all premises in any township, 

 borough, or city necessary for the purpose of such treatment, removal, or 



