138 LAWS AGAINST INJUEIOUS INSECTS. 



any plants, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, bulbs, roots, etc., under conditions 

 otherwise than that provided in this act, shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor 

 and fined not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) 

 dollars for the first offense and one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense 

 thereafter. 



Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That all nursery stock sold, shipped, or deliv- 

 ered within this State or shipped into this State from other States shall be 

 treated or fumigated as may be required by the regulations of the Tennessee 

 State board of entomology hereinbefore provided for. 



Sec. 12. Be it further enacted,' That upon knowledge coming from any county 

 within the State to the board of control th?.1 noxious insect pests or plant dis- 

 eases exist in said county, or in close proximity in an adjoining county, the 

 State entomologist and plant pathologist shall be empowered by said board to 

 investigate as speedily as possible the supposed infectious district ; and if, upon 

 examination, dangerous insect pests or infectious plant diseases are disclosed, 

 such infected premises shall be treated in accordance with this act, as pre- 

 scribed in sections 5 and 6. 



Sec 13. Be it further enacted, That the State entomologist and plant patholo- 

 gist shall submit to the State board of entomology a monthly report of work 

 done. He shall also submit an annual report on or before the first of February 

 of each year to the governor of the State, embracing a review of inspections and 

 investigations made and the condition of the State relative to insect pests and 

 plant diseases, which shall be published, as are other State reports, for general 

 distribution. 



Sec 14. Be it further enacted. That the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars 

 annually be, and is hereby, appropriated to the State board of entomology in 

 order to carry out the provisions of this act — namely, to employ a competent 

 State entomologist and plant pathologist : to procure the requisite facilities 

 nnd equipment necessary for the proper discharge of duties herein incurred ; 

 to support a reasonable amount of investigation in addition to the inspection 

 work of the State, and to publish the results of observations and investigations 

 made in bulletin form, which may disseminate information that will prove use- 

 ful to the agricultural and horticultural interests of the State. 



Sec 15. Be it further enacted. That the comptroller of the State be, and is 

 hereby, authorized to issue his warrant upon the State treasurer for the sum of 

 two thousand ($2,000) dollars annually out of any funds not otherwise appro- 

 priated; that the said sum of money shall be made payable quarterly to the 

 State board of entomology and only upon the presentation of the proper 

 vouchers. 



Sec 16. Be it further enacted. That the State board of entomology shall have 

 power to adopt such rules and regulations governing insect and plant pests 

 within the bounds of the State as are not inconsistent with the constitution of 

 the State and the United States; that said board shall, within sixty (00) days 

 from the passage of this act, draft and publish through the State press all rules 

 and regulations necessary to carry into full and complete effect the embodiment 

 of this act. cautiously and wisely outlining the diseases and maladies caused by 

 both insect and fungus, and explaining what constitutes infectious plant diseases 

 in the eyes of the law. 



Sec 17. Be it further enacted. That this act shall take effect from and after 

 its passage, the public welfare requiring it ; and that all laws or parts of laws in 

 conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 



Approved April 17, 1905. 



