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LAWS AGAINST INJUKIOUS INSECTS. 



&hall be destroyed at the expense of the owner. Appeal can be made to the State 

 board of entomology, as provided by law. 



9. Every carload, box, bale, package, or delivery of nursery stock which is 

 sold, exchanged, etc., by any person, firm, or corporation within the State of Ten- 

 nessee, shall be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of inspection plainly and 

 securely attached. This means that every individual sale or bill shall bear a 

 copy of the certificate. Any nursery stock not thus marked is liable to be 

 destroyed without compensation to the consignor, who is further liable to a fine 

 of not less than $100.00. No transportation company, or agent thereof, may 

 accept for shipment any nursery stock not accompanied by a copy of certificate 

 of inspection. 



10. Any person, firm, or corporation without the State of Tennessee, desiring 

 to do business within this State shall file with the State entomologist, who is 

 also secretary' of the board, at Knoxville, Tenn., a copy of his certificate of 

 inspection issued by the proper official of his State. And every shipment of 

 nursery stock shipped into the State of Tennessee must be accompanied by a 

 copy of such certificate of inspection. 



11. Shipments of nursery stock not properly labeled shall be refused for 

 shipment by all common carriers and their agents. Transportation companies 

 and their agents shall immediately notify the State entomologist and plant 



. pathologist, Knoxville, Tenn., when by oversight, negligence, or otherwise any 

 shipment of nursery stock without a proper certificate attached shall arrive at 

 any station or wharf in this State, and it shall be the duty of the entomologist 

 and plant pathologist or his assistant as speedily as possible to investigate and 

 dispose of such shipment. 



12. In accordance with section 9 of the law, and in order to prevent the im- 

 portation of the Mexican cotton hoU weevil into Tennessee from the State of 

 Texas and the infested portion of Louisiana, a quarantine is hereby declared 

 against the following counties of the State of Texas : 



Anderson, 



Angelina. 



Aransas, 



Atascosa, 



Austin, 



Bastrop, 



Bee, 



Bell, 



Bexar, 



Blanco, 



Bosque, 



Bowie, 



Brazoria, 



Brazos, 



Brown, 



Burleson, 



Burnet, 



Caldwell, 



Calhoun, 



Cameron, 



Camp, 



Cass, 



Chambers, 



Cherokee, 



Collin, 



Colorado, 



Comal, 



Comanche, 



Cook, 



Corvell, 



Dallas, 



Delta, . 



Denton, 



Dewitt, 



Duval, 



Eastland, 



Ellis. 



Erath, 



Falls, 



Fannin, 



Fayette. 



Fort Bend, 



Franklin, 



Freestone, 



Galveston, 



Gillespie, 



Goliad. 



Gonzales, 



Grayson, 



Gregg, 



Grimes, 



Guadalupe, 



Hamilton, 



Hardin, 



Harris, 



Harrison, 



Hays, 



Henderson, 



Hidalgo, 



Hill, 



Hood. 



Hopkins, 



Houston, 



Hunt, 



.Tack, 



.Tackson, 



•Jasper, 



Jefferson, 



Johnson, 



Karnes, 



Kaufman, 



Kent, 



Kendall, 



Lamar, 



Lampasas, 



Lavaca, 



Lee, 



Leon, 



Liberty. 



Limestone, 



Live Oak, 



Llano, 



Madison, 



Marion, 



Matagorda, 



McLelian, 



McMullen, 



Milam. 



Mills, 



Montague, 



Montgomery, 



Morris. 



Nacogdoches, 



Navarro, 



Nueces, 



Newton, 



Orange, 



Palo Pinto, 



Panola, 



Parker, 



I»olk, 



Rains, 



Red River, 



Refugio, 



Roberson, 



Rockwell, 



Rusk, 



Sabine, 



San Augustine, 



San Jacinto, 



San Patricio, 



San Saba, 



Shelby, 



Smith, 



Somervell, 



Starr, 



Stephens, 



Taj-rant, 



Titus, 



Travis, 



Trinity, 



Tyler, 



Upshur, 



Van Zandt, 



Victoria, 



Walker, 



Waller, 



Washington, 



Wharton, 



Williamson, 



Wilson, 



Wise, 



Wood, 



and the following parishes of Louisiana : Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, 

 De Soto, Grant, Sabine. St. Landry, and Vernon, as well as those portions of 

 Red River, Natchitoches, and Rapides parishes lying west of the Red River. 



