16 CONTROL OF THE CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE. 
if the amount of such expense, so certified, shall not be paid by such owner of 
said trees, so treated, removed, or destroyed within sixty days after it shall 
have been so certified, the same may be recovered by the said commission, 
from such owner, by an action in the name of the Commonwealth, in the same 
manner as debis of like amount are now recoverable, and when recovered may 
be used by said commission in carrying out the purposes of this act. 
Provided, however, That any owner or owners of trees, his or their tenants, 
agents, or representatives, who may be dissatisfied with any decision, order, or 
notice of any member of the commission, or any of its agents or employees, 
directing or prescribing the treatment, removal, or destruction of trees belonging 
to or controlled by them, shall have the right within ten days from the time 
of the service upon them of such order or notice to appeal therefrom, in 
writing, to the commission, which shall thereupon, without avoidable delay, 
direct a re-examination of the premises or trees in question, by competent: 
experts, who shall make report of their findings to the commision; which shall 
then fix a time and a place for a hearing before it, upon such appeal, and 
notify the person making appeal thereof. All further proceedings under 
such order or notice shall be suspended until the decision of the commission 
shall have been formally rendered. : 
Sec. 4. Whenever, in the judgment of the commission, it may be necessary 
to destroy chestnut trees not affected by the chestnut-tree blight, for the pur- 
pose of establishing a quarantine to prevent and control the spread of the 
disease, the owner of such trees shall be reimbursed for the loss of all the 
good and unaffected trees so destroyed; the amount to be paid therefor to 
be not greater than the stumpage prices of such trees, prevailing at the time 
in the locality where such trees grew; such value to be determined by the com- 
mission, by such method or procedure as it may adopt, and payment therefor 
to be made from the fund hereinafter specifically appropriated for the use ot 
the said commission in performing the duties required by this act. Should any 
owner of trees be dissatisfied with the amount awarded to pay for the destruc- 
tion of such good and unaffected trees, said owner shall have all the remedies 
now existing, or which may hereafter be provided by law, for the protection of 
his interests. 
Sic. 5. Any person who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this 
act, or any of the regulations of the commission intended to assist in carrying 
this act into effect, or shall wilfully resist or interfere with any agent or 
employee of the said commission in the performance of his duties in accordance 
with the regulations and orders of the commission, under the provisions hereof, 
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof be 
punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not 
exceeding one month, either or both, at the discretion of the court. The word 
“person,” as used in this act, shall include not only individuals or natural 
persons, but as well artificial persons, existing only in contemplation of law, 
and shall be construed to mean partnerships, limited partnerships, joint-stock 
companies, and corporations, and the officers, agents, and employees of the same. 
Src. 6. The members of the commission shall serve without pay, but shail 
be reimbursed for all actual expense incurred by them in exercising the powers 
conferred upon them and performing the duties required by this act. The 
employees of the commission shall receive such compensation for their services 
as the commission shall determine will fairly compensate them for the work 
to be done. The commission shall be furnished with suitable rooms in the 
Capitol building at Harrisburg, or elsewhere, by the Superintendent of Public 
Grounds and Buildings. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby 
specifically appropriated, to be immediately available upon the approval of this 
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