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scribed. The inspector shall, from time to time and whenever required by the board, 

 report to it such information as he may secure from observation, experience, and 

 otherwise, as to the best method of diminishing and eradicating fruit pests and dis- 

 eases from orchards, and also suggestions as to practical horticulture, the adoption 

 of produce suitable to soil, climate, and markets, and such other facta and informa- 

 tion as shall be calculated to advance the horticultural interests of the province. 

 The inspector shall, from time to time, under the direction of the board, hold meet- 

 ings throughout the province in the interests of horticulture, and impart such infor- 

 mation and instruction to fruit growers and farmers as may tend to the improve- 

 ment and expansion of the fruit industry of the province. 



Sec. 9. Any member of the board, their inspector or agent, upon the complaint of 

 interested parties, or upon his own motion, may inspect or cause to be inspected, 

 fruit, trees, plants, grafts, scions, nursery stock of all descriptions, orchard debris, 

 empty fruit boxes or packages, and other material, orchards, nurseries, and other 

 places, suspected or believed to be infested with fruit pests, or infected with con- 

 tagious diseases injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, and for the purposes thereof he 6hall 

 have full power and authority to enter in and upon any farm, orchard, nursery, or gar- 

 den, or any barn, warehouse, storehouse, shop, or other place or building, and if he shall 

 find that the said fruit, trees, plants, grafts, scions, nursery stock of all description, 

 orchard debris, empty fruit boxes or packages, and other material, orchards, nurs- 

 eries and other places are infested with fruit pests, or atfected with contagions dis- 

 eases injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, as aforesaid, such member or inspector or 

 agent shall notify, in writing, the owner or person having charge of such premises or 

 property, within a time to be prescribed in such notice, to treat and disinfect said 

 premises or property in the manner presented in such notice; and such property shall 

 not be removed after the owner or person in charge of the, same shall have been 

 notified in writing, as aforesaid, without the written permission of a member of the 

 board or the inspector; and if the person so notified shall neglect or refuse to treat 

 and disinfect the said premises or property, in the manner and within the time pre- 

 scribed in the said notice, such person shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this 

 act; and if it appears on the trial that any orchard, trees, nursery, building, or any 

 other structures, premises, or property in charge of or belonging to the defendant 

 referred to in said notice, or any part of such structures, premises, or property, is 

 infested or affected as aforesaid, the court may order whatsoever of the same 

 infested or affected to be disinfected or destroyed within a time to be mentioned in 

 said order, or may make any other order that it shall deem fit: ami if such order be not 

 obeyed within the time therein specified, it shall be the duty of the board, orof some 

 member thereof, or of their inspector or agent, to execute such order, and the i stfl 

 and disbursements of the prosecution shall be adjudged against the party convicted 

 as aforesaid. 



(o) In case, upon inspection as herein provided, the member of the board, inspec- 

 tor, or agent finds any of the premises to be infested with fruit pests or affected 

 with contagious disease, but is unable to take the proceedings herein provided by 

 reason of there being no person in charge, or either the owner or his wlureabouts 

 being unknown, he shallbe at liberty to cause the same to be disinfected, and the 

 costs and expenses thereon shall be a lien upon the property, which may be enforced 

 by seizure and sale of a sufficient quantity there. >t to satisfj the same: Provided, 

 however, that no property shall be destroyed under this subsection until an order 

 therefor has been obtained from a justice of the peace, which order any justice is 

 hereby authorized to make upon proof of the urgency of the ease or ot' reasonable 

 efforts having been made to ascertain the owner or person who should be in charge 

 of the infected property. 



Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings oi the board, 

 and to procure records of the proceedings and correspondence, to collect books. 

 pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relat- 



