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before the removal of the same from such p remises for sale, gift, distribution, or 

 transportation. 



Fruit boxes which have been used for shipping fruit to any destination are hereby 

 required to be disinfected previous to their being used for any purpose. 



All boxes returned to any orchard, storeroom, sales room, or any place used or to 

 be used for storage, shipping, or any other purpose, must be disinfected within three 

 days after their return. 



All packages known as free packages must be destroyed or disinfected before being 

 used again. 



Art. 2. It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, or occupier of any orchard within 

 this State to gather all fruit infested by the insects known as the codling moth, 

 peach moth, red spider, plum weevil, or kindred noxious insects, their larva' or 

 pupae, which has fallen from the tree or trees, as often as once a week, and dispose 

 of or destroy the same in snch manner as to effectually destroy all such insects, 

 their larvae or pnpae. 



It shall be the duty of county inspectors of fruit pests to inspect fruit packages 

 and all trees and plants, cuttings, grafts, and scions known or believed to be 

 infested by any insect or insects or the germs thereof, or their eggs, larva', or pupae, 

 injurious to fruit or fruit trees, or infected with any disease liable to spread con- 

 tagion, imported or brought into this State from any foreign country or from any of 

 the United States or Territories; and if, upon inspection, such trees, plants, cuttings, 

 grafts, scions, or fruit packages are found to be infested or infected, the same shall 

 not be offered for sale, gift, distribution, or transportation unless they shall be first 

 disinfected. 



Art. 3. Every person shipping fruit trees, scions, cuttings, or plants from any 

 orchard, nursery, or other place where they were grown or produced, shall place upon 

 or securely attach to each box, package, or parcel containing such fruit trees, scions, 

 cuttings, or plants a distinct mark or label, showing the name of the owner or ship- 

 per and the locality where produced; and any person who shall cause to be shipped, 

 transported, or removed from any locality declared by the State board of horticulture 

 to be infested with fruit tree or orchard pests, or infected with contagions diseases 

 injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, unless the same shall have been previously disin- 

 fected, shall be proceeded against according to law. 



When disinfected, the fact shall be stamped upon each box, package, or separate 

 parcel of fruit trees, scious, cuttings, or plants; and any person who shall cause to 

 be shipped, transported, or removed, any such box, parcel, or package from a quar- 

 antine district or locality not bearing such stamp, or who shall falsely cause such 

 stamp to be used, or shall imitate or counterfeit any stamp, or device for such pur- 

 pose, shall be proceeded against according to law. 



Art. 4. It shall be the special duty of each county inspector to seo that the pro- 

 visions of these regulations are put in force and effect within his jurisdiction and all 

 offenders punished according to law. 



Art. 5. All fruit trees infested by any insect or insects, their germs, larva:', or pup;e, 

 or infected by any disease known to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees, and liable to 

 spread contagion, must be cleaned or disinfected before the first day of May, 1893, 

 and on or before the first day of April of every succeeding year thereafter. All 

 owners or occupants of land shall comply with the provisions of this section. 



All fruit packages, trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, and scions that shall not be disin- 

 fected within twenty-four hours after notice by the county inspector of fruit pests 

 or the county hoard of horticulture, shall be liable to be proceeded against as a 

 public nuisance. 



Art. 6. The county inspector in each county shall, whenever it may be deemed 

 necessary, make an inspection of any orchard, or trees, plants, vines, or fruits, or any 

 fruit-packing house, storeroom, salesroom, or any other place or article in his juris- 

 diction, and if found infested with scale insects or codling moths, or other pests 



