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practice such methods results in the continued reproduction and spread of such 



insect pests, to the great damage of their neighbors and the public; therefore, 



1. Be it enacted by the senate and general assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it 

 shall l>e the duty of every agriculturist, gardener, farmer, nurseryman, or other 



cultivator of the soil iii the State to adopt and apply from t ime to time, in the proper 

 seasons therefor, such methods for the destruction of insects injurious to growing 

 crops and fruits of all kinds as are and may be advised and prescribed in the reports 

 and bulletins of the agricultural experiment stations in this State. 



2. And be it enacted, That whenever requested by a resolution of any county board 

 of agriculture of this State, at a meeting of such board, regularly held, the execu- 

 tive committee of the State board of agriculture of this State shall appoint three 

 persons, residents of the county from which such request shall be made, to act as 

 commissioners or agents for the purpose of this act in such county, without other 

 compensation than as hereinafter provided. 



3. And be it enacted, That whenever complaint shall be made to such commis- 

 sioners, or to any one of them, that any person or persons within their county has 

 or have failed, neglected, or refused, and continue to fail, neglect, or refuse to use 

 such methods so prescribed, or to be prescribed, by the said agricultural experiment 

 stations in this State, or other equally efficient and satisfactory methods, for the 

 destruction of insects injurious to growing crops and fruits, on land in his, her. or 

 their possession, that then said commissioners, or any two of them, shall notify such 

 person or persons so complained of, in writing, by service of such notice, signed by 

 them, upon such person or persons personally, or by leaving the same at their place 

 of residence, that they are required under the penalties provided in this act forth- 

 with to apply such methods so prescribed, or to be prescribed as aforesaid, for and 

 towards the destruction of such injurious insects. And said notice shall specify 

 the particular species of insect or insects complained of, and the methods to be 

 adopted for their destruction, with a reference to the reports or bulletins of said 

 agricultural experiment stations, or some one or more thereof, where such insects 

 and the methods for their destruction are or may be described — or in lieu thereof 

 there may be served with such notice a printed copy of such bulletins or reports 

 and prescribed methods of destroying insects as are relied upon, or a priuted extract 

 or extracts therefrom setting forth the methods to be used for their destruction. 



4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of such person or persons so not i lied, 

 within twenty-four hours after receiving such notice and directions, to proceed to 

 destroy such insects on his lands and premises so complained of in the manner and 

 by such methods as said notice and directions shall specify ; and every person or 

 persons who shall neglect or refuse so to do, for the space of six days after receiving 

 such notice and directions served as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay a line not less 

 than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court, 

 besides the costs of the suit, to be sued for, received, and collected by any one of 

 the commissioners in his own name, adding thereto the name of commissioner, with- 

 out other words of designation, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the 

 county in which such offence shall have been committed. 



5. And be it enacted, That all fines and costs that may be received and collected 

 under the provisions of this act shall belong to and be paid into the treasury of the 

 State board of agriculture of this State, (o defra\ the costs and expenses incident 



to the enforcement of this act and for the genera] purposes of the said board. Said 

 expenses to include such reasonable allowance to said commissioners for their serv- 

 ices in the premises as may be made by the said executive committee of the said 

 State board of agriculture. 

 (>. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. 



[Note. — This law was drafted by a committee of the New Jersey 

 State Borticultural Society, and unanimously adopted at the meeting 

 held in January, 1894. It was then presented to the State Legislature 



