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to support the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of Oregon, and to 

 faithfully perform the duties of his office, which oath shall ho filed in the office of 

 the secretary of state. 



Sec. 3. The State horticultural inspector shall visit the different horticultural 

 districts of the State for the purpose of inspecting orchards, nurseries, and other 

 places as hereinafter enumerated, and shall publish in each county, at least ten days 

 previous to such official visits, his intention of making the same. 



Sec. 4. It shall he the duty of the State horticultural inspector, either upon his 

 own motion or upon the complaint of interested parties, to enter and to make or 

 cause to he made inspections of any orchard, nursery, fruit-packing house, store- 

 room, sales room, depot, or other place, and of fruits, vegetables, trees, plants, vines, 

 or other material within the State supposed, believed, or liable to be infested with 

 fruit pests, or with their eggs or larvae, or infected with contagious diseases injurious 

 to fruit, plants, trees, or vines. If upon any such inspection there be found any 

 disease or any pest, or the eggs or larva? of any pest, injurious to fruit, vegetables, 

 plants, trees, or vines, the State horticultural inspector shall notify the owner or 

 owners, or the person or persons in charge or in possession of said places, orchards, 

 nurseries, trees, plants, vegetables, vines, fruits, or other materials, as aforesaid, that 

 the same ai*e infested with said pests or any of them, or with their eggs or larvae. 

 And he shall require such person or persons to eradicate or destroy said injurious 

 insects or other pests, or their eggs or larvae, within a reasonable time to be specified. 

 Said notice may be served upon said person or persons, or either of them, owning or 

 having in charge or possession such infested place, orchard, nursery, trees, plants, 

 vegetables, vines, fruit, or articles, as aforesaid, by the State horticultural inspector, 

 or it may be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Any and all 

 such places, orchards, nurseries, trees, plants, vegetables, vines, fruits, or articles 

 thus infested are hereby adjudged and declared to be a public nuisance. And when- 

 ever any such nuisance shall exist at any place within the State, or on the property of 

 any nonresident, or on any property the owner or owners of which can not be found 

 within the State, or on any property where notice has been served, as aforesaid, and 

 where the owner or those in possession shall refuse or neglect to abate said nuisance 

 within the time specified, it shall be the duty of the State horticultural inspector, 

 and he is hereby empowered, to cause said nuisance to be at once abated by 

 eradicating or destroying all said pests, or their eggs or larvae, or by disinfecting 

 or destroying all fruit, vegetables, vines. Irces, plants, or other articles upon which 

 any of said pests, or their eggs or larvae, may be found. The expense of such pro- 

 ceeding shall be a county charge, and the county court of the county wherein such 

 property is found shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund of the county 

 when presented with the proper vouchers and a sworn statement thereof by the 

 State horticultural inspector. All sums so paid shall bo and become a lien upon the 

 property and premises upon which said nuisance has been abated in pursuance of 

 this act, and may be recovered by suit against such property and premises. Suit to 

 foreclose all such liens shall be brought in the proper court by the district attorney 

 of such county in the name of and for the benefit of said county. In case the 

 property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the county treasury to 

 satisfy the lien and the costs. The overplus, if any there be, shall be paid to the 

 owner of the property, if he be known ; and if not, into the court for his use when 

 discovered. 



Sec. 5. The State horticultural inspector is hereby vested with all necessary 

 authority to enforce quarantine against any infested orchard, nursery, trees, plants, 

 shrubs, vegetables, vines, fruits, or any place or article within the State when the 

 same may be liable to spread contagious diseases injurious to fruit or trees of any 

 kind, and to provide necessary rules and regulations to govern the same. 



Sec. 6. For the purpose of disseminating knowledge concerning contagious 

 diseases or injurious pests affecting trees, plants, vegetables, vines, or fruits and the 

 remedies, preventives, and disinfectants applicable thereto, the State horticultural 



