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Sec. 2. Fruit of any kind, all trees, plants, catting 

 scions, or other transportable material of any kind, grown in any foreign country, 



or in any of the United States or Territories, or in the Start; of Oregon, infected by 

 any insect or insects, or their germs, or by any fnngi, blight, or other dist 



known to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees, or to other trees, and liable to spread 

 eontagion, is hereby prohibited from being offered for sale, gift, distribution, 

 planting, or transportation until the same shall be thoroughly disinfected in such 

 maimer as may be required by the State board of horticulture, and to the 

 Hon of some member thereof, or of an inspector of fruit pests. And all consignees, 

 agents, or any person who shall receive any fruit or trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, 

 buds, seeds, pits, or scions, imported or brought into the State from any foreign 

 country, or from any of the United States or Territories, arc hereby required to notify, 

 within twenty-four hours, the member of the State hoard of horticulture for the dis- 

 trict within which the same may be received, br an inspector of fruit pests, of the 

 arrival thereof, and shall hold the same in quarantine at the first place of debarka- 

 tion within the State until such commissioner or inspector can determine whether 

 they are free from pests which are liable to become contagions, before they can be 

 offered for sale, gift, transportation, or planting. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons shipping any fruit or fruit trees, scions, euttinj 

 plants within the State, shall place upon or securely attach to each box. packag 

 parcel containing the same, a distinct mark, stamp, or label, showing the name of 

 the producer and shipper of the same, and the locality where grown. 



Sec. 4. Any person or persons, dealers, shippers, transportation companies, and 

 their agents, having in their possession any fruit or trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, 

 buds, seeds, pits, scions, or transportable material of any kind infested with any 

 insect or insects, or their germs, or with fungi, blight, or other diseases injurious jo 

 fruit or fruit trees, or to other trees or plants, and who shall sell, offer for sale, gift, 

 distribution, planting, or transportation, or who refuse or neglect to destroy or di> 

 infect the said fruit, or trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, seeds buds, pits, scions, <»r 

 other matter, or who shall refuse or neglect to attach a distinct mark or lable tie 

 showing the name of the producer, shipper, and locality where grown, or who shall 

 use any false or counterfeit mark, stamp, or label thereon, or who shall refuse <>r 

 neglect to notify a commissioner or inspector of importations, contrary to the pro- 

 visions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not le-s than twenty-five nor inert' than 

 one hundred dollars. 



Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its approval by the governor. 



[Note. — The foregoing- bills are said by representative fruit growers 

 to have been found cumbersome and ineffective. The following bill, at 

 the date of present writing (January 31, 1895), is about to be intro- 

 duced by Senator Galbraith, and has received strong indorsement 

 among horticulturists, as I am informed by Mr. M. <>. Lownsdale and 

 Prof. F. L. Washburn.— L. O. II.] 



A hill tor an aet to create the office and define the duties of State horticultural inspector, t<> appro- 

 priate money for the expenses thereof, and to prevent the uiit. Bale, distribution, plant i 

 transportation of infested trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, >< ion-, fruit, or other material, pre- 

 scribing penalties therefor. 



Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the stale of Oregon : 

 Section 1. That there is hereby created the office of state horticultural inspector, 

 which officer shall he appointed by the governor aud shall be selected with reference 



to his study of and practical experience io horticulture. 



SEC. 1'. The State hort icul t ural inspector shall hold offiec for the term oi' tour 



years, or until his successor has been appointed ami has qualified. Before entering 



upon his duties the State horticultural inspectoi -hall take and subscribe to an oath 



