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Sec. 5. The office of the board shall he located at such a place as a majority 

 thereof may determine. It shall he kept open to the public, subject to the rules of 

 the hoard, every day, excepting Sunday and legal holidays, and shall be in charge 

 of the secretary during the absenceof the board. 



Sec. 6. For the purpose of preventing the spread of contagions diseases among 

 fruit and fruit trees, and for tin; prevention, treatment, cure, and extirpation of 

 fruit pests, and the diseases of fruit and fruit trees, and for the disinfection of 

 grafts, scions, or orchard debris, empty frail boxes or packages, or other suspected 

 material or transportable articles dangerous to ore hards, fruits, and fruit trees, said 

 board may suggest regulations for the inspection and disinfection thereof, which 

 regulations shall be circulated in printed form by the board among the fruit growers 

 and fruit dealers of the State; and it shall be the right and duty of every member 

 or officer or appointee of said board to inspect any fruit or fruit packages, or any 

 trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, or scions imported or brought into this State, known 

 or believed to be infected by any insect or insects, or the germs thereof, or by eggs, 

 larvsfi, or pupae thereof, or with any contagious disease injurious to fruit or fruit 

 trees; and any person who shall sell, give away, distribute, or transport, or offer to 

 sell, give away, distribute, or transport any such fruit, fruit packages, trees, 

 plants, cuttings, grafts, or scions, found upon such inspection, or known to be 

 infested as aforesaid, before the same are disinfected, shall be deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided for in 

 section 8 of this act. 



And any person shipping any 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 and shipper 

 of the same and of the locality where produced; and any person who shall ship, 

 transport, or remove, or cause to be shipped, transported, or removed, any fruit trees, 

 scions, cuttings, or plants found upon inspection as aforesaid, or known to be infected 

 as specified in this act, before the same is disinfected to the satisfaction of some mem- 

 ber or officer or appointee of the board, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction shall be fined as provided for in section 8 of this act; and it shall be 

 a misdemeanor punishable as aforesaid for any person to ship or transport from one 

 locality to another any fruit trees, scions, cuttings, or plants that have been disin- 

 fected without a stamp or label on the box, package, or wrapping thereof showing 

 such disinfection; and any person who shall use any false or counterfeit stamp or 

 label as aforesaid 'shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be fined as provided for in section 8 of this act; and the board shall 

 have the power to make such temporary appointments as may be necessary to carry 

 out the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 7. The said board shall elect from their own number, or appoint from without 

 their number, to hold office at the pleasure of the hoard, a competent person espe- 

 cially qualified by practical experience in horticulture, who shall be known as 

 inspector of fruit pests. It shall be the duty of said inspector to visit the horti- 

 cultural districts of the State; to see that all regulations of said board to prevent 

 the spread of fruit pests and diseases of trees and plants injurious to the horticul- 

 tural interests of the State, and for the disinfection of fruits, trees, plants, grafts, 

 scions, orchard debris, empty fruit boxes and packages, and other material are made 

 known to the people of the State. He shall, whenever required, and under the 

 direction of the board, and may also upon his own motion and upon complaint oi' 

 interested parties, inspect orchards, nurseries, and other places suspeotedor believed 

 to be infected with fruit pests or infected with contagious diseases injurious to trees, 

 plants, or fruits, and he shall report the facts to said hoard. The inspector shall 

 from time to time, and whenever required by said board, report to it Buch informa- 

 tion as he may secure from observation, experience, and otherwise as to the beet 

 method of diminishing and eradicating i'ruit pests and diseases from orchards, and 



