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except tin- commissioners first appointed, one of whom shall serve for one year, and 



one of whom shall serve for two yens, and one of whom shall serve foi ti. 



from the date of appointment. The commissioners first appointed shall themselves 



deride, by lot or otherwise, who shall serve for one year, who shall serve for two 

 years, and who shall shall serve three years, and shall notify. the hoard of super-. 

 of the result of their choice." 

 Skc. 2. Section two of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follow- : 

 "SEC. 2. It shall he the duty of the county hoard of horticultural commissioners 

 in each county, whenever it shall deem it necessary, to cause an inspection to be made 

 of any orchard, or nursery, or trees, or any fruit-packing house, storeroom, a 

 room, or any other place in their jurisdiction, and if found infested with scale bag, 

 codlin moth, or other insect pests injurious to fruit, trees, and vines, they shall 

 notify the owner or owners, <>r person or persons in charge or possession of said trees 

 or place as aforesaid, that the same are infected with said insects, or any of them. 

 or their eggs or larva*, and they shall require such person or persons to disinfect or 

 destroy the same within a certain time, to be specified. If within such specified 

 time such disinfection or destruction has not been accomplished, the said person or 

 persons shall be required to make application of such treatment for the purpose of 

 destroying them as said commissioners may prescribe. Said notices may be served 

 npon the person or persons owning or having charge or possession ot such infested 

 trees, or places, or articles, as aforesaid, by any commissioner, or by any person 

 deputed by the said commissioners for that purpose, or they may be served in the 

 same manner as a summons in a civil action. 



•'If the owner or owners, or the person or persons in charge or possession of any 

 orchard, oi nursery, or trees, or places, or articles infested with said insects or any 

 of them, or then larvae or eggs, alter having been notified as above to destroy the 

 same, or make application of treatment as directed, shall fail, neglect, orrefne 

 to do, he or they shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, and any 

 such orchards, nurseries, trees, or places, or articles thus infested, shall lie adjudged 

 and the same is hereby declared a public nuisance, and may be proceeded against as 

 such. If found guilty, the court shall direct the aforesaid county hoard ot horticul- 

 tural commissioners to ahate the nuisance. The expenses thus incurred may he a 

 lien npon the real property of the defendant.'* 



Skc. '6. Section three of said act is amended so as to read as follow-: 

 "Sec. 3. Said county boards of horticultural commissioners shall have power to 

 divide the county into districts, and to appoints local inspector for each of said 

 districts. The State board of horticulture, or the quarantine officer of said hoard, 

 shall issue commissions as quarantine guardians to the members of said county 

 boards of horticultural commissioners, and to the local inspectors thereof. The said 

 quarantine guardians, local inspectors, or members of said county boards of horti- 

 cultural commissioners, shall have full authority to enter into any orchard, mm 

 or place or places where trees or plants are kept ami offered for sale, or otherwise. 

 or any house, storeroom, sabs room, depot, or any other such place in their juris- 

 diction, to inspect the same, or any part there* f . " 

 Skc. 4. Section four of .said act is hereby amended so as to read as folio- a 

 "Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said county board of horticultural commissioners 

 to keep a record ot their official doings, and to make a report to the State board of 

 horticulture on or before the first day of October of each year, ot" the condition ot' 

 the fruit interests in their several districts, what is being done to eradicate insect 

 pests, also as to disinfecting, and as to quarantine against insect pests and diai 

 and as to carrying out all laws relative to the greatest good of the fruit into 

 Said board shall publish said reports in bulletin form, or may incorporate so much 

 of the same m their annual reports as max he of general nit. 

 Sec. 5. Section five of said act isherebj amended so as to read as follows: 

 "Sec 5. Each member of the county hoard ot horticultural commissioners, and 

 each lo. a i inspector, shall he paid for eacb day actual] . m the pei formano* 



