52 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
vari 1aD0r, and pay the 
as may be necessary, fix a reasonable validity as his own. He shall, by him- 
same, and thet-—-#e petween the first day of June and the fifteenth day of 
cpreluber, in each year, when requested by the owner or agent, or where he has 
reasonable grounds to believe the scale exists, carefully examine any nursery, 
fruit farm, or other place where trees or plants are grown for sale, and if found 
apparently free from the scale he shall issue his certificate stating the facts, and 
shall collect therefor a fee of not less than five dollars nor more than fifteen 
dollars, according to the amount of stock inspected. It shall be unlawful to 
sell or offer for transportation any nursery stock outside the county where said 
nursery stock is grown, unless accompanied by a copy of this certificate. 
Sec. 2. Quarantine—Treatment—Collection of cost. The State entomologist 
shall have authority, when requested by the owner or agent or when he has 
reasonable grounds to believe the scale exists, to enter upon any grounds, pub- 
lic or private, for the purpose of inspection, and if he finds any nursery, orchard, 
garden, or other place infested by the scale he may. by himself or his assistants, 
enter upon such premises and establish quarantine regulations. 
If, in his judgment, the scale may be eradicated by treatment he may, in 
writing, order such treatment, and prescribe its kind and character. In case 
any trees, shrubs, or plants are found so infested that it would be impracticable 
to treat them be may order them burned. A failure for ten days after the de- 
livery of such order to the owner or persons in charge to treat or destroy such 
infested trees or plants, as ordered, shall authorize the entomologist to perform 
this work by himself or his assistants, and to ascertain the cost thereof. He 
shall certify the amount of such cost to the owner or person in charge of the 
premises, and if the same is not paid to him within sixty days thereafter he 
shall certify the amount to the county auditor, who shall spread the same upon 
the tax books, to be collected as other taxes are, and turned over to the ento- 
mologist to become a part of the fund for carrying this act into effect. 
Sec. 3. Inspection of nursery stock shipped into State. Where nursery stock 
is shipped into this State, accompanied by a certificate, as herein provided, it 
shall be held prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, but the State ento- 
mologist, by himself or his assistants, when they have reason to believe such 
stock is infested with the scale, shall be authorized to inspect the same and sub- 
ject it to like treatment, as provided in section two of this act. 
Sec. 4. Certificate of inspection—Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son, firm, or corporation to bring into the State any trees, plants, vines, cuttings, 
and buds, commonly known as nursery stock, unless accompanied by a certifi- 
cate of inspection by a State entomologist of the State from which the shipment | 
was made, showing that the stock has been inspected and found apparently free 
from the scale. Any person violating or neglecting to carry out the provisions 
of this act, or offering any hindrance to the carrying out of this act, shall be 
adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a justice of the 
peace shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars for each and every offense, together with all the costs of the prosecution, 
and shall stand committed until the same are paid. All amounts so. recovered 
shall be paid over to the State entomologist and added to the fund herein pro- 
vided for carrying out the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 5. Compensation. The State entomologist shall be atineeed and paid for 
his services while engaged in this work all his necessary traveling expenses and 
the sum of $5 per day. All funds coming into his hands shall be paid over to 
the State treasurer, with an itemized statement of the source whence received. 
He shall certify the amount of his expenses and per diem to the auditor of 
