LOUISIANA. 55 
LOUISIANA. 
Act Neo. 6. 
An Act to provide for the establishment and organization of a State crop pest commis- 
sion and-to define the duties and powers of the same; to fix penalties for the violation 
of any of the rules, orders, crdinances, and regulations thereof; to make it a misde- 
meanor for any person, firm, or ccrporation to bring into this State or have in pos- 
session, except certain persons, any living Mexican boll weevil in any of its stages, 
and providing a penalty therefor; to provide for the publication and distribution of all 
the proceedings and recommendations of said commission; to authorize said commis- 
sion to restrain, by injunction or otherwise, any violations, or threatened violations, of 
its orders, rules, ordinances, and regulations, and to prohibit any ccurt of the State 
from bonding the same prior to trial on the merits; to make it the duty of the attor- 
ney-general and district attorneys to represent said commission and the sheriff to 
serve all papers fcr said commission; to provide for the payment of all fines and for- 
feitures for violations of the orders, rules, ordinances, and regulations of said com- 
mission to the State treasurer, and by him to be placed to the credit of said commis- 
sion; to relieve said commission of the necessity of giving bond or security in any legal 
proceedings which it shall institute or defend in any court of justice in this State; to 
make an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act and to repeal all laws or 
parts of laws inconsistent or in conflict with the same. 
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Louisiana, 
That a State crop pest commission for the State of Louisiana is hereby created 
and established, to consist of the governor as ex officio chairman, the commis- 
sioner of agriculture, the director of the State experiment station, the station 
entomologist, and two experienced resident cotton planters, the latter to be 
appointed by the governor, and every four years thereafter, and who shall serve 
for four years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. The 
station entomologist and the two planters shall be commissioned and shall qual- 
ify in the Same manner as provided by the constitution and laws of the State for 
all other officers. Said commission shall have its domicile at Baton Rouge and 
shall hold its first session .t said place immediately after the promulgation of 
this act, and at such other times and places as may be designated by said com- 
mission. At any meeting of said commission any three members shall consti- 
tute a quorum to transact business. The members of said commission, not 
salaried under the State government, shall receive the sum of five ($5) per day 
for each day consumed in going to and returning from any of the meetings of 
said commission, and while in attendance thereon, and necessary traveling ex- 
penses, which amount shall be paid by the State treasurer on the voucher of the 
member, approved by the governor, out cf any funds to the credit of said com- 
mission. Said commission shall elect one of its members secretary, and shall 
appoint such other assistants as may be necessary to carry on the work of said 
commission, and shall fix their compensation. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That for the purpose of carrying out the 
rules, ordinances, crders, and regulations of said commission, as hereinafter 
provided, the commissioner of agriculture shall be the active chairman cof said 
commission, and as such shall see that all the rules, ordinances, orders, and 
regulations of the same are faithfully executed; and in addition to such duties, 
the active chairman shall have the power, during the interval between the 
meetings of said commission, and when the same is not in session, to issue al} 
orders, and to take all necessary steps, by suit or otherwise, to execute the 
laws of the State on the subject-matter delegated to said commission, and to 
earry out the rules, ordinances, orders, and regulations of said commission made 
thereunder; and he may, in his discretion, call special meetings of said com- 
mission whenever, in his opinion, an emergency shall require it: Provided, 
