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ises have been examined and inspected and are apparently free from all insects, 
pests, and diseases dangerously injurious to nursery stock. If any of the said 
insects, pests, or diseases shall be found in any nursery or orchard or on any 
premises within the State where said nursery stock is grown, the said board of 
agriculture, its officers, agents, or servants, shall cause to be destroyed or treated 
as hereinbefore provided, such portion of such nursery stock as, in the opinion 
of said board, may be necessary, and shall release all other stock grown upon 
said premises, and shall make and issue a certificate of inspection to the effect 
and in the manner as hereinbefore prescribed; and, if such infested nursery 
stock be destroyed as herein provided, then the owner or owners shall pay the 
costs thereof; and if he or they refuse or neglect to pay the same it shall be 
collected as provided in section 5 of this act. 
Sec. 10. That it shall be unlawful for any nurseryman, broker, agent, dealer, 
or other person to sell or offer for sale, or ship, send out, or give away, by mail, 
express, freight, or otherwise, any trees, vines, plants, shrubs, buds, grafts, or 
cuttings from any nursery or orchard mentioned in this act, or any premises 
within this State where said nursery stock is grown, without accompanying the 
same with a copy of the certificate aforesaid, printed upon a tag or label not 
easily destroyed, which shall be firmly attached or fastened in a conspicuous 
position upon each carload, box, bale, or package so sold or offered for sale, or 
shipped, sent out, or delivered. 
Sec. 11. That if any nurseryman, agent, broker, dealer, or other person shall 
sell or offer for sale or deliver within this State or ship, transport, or send out of 
this State, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or foreign pos- 
session thereof, or to the District of Columbia, any trees, plants, shrubs, vines. 
grafts, cuttings, and buds, commonly known as nursery stock, subject to the 
insects, pests, and diseases in this act mentioned, without attaching a copy of 
the certificate aforesaid, or shall deface or mutilate, or destroy said certificate, 
or wrongfully attach a certificate, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than five 
hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, besides the costs of prosecu- 
tion, or be imprisoned for a term of not less than one month nor more than one 
year. 
Sec. 12. That all trees, plants, vines, shrubs, buds, grafts, and cuttings, com- 
monly known as nursery stock, grown or handled by each and every nursery- 
man in this State, and subject to the aforesaid insects, pests, and diseases, shall 
be fumigated or treated by the nurseryman owning the same in the manner, 
method, and way prescribed by the said board of agriculture, which said board 
is hereby authorized and empowered to make and adopt rules and regulations, 
and the same to alter, change, and modify from time to time, as in its judg- 
ment is best for the proper fumigation or treatment of infected trees, plants, 
vines, shrubs, buds, grafts, and cuttings. If any person shall wilfully and 
knowingly violate any of said rules he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay a fine of twenty-five dollars 
for each offense. 
Sec. 18. That when any trees, plants, shrubs, vines, buds, grafts, or cuttings, 
commonly known as nursery stock, are shipped, sent, or mailed into this State 
to any nurseryman, broker, dealer, agent, or other person in this State, every 
carload, bale, box, or package thereof shall be plainly labeled on the outside 
with the name of the consignor and the name of the consignee, and shall have 
attached or fastened thereto a certificate showing that the contents thereof have 
been examined by a duly qualified State or Government officer and found ap- 
parently free from all insect and fungous diseases dangerously injurious to 
Lursery stock, 
