THE LAWS IN FORCE AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS AND FOUL 
BROOD IN THE UNITED STATES. 
STATE AND TERRITORIAL LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
ALABAMA. 
No. 559. 
AN Act to prevent and prohibit the importation of seed from cotton affected with Texas 
boll weevil. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of Alabama, That no person shall 
import or bring into the State cf Alabama any seed from cotton affected with 
what is known as the Texas boll weevil, nor the seed from any place where 
the cotton has been affected with said boll weevil. 
Sec. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of section 1 of this act shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than ten 
dollars ($10.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). 
Approved Oct. 6, 19038. 
No. 121. Cope oF 1903. 
AN Act to further protect horticulture, fruit growing, and truck gardening, and to 
exclude crop pests of all kinds in the State of Alabama. 
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of Alabama, That from and after 
the passage of this act the commissioner of agriculture and industries of the 
State of Alabama, the president of the Alabama State Horticultural Society, 
and the director of the experiment station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 
shall, ex officio, constitute a board to be known as the State board of horticul- 
ture, of which the commissioner of agriculture and industries shall be chairman, 
which board shall have full power to enact such rules and regulations governing 
the examination, certification, sale, transportation, and introduction of trees, 
shrubs, cuttings, buds, vines, bulbs, and roots as they may deem necessary to 
prevent the further introduction, increase, and dissemination of insect pests 
and plant diseases. 
Sec. 2. That the professor of horticulture of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti- 
tute shall act as State horticulturist and as secretary of said board of horticul- 
ture under the provisions of this act, and it shall be the duty of the said board 
to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with this act for the govern- 
ment of the said State horticulturist in the duties devolving upon him in execu- 
tion of the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 3. There is hereby annually appropriated the sum of ($1,500) fifteen hun- 
dred dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the board of trustees of the 
Alabama Polytechnic Institute for the purpose of defraying the expense in the 
execution of this act. 
Sec. 4, The State horticulturist or a deputy duly authorized by the board of 
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