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ease of his refusal to do so, the amount shall be certified to the township board, 
or village or city council, which shall allow the same and assess it as a special 
tax upon the property. 
Sec. 16. In case the owner, or the person in charge of trees, shrubs, vines, or 
plants infested with a destructive insect or a dangerously contagious disease 
refuses or neglects to carry out the orders of the State inspector or of the town- 
ship, village, and city inspectors, within the period stated in the notice served 
upon him, the State, township, village, or city inspectors, respectively, shall 
employ such aid as may be necessary to carry out their orders and recommenda- 
tions. In case the owner refuses to reimburse them for the expense incurred, 
it shall be certified to the township board, or village or city council, who shall 
allow it and spread it as a special tax upon the property concerned. 
Sec. 17. The State inspector of orchards and nurseries and his deputies, assist- 
ants, and employes shall have authority to enter upon any premises in the State 
for the purpose of examining the trees, shrubs, plants, and vines for the pres- 
ence of destructive insects and diseases, and, if any such insects or diseases are 
found, may, under the provisions of this act, take such steps as may be neces- 
sary to exterminate them. ‘Township, village, and city inspectors shall have the 
same authority within the limits of their respective jurisdiction. No damage 
shall be awarded for the destruction of any tree, shrub, plant, or fruit, or for 
injury to the same, if done by the inspectors and their assistants in accordance 
with the provisions of this act: Provided, It is deemed necessary in order to 
suppress dangerous insects and diseases. 
Sec. 18. The township, village, and city fruit and tree inspectors shall be 
allowed for services under this act two dollars for each full day and one dollar 
for each half day, and their per diem and other charges and disbursements here- 
under shall be audited by the township board, or village or city council. 
Sec. 19. Persons, firms, or corporations engaged in growing or selling plants 
commonly grown in greenhouses shall not be required to take out a license: 
Provided, They do not grow or handle nursery stock, and certificates of inspec- 
tion are not required under this act for the shipment of greenhouse plants. 
Sec. 20. Any person or persons, firm, or corporation who may fail to comply 
with any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not exceeding one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten 
nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion 
of the court, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred in these cases upon any justice 
of the peace, or other competent court, of the township, village, or city where 
such trees, shrubs, or plants may be, or where such nursery stock or fruit is 
grown, sold, shipped, disposed of, or delivered, contrary to the provisions of this 
act. In all cases where a complaint is made under the provisions of any section 
of this act by any State, township, village, or city inspector said complainant 
shall not be required to furnish security for costs. 
Sec. 21. The State inspector of orchards and nurseries shall have authority to 
employ such aid and obtain such apparatus and supplies as may be needed for 
the proper performance of his duties, and the bills for the same and for the per 
diem and traveling and other necessary expenses of the State inspector, his 
deputies and assistants, shall be audited by the State board of agriculture, and 
the auditor-general shall draw his warrant for the payment of the same from 
the general fund of the State: Provided, That all moneys collected by the State 
board of agriculture under this act shall be paid into the State treasury. 
[See. 22 repeals acts 108 and 109, of 1895; act 137, of 1897. ] 
