80 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS_ INSECTS. 
State by mail, express, or otherwise, any living specimens of the Mexican cotton 
boll weevil, in any of its forms of development or egg state, and any person or 
persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. 
Sec. 5. That any person or persons coming into this State from any district or 
State known to be infected by the Mexican cotton boll weevil, who shall be sus- 
pected of having on or about his person, clothes, household effects, or other 
property in his possession said Mexican cotton boll weevil in any of its forms, 
knowingly or unknowingly concealed or otherwise, shall be refused admittance 
into the State until he shall have undergone an examination of his person or 
property, or both, at the hands of the said entomologist or his authorized agents, 
and the said entomologist shall have power to make and enforce quarantine 
regulations against animals, and all persons suspected or found to_be in posses- 
sion of clothes or other property infected by said Mexican cotton boll weevil. 
Sec. 4. The entomologist of the Mississippi agricultural experiment station 
shall have power to appoint one or more deputies and assistants in each county 
or district, who shall have power to carry out and enforce such regulations and 
execute such plans as shall be made and adopted by the said entomologist, and _ 
it shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county of the State to cooperate with 
the said entomologist, and to execute in a summary way the orders and regula- 
tions of the said entomologist, or his agents and assistants, in relation to the 
prevention of the introduction and eradication of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, 
in the seizure of persons, animals, or property suspected of being infected with 
said boll weevil. 
Sec. 5. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions above set out that the 
sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the 
years 1904 and 1905, be appropriated, out of any moneys in the State treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out by the treasurer of the State, on war- 
rants drawn by the said entomologist, approved and countersigned by the 
governor, and each warrant shall specify the purpose for which it is drawn and 
the object for which the money is to be expended. The entomologist shall have 
full and plenary power and authority to make, promulgate, and enforce such 
rules, ordinances, and regulations, and to do and perform such acts as in his 
judgment may be necessary to control, eradicate, and prevent the introduction, 
spread, or dissemination of the Mexican cotton boll weevil in the State. 
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the entomologist of the Mississippi agricultural 
experiment station to make a full and complete and itemized report of all his 
doings and expenditures, under the provisions of this act, to the legislature of ~ 
this State, at the session of 1906, published in pamphlet form. The entomologist 
shall have power to inspect growing or field crops supposed to be infested with 
the boll weevil, and shall have authority to destroy said property and shall have 
a right to fix compensation. 
Approved March 18, 1904. 
MISSOURL,. 
Session Acts OF 1901, PAGE 134. 
AN Act to prevent the introduction and dissemination in Missouri of dangerous insect 
pests and fungoid and other contagious or infectious diseases dangerously injurious 
to fruit trees, vines, bushes, or nursery stock, with an emergency clause. 
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Missouri as follows: 
SecTION 1. Whenever any trees, vines, bushes, scions, buds, cuttings, or any 
lursery stock are shipped into this State from another State, country, or 
