82 ' LAWS AGAINST ENJURIOUS INSECTS. 
the term of six years; that as the term of office shall expire the successors shall 
be appointed for six years from the time of expiration of the term of the out- 
going member; the manager and inspector shall ke appointed for a term of 
four years by the board of trustees: Provided, Either the trustees or manager 
and inspector, or any of them, may be removed for cause and successors ap- 
pointed. (New section. ) 
Sec. 4728. Manager and inspector. Said manager and inspector shall be under 
the control of the board of trustees of the experiment station. (New section. ) 
Sec. 4729. Services of manager, how obtained. It shall be lawful for any five 
freeholders, residents cf this State, to go before any clerk of a court of record 
and demand the presence and services of said manager in the following manner : 
State of Missouri, County of ————, ss: 
To the manager of the fruit experiment station of the State of Missouri: 
We, the undersigned citizens, freeholders of the county of t——_, believe that 
there exists in this locality a dangerous infectious disease among the (here 
name the fruit trees, grapes, or berries) located on the farm or in the orchard 
or orchards of the following-named party, to wit: ————, located as follows, 
to wit: (Here describe the lands as near as possible). Therefore, we request the 
presence of the manager and inspector of the fruit experiment station. ; 
Which petition may be certified as follows: 
I hereby certify that the above-named petitioners are known to me to be 
reputable citizens of this county. 
b] 
Clerk of ———— court of ———— County, Mo. 
(New section. ) 
Sec. 4750. Duty of manager on receipt of petition. Such petition may be for- 
warded by mail or otherwise, as said petitioners may elect, to meet the manager 
and inspector of the fruit experiment station at the place where said station 
is located, who shall, as early as possible after the receipt of the same, go to 
the locality named and give such aid and instructions as he may think best for 
the prevention, cure, or eradication of the disease or insects with which he may 
find the trees, berries, vines, or orchards infected, and request said petitioners 
to report to him, in writing, the result of the treatment prescribed. (New 
section. ) 
Sec. 4731. Duties of manager, continued. Said manager and inspector may 
also, on information satisfactory to himself, visit any locality in this State with-- 
out receiving any petition as provided for in the preceding section, where he 
may think his presence necessary to the protection of orchards, berries, small 
fruits, vineyards, grapes, and fruit-tree interests in the State, and make a thor- 
eugh investigation as to the health and condition of said fruit trees, berries, 
vines, and fruits of all kinds in that locality. (New section.) 
Sec. 4732. Proceedings when trees, etc., are found to be diseased. If upon in- 
vestigation said manager and inspector shall be satisfied that said fruit trees, 
grapevines, berry vines, or the fruit, berries, or grapes are diseased, and that the 
disease is liable to spread to other trees, vines, or orchards, or that the trees are 
infected with any kind of insects that are liable to destroy said trees, vines or 
fruits or make them worthless, and that the same is liable to spread to other 
trees, vines, orchards, or vineyards, he shall thereupon notify the county court 
or any other authority having the jurisidiction of the county court, or any two 
judges thereof in vacation, of the county in which said diseased fruits, trees, 
vines, or fruits are located, setting forth the number and kind of trees, vines, or 
