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common ¢arrier at any point within the State of North Carolina or for delivery 
in said State, and such stock be not accompanied by a valid certificate of inspec- 
tion plainly and securely attached, the company or its agent shall refuse same 
for transportation, and shall at once report the case to the entomologist, stating 
the name of the consignor, consignee, and nature of the stock, and the ento- 
mologist shall advise as to the course to be followed. Such a shipment is 
declared to be a public nuisance, and may be destroyed by any agent of this 
commission or on his written order, without compensation to the consignor. 
Rute 3. Any trees or plants being shipped to or from any point in North 
Carolina, whether or not they be of the kinds above defined as nursery stock, 
and whether or not they be accompanied by a certificate of inspection, are 
hereby declared to be a public nuisance if found by any agent of this commission 
to be infested with the San Jose scale or other dangerous insect or contagious 
disease, and such stock may be destroyed by any agent of this commission or 
by his written order, without compensation to the consignor. 
RULES AND SUGGESTIONS APPLYING TO NURSERIES OUTSIDE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
WHICH DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE. 
Rute 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, exchange, 
barter, or give away within the State of North Carolina any such plants 
as are above defined as nursery stock unless such person, firm, or corporation 
is in possession of a valid certificate of inspection issued by the properly au- 
thorized officer of the State where such stock is grown, and such certificate must 
state that the premises of such person, firm, or corporation have been inspected 
and that the growing of salable stock covered by the certificate is apparently 
free from San Jose seale. 
RULE 2. Every carload, box, bale, or package (even if it be only of a single 
tree) of nursery stock which is sent into the State of North Carolina for deliy- 
ery must be accompanied by a valid copy of the certificate of inspection, which 
shall be plainly and securely attached. This shall be construed to mean that a 
shipment, no matter how large, if sent in one lot at one time and to one con- 
signee, may be covered by a single copy of the certificate. And any shipment of 
nursery stock not accompanied by such a certificate is declared to be a public 
nuisance and is liable to be destroyed without compensation to the consignor. 
Rute. 3. If any trees, plants, or parts thereof, being shipped for delivery at 
any point in North Carolina, whether or not included under the term “ nursery 
stock,” and whether or not accompanied by a certificate of inspection, are 
found by any agent of this commission to be infested with living San Jose scale, 
such entire shipment is declared to be a public nuisance and is liable to destruc- 
tion without compensation to the consignor. 
Rute4. Every person, firm, or corporation outside of the State, and who 
desires to do business within the State of North Carolina, is required to file 
with the entomologist a copy of the certificate of inspection, which shall be valid 
for the ensuing season, and upon filing such certificate with the entomologist 
such person, firm, or corporation is at once qualified to ship nursery stock into 
the State. 
Rute 5. This commission reserves the right to forbid transportation companies 
cr common carriers from delivering within the State of North Carolina the 
stock of any person, firm, or corporation if it has reeson to believe that the 
trade of such party is being fraudulently conducted. False and preposterous 
claims evidently made to deceive the purchaser may be considered as evidence 
of fraud. 
