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which the same is sold or delivered. The premises of any such person or per- 
sons as aforesaid shall be subject to inspection and to such regulations as may 
be deemed necessary by the Ohio State board of agriculture for the prevention 
of the spread of dangerously injurious insect pests or plant diseases. Failure 
to file such sworn statement, or the sale or delivery of such stock after the 
certificate under which it was bought has become invalid shall render the agent 
or dealer liable to the penalties prescribed in section & of this act. The pro- 
visions of this section shall not apply to any person or persons who sell or 
deliver such stock from nurseries within this State that hold a valid certificate, 
which is provided for in this act, if the said stock is delivered direct from the 
nursery to the grower in the original package. 
Sec. 4. Whenever a nurseryman, or any other person, shall ship, or deliver, 
within this State, except for scientific purposes, trees, shrubs, plants, or vines, 
commonly known as nursery stock, not excepted in section 2 of this act, he 
shall place upon each carload, box, bale, or other package, a copy of certificate 
provided for in section 2 of this act, and signed by the chief inspector, stating 
that the said stock is apparently free from dangerously injurious insect pests 
and plant diseases. The illegal use of said certificate, by changing, defacing, or 
placing it on uninspected stock, or using the same after the date of expiration 
or revocation, shall render the owner or shipper liable to the penalties pre- 
seribed for a violation of this act. 
Sec. 5. Every package of trees, shrubs, plants, or vines shipped into this 
State from any other State, Territory, country, or province, shall be plainly 
labelled on the outside with the names of the consignor and consignee and a cer- 
tificate stating that the contents have been inspected or fumigated by a State or 
Government officer, and that the trees, shrubs, plants, or vines therein contained 
are apparently free from dangerously injurious insect pests and plant diseases. 
If any trees, shrubs, plants, or vines shall be shipped into this State without such 
certificate plainly affixed on the outside of the package, box, or car containing the 
same, the facts must be reported within twenty-four hours to the chief inspector, 
or a regularly appointed assistant, by the railroad, express, or steamboat com- 
pany, or by any other person or persons carrying the same, and it shall be unlaw- 
ful to deliver such property until it has been examined by a regularly appointed 
inspector, and by him certified to be apparently free from dangerously injurious 
insect pests and plant diseases. Any agent or common carrier, or persons carry- 
ing such property as aforesaid, who shall fail to give such notice as is hereby 
required, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act. When nursery stock 
is shipped into this State accompanied by a certificate, as herein provided, it 
shall be held as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, but the chief 
inspector, when he has reason to believe that any such stock is infested or 
infected, as hereinbefore described, is hereby authorized to cause the same to be 
examined. In case the same is found to be infested: or infected by dangerously 
injurious insect pests or plant diseases, it shall be seized and the shipper shall 
be immediately notified, and after ten days from such seizure it may be declared 
a public nuisance and destroyed. 
Sec. 6. Upon the petition of any freeholder or lessee within the State of Ohio, 
the chief inspector may cause to be examined any trees, shrubs, plants, or vines, 
either on the premises of said petitioner, or in dangerous proximity thereto, as to 
the presence of dangerously injurious insect pests or plant diseases, and shall by 
himself, or through his assistants, have the right, within reaonable hours, to 
euter upon any premises in the prosecution of the duties defined in this act. If 
the examination discloses the presence of San Jose scale, peach yellows, black 
knot, or any other dangerously injurious insect pests or plant diseases, the chief 
inspector shall notify the owner or lessee of the premises in writing of the facts 
