138 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
any plants, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, bulbs, roots, ete., under conditions 
ctherwise than that provided in this act, shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor 
and fined not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) 
dollars for the first offense and one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense 
thereafter. 
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That all nursery stock sold, shipped, or deliy- 
ered within this State or shipped into this State from other States shall be 
treated or fumigated as may be required by the regulations of the Tennessee 
State board of entomology hereinbefore provided for. 
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That upon knowledge coming from any county 
within the State to the board of control that noxious insect pests or plant dis- 
eases exist in said county, or in close proximity in an adjoining county, the 
State entomologist and plant pathologist shall be empowered by said board to 
investigate as speedily as possible the supposed infectious district; and if, upon 
examination, dangerous insect pests or infectious plant diseases are disclosed, 
such infected premises shall be treated in accordance with this act, as pre- 
scribed in sections 5 and 6. 
Src. 13. Be it further enacted, That the State entomologist and plant patholo- 
gist shall submit to the State board of entomology a monthly report of work 
done. He shall also submit an annual report on or before the first of February 
of each year to the governor of the State, embracing a review of inspections and 
investigations made and the condition of the State relative to insect pests and 
plant diseases, which shall be published, as are other State reports, for general 
distribution. 
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars 
annually be, and is hereby, appropriated to the State board of entomology in 
order to carry out the provisions of this act—namely, to employ a competent 
State entomologist and plant pathologist; to procure the requisite facilities 
and equipment necessary for the proper discharge of duties herein incurred; 
to support a reasonable amount of investigation in addition to the inspection 
work of the State, and to publish the results of observations and investigations 
made in bulletin form, which may disseminate information that will prove use- 
ful to the agricultural and horticultural interests of the State. 
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the comptroller of the State be, and is 
hereby, authorized to issue his warrant upon the State treasurer for the sum of 
two thousand ($2,000) dollars annually out of any funds not otherwise ‘appro- 
priated; that the said sum of money shall be made payable quarterly to the 
State board of entomology and only upon the presentation of the proper 
vouchers. 
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the State board of entomology shall have 
power to adopt such rules and regulations governing insect and plant pests 
within the bounds of the State as are not inconsistent with the constitution of 
the State and the United States; that said board shall, within sixty (60) days 
from the passage of this act, draft and publish through the State press all rules 
and regulations necessary to carry into full and complete effect .the embodiment 
of this act, cautiously and wisely outlining the diseases and maladies caused by 
both insect and fungus, and explaining what constitutes infectious plant diseases 
in the eyes of the law. 
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after 
its passage, the public welfare requiring it; and that all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 
Approved April 17, 1905. 
