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act, and shall from time to time draw his warrant for the same in favor of the 
State entomologist in payment for services and expenses incurred in the inspec- 
tion of the various nurseries in this State, and the inspection of nursery plants 
sold by agents representing nurseries from without this State. 
Sec. 14. There is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the State treasury 
not otherwise appropriated the sum of six thousand ($6,000.00) dollars per 
annum for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the execution of this act, 
and the auditor of public accounts of the Commonwealth is hereby directed to 
draw his warrant upon the treasury of the same for this sum or such part 
thereof as may be necessary until the said sum of six thousand ($6,000.00) dol- 
lars per annum be expended, upon the filing with him of properly itemized 
vouchers certified by the chairman of said board of crop pest commissioners. 
The said board shall cause to be made a biennial report to the governor of the 
State, giving in detail its operation and expenditures under this act. 
2. The acts of assembly known as the San Jose scale law, approved March 
fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and amended and approved February 
twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and as further amended by an 
act approved March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and all other 
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 
3. This act shall be in force from its passage. 
Approved May 9, 1903. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 
ASSISTANTS, LOCAL INSPECTORS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE BOARD OF CROP 
PEST COMMISSIONERS, AS AUTHORIZED By ACT OF ASSEMBLY APPROVED MAy 
9; 1908. 
1. By virtue of authority conferred by the above-cited act, the following 
rules and regulations are hereby adopted and promulgated by the State board 
of crop pest commissioners, and the State entomologist and pathologist and such 
assistants and local inspectors as may be hereafter appointed are authorized and 
directed to enforce the same. 
2. List of insects and fungous parasites. The following list of insect pests 
and plant diseases are hereby declared to be dangerously injurious, and it is 
ordered by this board that they shall hereafter come within the scope of opera- 
tions under the crop-pest law : 
Insects.—San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus). Woolly aphis (Schizo- 
neura lanigera), in nurseries only. 
Fungi.—Crown gall, in nurseries only. Peach yellows. Black knot of plum 
and cherry (Plowrightia morbosa). Fire blight of pear and apple (JJicro- 
coccus amylovorus) in nurseries only. 
This board reserves the right to alter, amend, and change this list as the 
exigencies of the work may warrant. 
3. Quarantine against diseased nursery stock. It is hereby declared that 
dating from September Ist, 1903, no person, persons, firm, or corporation owning 
or operating a nursery within the State of Virginia shall sell, transport, or give 
away any fruit trees, or other plants commonly known as nursery stock, when 
infested with the San Jose scale, woelly aphis, crown gall, peach yellows, black 
knot of the plum and cherry, or fire blight of pear, as specified under section 2 
above. 
4, Dealing with peach yellows and black knot in orchards. It is hereby de- 
clared that peach yellows and black knot of plum and cherry are of such a 
