158 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
communicable character that wherever discovered in orchards in this State 
they shall be destroyed or treated within a reasonable time in accordance with 
the directions of the State entomologist, assistants, or local inspectors, acting 
under orders of this board. 
5. Infested nursery premises—how dealt with. Any nursery premises within 
this State which shall upon inspection prove to be infested with any one or 
more of the insect pests or plant diseases specified in section 2, shall not be 
entitled to a certificate of freedom from disease and insect pests until they shall 
have satisfactorily carried out the directions of the State entomologist or an 
assistant acting under orders cf this board. 
Every person, persons, firm, or corporation Going business in this State as 
growers or handlers of nursery stock are hereby notified that they must not 
sell, transport, or give away the same unless accompanied by a certificate of 
inspection from the State entomologist, or an assistant acting under the orders 
of this. board, declaring the same to be apparently free from San Jose scale 
and other dangerously injurious insect pests and plant diseases. 
6. On the certification of nursery stock from other States. All nursery stock 
entering this State from without must be accompanied by a certificate of inspec- - 
tion, satisfactory to the State entomologist, both as to form and the authority 
of the person making the same, which certificate shall certify substantially as 
above required in case of State nurseries. As a guide to transportation com- 
panies, as to whether a certificate is valid or not under this law, the State ento- 
mologist shall furnish to all nurserymen in other States doing business in this 
State, official tags upon request, if the certificate of inspection of the party or 
parties applying for the same is found to be correct and in proper form, and the 
said parties shall have procured the State certificate of registration as required 
in section 12 of the act.of assembly. These tags shall be charged for at cost. 
7. Regulating the transportation of nursery stock. All transportation com- 
panies doing business in this State, both by land and water routes, are hereby 
notified that on and after September 1st, 1903,-they must not, under penalty 
prescribed in section 3 of above act, transport plants, commonly known as nur- 
sery stock, within the bounds of this State, to be delivered at any point therein, 
except the same are accompanied by, and have plainly attached thereto, a cer- 
tificate as provided for in section 8 of these rules, and in case of nursery stock 
entering this State from without for delivery in the State, such nursery stock 
must carry in addition to the official certificate cf the State whence the ship- 
ment originated, the official tag of the State entomologist of Virginia, as speci- 
fied in section 6 above. | 
8. The inspection and certification of nurseries. It shall be the duty of the - 
State entomologist, or an assistant appointed by this board, to inspect all nur- 
sery premises in this State at least once each year, and issue to each a certifi- 
cate in proper form if found entitled to the same. On the discovery of any. 
infested nursery, the State entomologist shall pursue such methods as are nec- 
essary to eradicate the injurious insects and plant diseases specified in section 2 
of these rules and regulations, and when accomplished a certificate shall be 
issued in due form. Certificates of nursery inspection shall in all cases be 
signed by the State entomologist, or by an assistant authorized by the board of - 
crop pest commissioners. The State entomologist is hereby authorized to grant 
special certificates to dealers in nursery plants, upon satisfactory evidence that 
they are handling only properly inspected stock. 
9. Resale by nurserymen of certified stock. All nursery stock purchased out- 
side the State and brought into this State for resale by a duly authorized nur- 
seryman may be sold under the official certificate of the State entomologist, or 
