164 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
to purchase from him, any fruit trees, plants, or nursery stock belonging to any 
person or firm not licensed under the provisions of this act shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor 
exceeding one hundred dollars. All fines imposed for the violation of the pro- 
visions of this act sha!! be paid to the treasurer of the county wherein the viola- 
tion was committed and be placed to the credit of the general fund of such 
county. 
Sec. 10. For the purpose of preventing the introduction and spread of conta- 
gious diseases, fruit pests, spores, and fungus growth among fruit trees and 
plants and other nursery stock and for the disinfecting and cure of fruit dis- 
eases, pests. spores, and fungus growths, the commissioner of horticulture shall 
prescribe such remedies as he shall deem best, describe and formulate such 
remedies with their proper mode cf application, with such additional instruc- 
tions as he may deem necessary, into a circular or bulletin, which he shall have 
printed and distributed to the several county - horticultural societies and 
inspectors of the State. He shall include also in said bulletin the rules and 
regulations under which a person, firm, or corporation may lawfully sell, import 
into this State. and sell or authorize to be sold fruit trees, plants, or nursery 
stock, and the penalty to be incurred for the violation of these rules. He shall 
prepare also a poster which shall contain said rules, regulations, and penalties, 
which shall be distributed with said bulletin. County inspectors are directed 
to put up such posters in not less than three conspicuous places in their county, 
one of which places must be in front of the county court-house. The commis- 
sioner of horticulture shall hear and promptly decide all appeals from the 
county inspectors, and his decision shall have full force and effect until set 
aside by the courts of the State. In all cases of appeal he shall disregard 
technicalities and decide each and every case on its merits. All appeals from 
county inspectors to commissioners shall be under forms and regulations pre- 
scribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve or reject all 
bonds required by law to be submitted to him, and he shall file and safely keep 
all bonds and other papers by law required to be filed with him, and shall, 
upon the expiration of his term of office, turn over the same to his successor. 
He shall examine all fruit. specimens of fruit trees. shrubbery, or plants sub- 
mitted to him for examination; enter the name of the person presenting such 
specimens of fruit trees, shrubs, cr- plants for examination, and the result of 
his examination in a register to be kept by him for that purpose, and send a 
copy of such result to the person asking for the examination. He shall from 
time to time. as he may deem. for the best interests of the horticultural indus- 
tries of the State. publish bulletins which shall be sent free to the various 
county horticultural societies of the State; such bulletins to contain a brief 
résumé of the discoveries of science of interest to horticulture, or any other 
matter which the commissioner shall deem of importance to such interest. And 
unless there be urgent or special need therefor no bulletin shall contain any 
matter that has appeared in any previous bulletin. 
Sec. 11. County fruit inspectors who shall be appointed under and by au- 
thority of this act are hereby authorized, directed. and empowered to enforce 
the provisions of this act to prevent the introduction and spread of fruit tree 
and plant diseases, insect pests, fungi spores, eggs or larve of-insects injurious 
to the fruit industries of his county or of this State. 
Sec. 12 (as amended by act of 1905). Whenever from any cause there shall be 
an absence of an inspector in any county the county commissioners of such 
county shall be notified by the commissioner of horticulture to appoint a county 
