182 LAWS AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
Rhode Island.—Shipments must be accompanied with certificates of inspec- 
tion or affidavits of fumigation. Mr. A. E. Stene, State nursery inspector, 
Kingston, R. I. (Act of 1904.) 
South Carolina.—A duplicate certificate of inspection must be filed with the 
State entomologist and an official tag of the State board of entomology secured 
by nurserymen desiring to ship stock into the State. This tag and an official 
certificate of fumigation must be attached to all shipments. Prof. C. E. Cham- 
bliss, State entomologist, Clemson College, S. C. (Act of 1903.) 
South Dakota.—Shipments must be accompanied with certificates of inspec- 
tion. Prof. W. A. Wheeler, State entomologist, Brookings, S. Dak. (Act of 
1905. ) ; 
Tennessee.—Stock shipped into the State must bear a certificate of inspection. 
Duplicate certificate must be filed with Prof. H. A. Morgan, State entomologist, 
Knoxville, Tenn. (Act of 1905.) 
Texas.—Duplicate certificates of inspection must be filed, and all shipments 
must bear certificates of inspection. Hon. W. J. Clay, commissioner of agricul- 
ture, Austin, Tex. (Act of 1905.) 
Utah.—Stock shipped into the State must bear a certificate stating that it has 
been properly fumigated before shipping. Hon. C. A. Hickenlooper, secretary, 
State board of horticulture. Salt Lake City, Utah. (Act of 1905.) 
Vermont.—No law. 
Virginia.—Duplicate certificates of inspection must be filed by nurserymen 
shipping stock into the State and official tags obtained from the board of crop 
pest commissioners; also a registration fee of twenty dollars ($20) must be 
paid. Tags furnished at cost. Mr. J. L. Phillips, State entomologist, Blacks- 
burg, Va. (Amended act of 1903.) 
Washington.—Before soliciting or engaging in selling nursery stock in this 
State a bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and a license fee of five dollars 
($5) must be paid by nurserymen and a license fee of two dollars and fifty 
cents ($2.50) by agents and dealers. Notice must be sent previous to the ship- 
ment of stock, giving the names of the nurserymen and the places at which it 
is to be delivered. Mr. A. Van Holderbeke, commissioner of agriculture, 
Tacoma, Wash. (Amended act of 1905.) 
West Virginia.—All stock shipped into the State must be accompanied with 
an official certificate of inspection and a statement by the nurseryman that it 
has been properly fumigated. Agents or dealers who sell stock must secure a 
license from the assessor in the county where the stock is sold and pay a fee 
of ten dollars ($10) to the sheriff of the county. Prof. J. H. Stewart, director 
agricultural experiment station, Morgantown, W. Va. (Amended acts of 1903 - 
and 1905.) 
Wisconsin.—Stock shipped into the State must bear an official certificate cf 
inspection. Prof. E. P. Sandsten, agricultural experiment station, Madison, 
Wis.. (Act of 1899.) 
Wyoming.—Any person or firm wishing to do business in the State must first 
obtain a license. Licenses are issued on application for a period terminating 
on July 1 of the next succeeding inspection year (approximately two years). 
All applications must be accompanied by the license fee ($25), a bond in the 
sum of five hundred dollars ($500) conditioned that the principal will faith- 
fully obey the law of the State of Wyoming, and by a certified certificate of in- 
spection from an authorized inspector in the State from which shipments are to 
be made. On receipt of these the secretary of the State board issues authorized 
shipping tags (at cost). Nursery stock may not enter the State and transporta- 
tion companies may not deliver unless such tags be attached to each and every 
