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Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation licensed to do 
business under this act to notify the commissioner of horticulture of his intention to 
ship an invoice of fruit trees, plants, or any nursery stock from one point to another 
within the State, or to import an invoice of similar goods from without to any point 
within the State, whether for the purpose of sale or for personal use. Such notice 
shall contain the name and address of both the consignor and consignee, and a 
descriptive invoice of the goods to be shipped, the freight or express office at which 
the goods are to be delivered, and the name or title of the transportation company 
from whom the consignee is to receive such goods. Such notice shall be mailed at 
least twenty-four hours before the day of such shipment. 
Sec. 8. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall sell within this State, or import 
into this State, any fruit trees, plants, or nursery stock in violation of the provi- 
sious of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, 
shall be fined for each offence in any sum not less than twenty-five nor more than 
one hundred dollars. 
Src. 9. Any person who shall offer for sale, or solicit persons within this State 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 exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). All 
fines imposed for violation of the provisions of this act shall be paid to the treasurer 
of the county wherein the violation was committed and placed to the credit of the 
general fund of such county. 
Sec. 10. For the purpose of preventing the introduction and spread of contagious 
diseases, fruit pests, spores, and fungus growth among fruit trees and plants and 
other nursery stock, and for the disinfection and cure of fruit-tree diseases, and the 
extirpation of fruit pests, spores, and fungus growth, the commissioner of horticul- 
ture shall prescribe such remedies as he shall deem best; describe and formulate such 
remedies, with their proper mode of application, with such additional instructions 
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 in his 
district; 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 penalties to be 
incurred for a violation of these rules; he shall prepare also a poster which shall 
contain said rules, regulations, and penalties, which shall be distributed with the 
said bulletins. County inspectors are directed to put up said 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 commissioner of horticulture shall hear and promptly 
. decide all appeals from the county inspectors, and his decisions shall have full force 
and effect until set aside by the courts of the State. In all cases of appeal he shall 
disregard technicalities; decide each and every case on its merits. All appeals from 
county inspectors to the commissioner shail be under forms and regulations as pre- 
scribed by the commissioner. He 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. Heshall examine all fruits, specimens of fruit 
trees, shrubbery, or plants submitted to him for examination; enter 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 industry of the State, pub- 
lish bulletins which shall be sent free to the various county horticultural societies 
in the State; such bulletins to contain a brief résumé of the discoveries of science of 
interest to horticulture, or any other matter which the commissioners shall deem of 
importance to such interests. And unless there be urgent or special need therefor, 
no bulletins shall contain any matter that has appeared in any previous bulletin. 
Src. 11. County fruit inspectors who shall be appointed under and by authority 
of this act are hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions of this 
