BRITISH AMERICAN LAWS AGAINST INSECTS. 
ONTARIO. 
No. 47.—1897. 
An Act to prevent the spread of the San Jose scale. 
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative assembly of the 
Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 
1. This act may be cited as The San Jose Scale Act. 
2. In this act the word ‘‘ minister” shall mean the minister of agriculture for the 
Province of Ontario. 
The word ‘‘ plant” shall mean any tree, vine, shrub, or plant, or any part of a tree, 
vine, shrub, or plant, or the fruit of any tree, vine, shrub, or plant. 
The word “scale” shall mean the San Jose Scale insect in any of its stages of 
development. 
3. No person shall import or bring, or cause to be imported or brought into the 
Province of Ontario, for any purpose whatsoever, any plant infested with scale. 
4. No person shall keep, or have, or offer for exchange or sale, any plant infested 
with scale. 
5. For the purpose of scientific investigation the minister may from time to time, 
by writing given under his hand, except such persons as he may deem proper from 
the operation of the two preceding sections, and while acting under such permis- 
sion, such persons shall not be subject to the penalties imposed by this act. 
6. Any person having reason to suspect that any plant in his possession, or in his 
charge or keeping, is infested with the scale shall forthwith communicate with the 
minister in regard to the same, and shall furnish the minister with all such informa- 
tion in regard to the source or origin of the said infestation and the extent and 
nature of the same as he may be able to give. 
7. Whenever the scale exists or is supposed to exist on any plant, the minister may 
direct a competent person to make an examination and inspection, and may order 
that any plant so infested, or such part as he may deem advisable, shall be immedi- 
ately destroyed by burning, either by the person appointed to make the inspection, 
or by the person owning or having possession of the said plant, or some other 
person so directed in writing, and the person so directed shall make a full report to 
the minister in writing as to the nature and extent of the work so performed, 
together with a fair estimate of the value of the plant destroyed. 
8. For the purpose of enforcing this act, it shall be the duty of every inspector 
appointed under ‘‘the yellows and black knot act” to make careful examination and 
inspection for the occurrence of the scale within the municipality for which he is 
appointed, and to report forthwith to the minister every case of infestation, and 
neglect to make such report shall render the inspector liable to the penalties imposed 
under section 11 of this act. 
9. Any person appointed by the minister under this act to inspect or to destroy 
any plant, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the act, shall, upon pro- 
ducing his authority in writing, have free access to any nursery, orchard, store, 
storeroom, or other place where it is known or suspected that any plant is kept. 
10. Upon the recommendation of the minister, there may be paid out of the con- 
solidated revenue fund of the province to the owner of any plant so destroyed a sum 
not exceeding one-fourth of the value thereof (not including fruit), as reported upon 
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