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diseases from orchards, and also suggestions as to practical horticulture, the adop- 
tion of produce suitable to soil, climate, and markets, and such other facts and infor- 
mation as shall be calculated to advance the horticultural interests of the Province. 
The inspector shall, from time to time, under the direction of the board, hold meetings 
throughout the Province in the interests of horticulture, and impart such informa- 
tion and instruction to fruit growers and farmers as may tend to the improvement 
and expansion of the fruit industry of the Province. 1894, c. 20, s. &. 
10. Any member of the board, their inspector or agent, upon the complaint of 
interested parties, or upon his own motion, may inspect, or cause to be inspected, 
fruit, trees, plants, grafts, scions, nursery stock of all description, orchard débris, 
empty fruit boxes or packages, and other material, orchards, nurseries, and other 
places suspected or believed to be infested with fruit pests, or infected with conta- 
gious diseases injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, and for the purposes thereof he shall 
have full power and authority to enter in and upon any farm, orchard, nursery, or 
garden, or any barn, warehouse, storehouse, shop, or other place or building, and if 
he shall find that the said fruit, trees, plants, grafts, scions, nursery stock of all 
description, orchard débris, empty fruit boxes or packages, and other material, 
orchards, nurseries, and other places are infested with fruit pests or affected with 
contagious diseases injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, as aforesaid, such member, 
or inspector, or agent shall notify, in writing, the owner or person having charge 
of such premises or property, within a time to be prescribed in such notice, to treat 
and disinfect said premises or property in the manner presented in such notice; and 
such property shall not be removed after the owner or person in charge of the same 
shall have been notified in writing, as aforesaid, without the written permission of 
a member of the board or the inspector; and if the person so notified shall neglect 
or refuse to treat and disinfect the said premises or property, in the manner and 
within the time prescribed in the said notice, such person shall be deemed guilty of 
a violation of this act; and if it appears on the trial that any orchard, trees, nursery, 
building, or any other structures, premises, or.property in charge of or belonging 
to the defendant referred to in said notice, or any part of such structures, premises, 
or property, is infested or affected as aforesaid, the court may order whatsoever of 
the same is so infested or affected to be disinfected or destroyed within a time to be 
mentioned insaid order, ormay make any other order that itshall deem fit; and ifsuch 
order be not obeyed within the time therein specified, it shall be the duty of the 
board, or of some member thereof, or of their inspector or agent, to execute such 
order, and the costs and disbursements of the prosecution shall be adjudged against 
the party convicted as aforesaid. 
(a) In case, upon inspection as herein provided, the member of the board, inspector, 
or agent finds any of the premises to be infested with fruit pests or affected with 
contagious disease, but is unable to take the proceedings herein provided hy reason 
of there being no person in charge, or either the owner or his whereabouts being 
unknown, he shall be at liberty to cause the same to be disinfected, and the costs 
and expenses thereon shall be a lien upon the property, which may be enforced by 
seizure and sale of a sufficient quantity thereof to satisfy the same: Provided, however, 
That no property shall be destroyed under this subsection until an order therefor 
has been obtained from a justice of the peace, which order any justice is hereby 
authorized to make, upon proof of the urgency of the case, or of reasonable efforts 
having been made to ascertain the owner or person who should be in charge of the 
infected property. 1894, ¢. 20, s. 9. 
11. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings of the board, and 
to procure records of the proceedings and correspondence, to collect books, pamphlets, 
periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relating to horti- 
culture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other information show- 
ing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in this Province and elsewhere ; 
to correspond with agricultural and horticultural societies, colleges, and schools of 
