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township fruit commission two of whom they consider the most capable freeholders 
in the township, who are growers of fruits liable to be diseased, one of whom must 
be familiar with the symptoms and nature of the diseases aforesaid mentioned, and 
shall be the foreman of said commission. If the other member of the commission be 
unlearned he shall diligently strive to become acquainted with the diseases they are 
to investigate. Where any serious difference arises between the two commissioners 
regarding the infected fruit or trees the foreman of the nearest outside commission 
shall be called by the trustees as referee, and his decision shall be conclusive. In 
case an expert can not be found in the township, the trustees shall employ the nearest 
one outside the township that they can find, whose term of service shall continue 
during the year. The commissioners shall hold office till the first of April following 
their appointment. The township fruit commission shall be kept up as long as 
destructive diseases prevail and there is need of its existence, and the township 
trustees shall annually appoint the commissioners comprising it at their regular 
April meeting, and the said commissioners shall take their oath of office and file 
their acceptance with the township clerk. To aid the trustees in their selection, five 
or more freeholders who are interested in fruit growing may petition them to appoint 
certain persons whom they shall name and recommend in said petition for the con- 
sideration of said trustees in making their appointment. The compensation for 
each commissioner shall be $2 and necessary expenses for each day’s time engaged 
in the business of said office, and $1 for each half day, all of which shall be allowed 
by the township trustees and paid out of the funds of said township. It is further 
provided that in case a member of the township fruit commission proves seriously 
inefficient and is unfaithful in the discharge of his official duties, on petition of five 
freeholders the trustees of said township shall investigate the complaints and charges 
made against said commissioner, and if they find geod and sufficient cause, shall 
remove him and appoint another person to fill his place. 
Src. 3. The township clerk shall be clerk cz officio of the township board of fruit 
commissioners, and he shall keep a correct and complete record of all their proceed- 
ings in a book to be provided him by the township trustees for that purpose, and he 
shali file and preserve all papers belonging to said board of commissioners, or either 
of them, and pertaining to their duties, all of which shall be a part of the public 
records of said township, and he shali receive such reasonable compensation for such 
services as the township trustees may allow. Itshall be the duty of the Ohio Experi- 
ment Station to publish a bulletin that shall plainly give full and complete informa- 
tion regarding the causes, symptoms, devastating effects, and cure or treatment of 
peach yellow, black-knot, San Jose scale, or other serious contagious disease of 
fruits in sufficient quantity to supply every grower of fruit liable to these diseases 
in the State. It shall be the duty of the annual township assessor to record the 
name and address of every person who owns or has charge of any peach, plum, 
cherry, prune, apricot, or almond tree or trees, giving the name and number of each 
kind, and after the canvass of the township to file said report with the township 
clerk, who, with the aid of the foreman of the township fruit commission, shall 
inform the State Experiment Station of the number of bulletins needed in that town- 
ship, and on receipt of the same the clerk shall mail or deliver one copy to each per- 
son who owns or has charge of any and all trees that are liable to serious damage 
from the contagious threatening diseases treated upon in said bulletin. 
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said board of fruit commissioners upon or without 
complaint to carefully seek out, keep down, and stamp out the contagious fruit dis- 
eases aforesaid mentioned, also the San Jose scale or other noxious insect pest in every 
part of the township, during all seasons when the symptoms are plainly to be seen 
by either of them, to proceed together as much as possible without delay and examine 
the trees and fruit supposed to be infected, and if any of said diseases are found 
to exist by said fruit commission they shall place upon the diseased tree a distin- 
guishing mark, andshall place upon the fruit a placard, and indorse thereon the dis- 
eased condition of such fruit, and they shall forthwith cause notice in writing to be 
