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of agriculture a license to do business in this State as provided in section 5 of this 
act, and shall have filed with the State board of agriculture the bond therein 
required, together with a certificate of inspection by a State or Government inspec- 
tor or that of some person designated by the Michigan State board of agriculture for 
such purpose. 
Src. 7. The State board of agriculture shall, upon receipt of the fee referred to in 
this act, together with the required bond and a satisfactory certificate of inspection, 
issue licenses to the applicant according to the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 8. Whenever the commissioners under acts number 108 and 109, Session Laws 
of 1895, known as yellows commissioners, shall be uncertain as to the existence or 
nature of any infectious or contagious disease or dangerous insect pest in an orchard 
or elsewhere, or in case any dispute shall arise between owners and commissioners, 
it shall be the duty of said commissioners to notify the State inspector of orchards 
and nurseries, who shall at once investigate or inquire into tho matter and suggest or 
recommend the proper remedies, and give ail the information he can to aid in exter- 
minating such insects or diseases, and his decision of the case and recommendation 
shall be final. 
Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the State inspector, whenever it shall come to his 
knowledge that any destructive insects or infectious or contagious diseases exist in 
any orchard in this State, or are supposed to exist, to investigate the case, andif 
such dangerous insects or diseases are found, he shall have authority to enter upon 
the premises and proceed according to the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this 
act in exterminating the same. In case the owner or occupant of the premises shall 
refuse or neglect to comply with the orders of said inspector within five days, the 
inspector shall employ such aid as may be necessary to carry out his orders and 
recommendations, the expense of which procedure shall be certified to the township 
board and by them allowed, who shall cause the same to be assessed as a special tax 
upon the premises concerned. 
Sec. 10. The State inspector of orchards and nurseries shall have power to appoint 
such number of deputy inspectors as may be required, subject to approval by the 
State board of agriculture. 
Sec. 11. All expenses incurred under the provisions of this act not otherwise pro- 
vided for shall be audited by the State board of agriculture, and paid out of the gen- 
eral fund of the State, and the auditor-general shall draw his warrant for the same: 
Provided, That all moneys collected by the State board of agriculture under this act 
shall be paid into the general fund of the State treasury. 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
CHAPTER 264.—Laws or 1897. 
AN Act to prevent the introduction and dissemination of dangerous insect, fungous, and weed pests 
of crops. 
SECTION 1. That for the purpose of this act the State commissioner of agriculture, 
the director of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, and the presi- 
dent of the North Carolina State Horticultural Society are horeby constituted a com- 
‘mission for the extermination of noxious insects, fungous diseases, and weeds which 
are affecting or may affect crops. They are empowered to elect one of their number 
chairman, and to adopt rules and regulations for their own government such as may 
be requisite for carrying out the provisions of thisact. The members of the said com- 
mission shall receive no salary, and shall be allowed only such expenses as have 
been specifically incurred and necessary in attending the meetings of the commission. - 
Src. 2. The members of the commission aforesaid shall hold a meeting within 30 
days after the ratification of this act, and shall prepare and publish a list of dan- 
gerous crop pests, known to be present within the State or liable to be introduced, 
