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Src. 3. Whenever it shall happen that the State inspector of nurseries and orchards 
shall give the notice heretofore required to the owner of a nursery for the destruc- 
tion of the insects or diseases mentioned, and said owner shall fail or neglect to 
take the measures necessary for the destruction thereof within the time mentioned 
in the notice given him, it shall be the duty of the State inspector of nurseries and 
orchards to have the proper remedies applied to such nursery for the destruction of 
such diseases or insects, and shall employ all necessary assistance and may enter the 
premises of said owner of such nursery for the purpose of treating and extermina- 
ting such insects or diseases; and the said owner of such nursery shall be liable for 
the costs of such proceeding, for the services of the inspector at a rate per diem to 
be fixed by the State board of agriculture, not to exceed $35 per day, and for such 
number of days as said board shall determine, which said charge must be = 
before delivery of the certificate in section 1 of this act. 
Sec. 4. Whenever any trees, shrubs, plants, or vines are shipped into this State 
from another State, country, or province, every package thereof shall be plainly 
labeled on the outside with the name of the consignor, the name of the consignee, 
the contents, and a certificate showing that the contents have been inspected by a 
State or Government officer, and that the trees, vines, shrubs, or plants therein con- 
tained appear free from all injurious insects or diseases. Whenever any trees, shrubs, 
vines, or plants are shipped into this State without such certificate plainly fixed on 
the outside of the package, box, or car containing the same, the fact must be reported 
within 24 hours to the State board of agriculture by the railway, express, or steam- 
boat company, or other person or persons carrying the same; and any agent of any 
railway, steamboat, or express company, or any other person or persons who shall 
violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $25 nor more than 
$100, or imprisonment in the county jail not less than 5 nor more than 30 days, or 
may be so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court, and any such fine 
shall be paid to the State board of agriculture. 
Sec. 5. Any person or persons growing or offering for sale in this State any trees, 
vines, shrubs, or plants, commonly known as nursery stock, shall on or before the 
first day of August in each year apply to the State board of agriculture for inspece- 
tion of said stock under the provisions of this act and a license for its sale, and 
shall deposit with said board a fee of $5 as a license fee for himself as principal. 
Such license shall be good for one year and shall not be transferable, and each of 
such persons, principals, shall execute to the State board of agriculture a bond in 
the sum of $1,000, with good and sufficient sureties satisfactory to said board, con- 
ditioned that he will comply with. all the provisions of this act, and that upon 
demand he will file with the State board of agriculture a list of the persons to 
whom he has sold or delivered any such nursery stock, giving the species, together 
with the post-office address of each purchaser, which list shall be heid in striet con- 
fidence by the said State board of agriculture, and not be subject to inspection by the 
public. Failure on the part of any nurseryman, grower, agent, or dealer to comply 
with the provisions of this section shall render him or them liable to the penalties 
of a fine of not more than $100 nor less than $25, or imprisonment in the county jail 
for not more than 90 nor less than 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in 
the discretion of the court, for each and every such sale. Such information shal] be 
preserved and be for the sole use of the nursery and orchard inspector and his dep- 
uties: Provided, That the provisions of the preceding sections shall not apply to 
persons engaged in fruit growing who are not nurserymen who desire to sell or 
exchange surplus trees or plants of their own growing. 
Src. 6. No person, firm, or corporation resident of another State, province, or 
country shall engage or continue in the business of importing any trees, plants, 
shrubs, or vines, commonly known as nursery stock, into this State, or of selling 
such importations within the State, or of selling such articles within the State, for 
subsequent importation into it, without first having obtained from the State board 
