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(58) Whenever any trees, plants, or vines are shipped into this State from another 
State 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, or plants therein contained are free from all San Jose scale, yellows, 
rosette, and other injurious insect or disease. Whenever any trees, plants, or vines 
are suipped into this State without such certificate plainly fixed on the outside of 
such package the fact may be reported to any justice of the peace of this State, and 
such justice shall issue a summons for the consignee of such package, and the agent 
of the consignor, if he be known, to appear before him on a certain day, to be therein 
named, to show cause why such trees, plants, or vines should not be seized as being 
in violation of the provisions of this act, and on trial thereof, if said justice is satis- 
fied that the provisions of this act have been violated, said justice shall order said 
agent or consignee to return said packages of trees, plants, or vines immediately to 
the shipper or consignor unless said consignee or agent shall forthwith have said 
trees, plants, or vines examined by the State entomologist of this State, and he 
certify to such justice of the peace that the said trees, plants, or vines are free from 
all insect and disease; and if said agent or consignee shall fail to have such nursery 
stock examined by the State entomologist, or fail to return such packages to the 
shipper or consignor thereof, then said justice of the peace shall order and direct 
the constable or sheriff to burn and destroy all such trees, plants, and vines as have 
been shipped into this State in violation of law. 
Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. 
Approved April 2, 1896. 
MICHIGAN. 
LAWS OF 1897. 
An AcT to prevent the introduction or spread of San Jose scale or other injurious insects or infectious 
diseases of trees, vines, shrubs, or plants grown in this State or imported from other States, provinces, 
or countries. 
SECTION 1. That it shall be the duty of the State board of agriculture, immediately 
upon the taking effect of this act, to appoint some competent person who shall be 
known as State inspector of nurseries and orchards, who shall hold office during the 
pleasure of said board, whose duty shall be to inspect any and ali nurseries in the 
State of Michigan, as to whether they are infected by San Jose scale or other injurious 
or destructive insects or infected with infectious or contagious diseases, and if upon 
such inspection he find no such dangerous insects or diseases, he shall, upon payment 
of per diem fee hereinafter provided, give to the owner of such nurseries a certificate 
to that effect, and shall file a duplicate certificate with the State board of agricul- 
ture; and in case he shall find present in any such nursery any of said dangerous 
insects or diseases he shall notify the owner thereof in writing, and shall direct 
him within five days to use such means as will exterminate such dangerous diseases 
or insects, and the owner of such nursery shall not ship nor deliver any such trees, 
vines, shrubs, or plants affected by such dangerous insects or diseases until he shall 
Nave secured from said inspector a certificate as aforesaid. 
Sec. 2. The owner of such nursery, trees, vines, shrubs, or plants shall, within the 
time specified in such notice, take such steps for the destruction of such insects or 
diseases as will exterminate the same, and he shall not ship nor deliver any such 
trees, vines, shrubs, nor plants affected with such dangerous diseases or insects, 
under the penalty of a fine of $1 for every tree, vine, plant, or shrub so affected, 
when shipped or delivered from such nursery, which fine shall be collected by suit 
by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which said nursery is located. 
