11 
COLORADO. 
CHAPTER 55.—LAws oF 1897. 
AN Act? concerning horticulture, and to repeal sections 5,6,7,8,and 9 of an act eatitled ‘‘ An act to 
create State and county boards of horticulture, define their duties and compensation, to protect 
and promote the horticultural interests of the State, and to repeal an act to establish a bureau of 
horticulture, approved March 8, 1883,’’ approved April 5, 1893. 
SECTION 1. Whenever a petition is presented to the board of county commis- 
sioners of any county, signed by thirty-five (35) freeholders each one of whom shall 
be the owner of an orchard of at least two acres situate and growing in said county, 
stating that in their opinion a necessity exists for protecting the horticultural inter- 
ests of said county, diminishing and destroying fruit pests, and diseases and insects 
injurious to fruit trees, plants, vines, and shrubs, the said county commissioners 
shall appoint a competent, experienced horticulturist, a person who shall be known 
as the county horticultural inspector, who shall hold his office for the period of one 
year, unless otherwise terminated by said board of county commissioners. It shall 
be the duty of the professor of entomology of the State agricultural college at Fort 
Collins, in this State, to examine all persons applying for a license as a horticultural 
inspector, and if found competent and fully qualified to perform the duties of the 
office, he shall issue to such applicant a license as a county horticultural inspector, 
which license shall certify to the competence of such applicant, and shall authorize 
him to act as an inspector in any county in the State for a period of two years from 
its date. 
Said professor shall receive for such services a fee of five dollars from such appli- 
cant. No person shall enter upon the duties of the office of such inspector, nor 
continue in the performance thereof, unless holding such a license. Such inspector 
shall also give a good and sufficient bond before entering upon the duties of his 
office in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance 
of the duties of the office, the surety on which bond may be a good and responsible 
guarantee company, and shall be approved by the board of county commissioners. 
Said inspector shall have the power to appoint as many deputies as may be neces- 
sary, subject to the approval of the county commissioners, who shall act under the 
direction and with the authority of said inspector. Said inspector shall be paid for 
his services the sum of four (4) dollars per day and said deputies two dollars and 
fifty cents per day out of the county treasury for as many days’ services rendered as 
the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, authorize. It shall be the 
duty of such inspector and his deputies to keep a complete record of their official 
doings and to make a quarterly report thereof to the board of county commissioners 
of said connty, who shall withhold the warrant for the salary of any delinquent 
inspector or deputy until such report is made. The inspector shall furnish each 
owner or manager of an orchard or vineyard within his jurisdiction such blanks as 
may be provided by the State board of horticulture, containing questions and 
inquiries as to the condition of his orchard or vineyard and the extent to which the 
requirements of the inspector have been complied with. Such owner or manager 
shall fill out said blanks and return them to the inspector, who shall transmit them 
to the State board of horticulture. The board of county commissioners shall have 
the power to remove any inspector or deputy who shall, in their judgment, fail to 
perform the duties of the office. 
Src. 2. No person or persous, either as an owner, agent, servant, employee, or 
common carrier shall bring or cause to be brought into any county in the State of 
Colorado having a county horticultural inspector, from any district, county, State 
or foreign country, any trees, vines, shrubs, scions, cuttings, grafts, fruits or fruit 
pits, without giving notice of their arrival at their destination within 24 hours there- 
after, to the horticultural inspector of said county; nor keep, sell, plant, expose for 
sale, deliver, give away or otherwise distribute any of the articles mentioned in this 
section, or cause or permit the same to be done, except upon order of the county 
