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place within their jurisdiction, or on the property of any nonresident, or on any 
property the owner or owners of which can not be found by the county board of 
horticultural commissioners, after diligent search, within the county, or on the prop- 
erty of any owner or owners upon which notice aforesaid has been served, and who 
shall refuse or neglect to abate the same within the time specified, it shall be the 
duty of the county board of horticultural commissioners to cause said nuisance to 
be at once abated by eradicating or destroying said insects or other pests or their 
eggs, or larvee. The expense thereof shall be a county charge, and the board of super- 
visors shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund of the county. Any 
and all sum or sums so paid shall be and become a lien on the property and premises 
from which said nuisance has been removed or abated in pursuance of this act, and 
may be recovered by an action against such property and premises. 
A notice of such lien shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder 
of the county in which the said property and premises are situated within 30 days 
after the right to the said lien has accrued. An action to foreclose such lien shall 
be commenced within 90 days after the filing and recording of said notice of lien, 
which action shall be brought in the proper court by the district attorney of the 
county in the name and for the benefit of the county making such payment or pay- 
ments, and when the property is sold enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the 
county treasury of such county to satisfy the lien and costs; and the overplus, if 
any there be, shall be paid to the owner of the property, if he be known, and, if not, 
into the court for his use when ascertained. The county board of horticultural com- 
missioners is hereby vested with power to cause any and all such nuisances to be at 
once abated in a summary manner. 
SEc. 3. Said county boards of horticultural commissioners shall have power to 
divide the county into districts, and to appoint a local inspector, to hold office at 
the pleasure of the commissioners, for each of said districts. The State board of 
horticulture may issue commissions as quarantine guardians to the members of said 
county board of horticultural commissioners and to the local inspectors thereof. 
The said quarantine guardians, local inspectors, or members of said county boards 
of horticultural commissioners shall have full authority to enter any orchard, nur- 
sery, place, or places where trees or plants are kept and offered for sale or otherwise, 
or any house, storeroom, salesroom, depot, or any other such place in their jurisdic- 
tion, to inspect the same or any part thereof. 
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said county board of horticultural commissioners to 
keep a record of their official doings, and to make a report to the State board of horti- 
culture, on or before the 1st day of October of each year, of the condition of the fruit 
interests in their several districts, what is being done to eradicate insect pests, also 
as to disinfecting and as to quarantine against insect pests and diseases, and as to 
carrying out all laws relative to the greatest good of the fruit interest. Said board 
may publish said reports in bulletin form, or may incorporate so much of the same 
in their annual reports as may be of general interest. 
Src. 5. The salary of all inspectors working under the county board of horticul- 
tural commissioners shall be $2.50 per day. In the case of the commissioners them- 
selves, their compensation shall be $4 per day when actually engaged in the 
performance of their duties, and itemized necessary traveling expenses incurred in 
the discharge of their regular duties as prescribed in this act. 
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the county board of horticultural commissioners to 
keep a record of their officiai doings and make a monthly report to the board of 
supervisors; and the board of supervisors may withhold warrants for salaries of said 
members and inspectors thereof until such time as said report is made. 
Sec. 7. An act entitled ‘‘An act to protect and promote the horticultural interests 
of the State,” approved March 14, 1881, and certain acts amendatory thereof approved 
March 19, 1889, and March 31, 1891, are hereby repealed. 
Src. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage 
Approved March 31, 1897. 
