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the spread of fruit pests and diseases of trees and plants injurious to the horticul- 

 tural interests of the State, and for the disinfection of fruits, trees, plants, grafts, 

 scions, orchard debris, empty fruit boxes and packages, and other material, he made 

 known to the people of the State. He shall, whenever required, and under the 

 direction of the hoard, and may also upon his own motion, and complaint of inter- 

 ested parties, inspect orchards, nurseries, and other places susj)ected or helieved 

 to be infected with fruit j^ests, or infected with contagious diseases injurious to 

 trees, plants, or fruits, and he shall report the facts to said board. The inspector 

 shall, from time to time, and whenever required by said board, report to it such 

 information as he may secure from observation, experience, and otherwise, as to the 

 best method of diminishing and eradicating fruit pests and diseases from orchards, 

 and also suggestions in practical horticulture, the adaptation of produce to soil, 

 climate, and markets, and such other facts and information as shall be calculated to 

 improve the horticultural interests of the State. 



Sec. 8. Wherever a complaint is made to any member of the board that any person 

 has an orchard, trees, or nurserj^ of trees, or a fruit packing house, storeroom, sales 

 room, or any other place in this State infected with any noxious insects, or the eggs 

 or larvie of any such insects, or that any packages of trees, plants, or fruit are in 

 transit to this State, or are in this State about to be disseminated, which are known 

 or suspected to he from localities that are infected with any disease or pests injuri- 

 ous or that may hecome injurious to the fruit interests of the State, such member 

 shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, the premises or property to which such com- 

 plaint relates, and if the same is found to be infected as aforesaid, such member shall 

 notify in writing the j)erson having charge of such premises and property to appear 

 hefore him at such time and place as speciiied in such notice, to be heard in refer- 

 ence to the infection of such premises or property aforesaid, and if such member, 

 after hearing the person in charge of sucli premises or property, shall be of the oj^in- 

 ion that such premises or iiroperty, or any of the same, is infected as aforesaid, he 

 shall notify in writing the person in charge of the same, within a time to be pre- 

 scribed in such notice, to treat and disinfect said premises or property in the man- 

 ner prescribed in such notice, and if the person so notified shall neglect or refuse to 

 treat and disinfect said premises or property, in the manner and within the time 

 prescribed in said notice, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 ujion conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more 

 than one hundred dollars; and if it appears on the trial that any orchard, trees, 

 nursery, huilding, or any other structures, premises, or property in charge of the 

 defendant referred to in said notice, or any part of such structures, premises, or 

 property is infested or infected as aforesaid, the court shall declare whatsoever of 

 the same is so infected a nuisance, and shall order it to be abated, or may make any 

 other order necessary to prevent its continuance, and it shall be the duty of the 

 board, or some member thereof, to execute such order, and the costs and disburse- 

 ments of the prosecution shall be adjudged against the party convicted as aforesaid. 



Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all meetings of the hoard 

 and to procure records of the proceedings and correspondence; to collect books, 

 pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relat- 

 ing to horticulture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other informa- 

 tion showing the actual conditions and progress of horticulture in this State and 

 elsewhere; to correspond Avith agricultural and horticultural societies, colleges, and 

 schools of agriculture and horticulture, and other j^ersons and bodies as he may l)e 

 directed by the hoard, and prepare, as required by the board, reports for publica- 

 tion ; he shall also act as assistant to and obey the directions of the inspector of fruit 

 pests, under the direction of the board, in the exercise of the duties of his office, and 

 shall be paid for his services as said secretary and assistant inspector a salary of not 

 to exceed one hundred dollars per month, and his mileage actually paid out shall he 

 allowed when acting as assistant to the inspector of fruit pests. 



