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Sec. 10. The inspector of fruit pests shall receive ns compensation for his services 

 when actually engaged in the duties of his office, a sum not to exceed five dollars 

 per day, and his mileage actually paid out shall be allowed when so engaged. 



Sec. 11. The hoard shall biennially, in the month of January, report to the legisla- 

 ture a statement of its doings, with a copy of the treasurer's accounts for two years 

 preceding the session thereof, and abstracts of reports of the inspector of fruit pests 

 and of the secretary. The members of the board shall receive a compensation for 

 their services, their mileage actually paid out when attending the meetings of the 

 board, and shall be allowed five dollars a day for time actually employed. 



Sec. 15, Inasmuch as there is great danger to the fruit and horticultural interests 

 of the State from pests and other causes, and no means exists whereby they can be 

 remedied, therefore an emergency exists, and this act shall take effect from and after 

 its approval by the governor. 



Approved February 16, 1891. 



I.A1FS ®F ONTAMIO, CAWABA. 



In 1881 tlie legislative assembly of the Province of Ontario passed 

 tlie following yellows law : ^ 



AN ACT to prevent tlie spread of yellows among poach, nectarine, and other trees. 



Her Majesty, hy and with the advice and consent of the legislative assembly of the Province 

 of Ontario, enacts as follows: 



1. It shall not be lawful for any person to keep any peach, nectarine, or other trees 

 infected with the contagious disease known as the yellows, or to offer for sale or ship- 

 ment, or to sell or ship any of the fruit thereof; and it shall be the duty of every 

 person, so soon as he becomes aware of the existence of the said disease in any trees 

 or fruit owned by him, to burn the same forthwith. 



2. When the said disease exists, or there is good reason to believe it exists, or 

 when there is good reason to apprehend its introduction, any five or more freeholders 

 residing in the same or an adjoining municipality may petition the council thereof 

 to appoint an inspector to prevent the spread or introduction of the said disease. 



3. On receipt of such petition it shall be the duty of the clerk of the municipality 

 to call a meeting of the council within ten days thereafter for the consideration of 

 the same, and it shall be the duty of the said council, if satisfied of the truth of the 

 facts stated in the petition, to appoint an inspector for tlie purpose of carrying out 

 the provisions of this act and to provide for his remuneration. 



4. It shall be the duty of the inspector to examine the peach and nectarine orchards 

 of the municipality once between the middle and end of July and once between the 

 middle and end of August every year, and he shall keep a correct record of the con- 

 dition of each orchard and of the time spent in the performance of his duty, which 

 time shall not exceed six days during each period of inspection, and shall, after each 

 such inspection, file the said record with the clerk of the municipality. 



5. In case written complaint is made to the inspector that the said disease exists, 

 or that there is good reason to believe it exists, within the municipality in any locality 

 described in such complaint with reasonable certainty, or that infected trees or fruit 

 are offered for sale or shipment, or have been imported into the municipality by any 

 person named, such inspector shall, without unnecessary delay, proceed to examine 

 the trees or fruit so designated. 



6. The insx)ector, if satisfied that the disease has actually infected any tree or fruit, 

 shall affix a distinguishing mark upon each tree so infected, and shall immediately 

 give notice in writing to the owner or occupier of the land Avhereon the said infected 

 trees are growing, requiring him, within seven days from the receipt of said notice, 



1 Statutes of the Province of Ontario, Canada, 44th Victoria, 1881. Toronto, 1881, Chapter XXVIII, 

 p. 283. 



