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actual traveling expenses shall be allowed, not to exceed one thousand dollars per 

 annum. The members of the board and secretary shall receive their actual traveling 

 expenses in attending semiannual meetings of the board. 



Sec. 10, The board shall biennially, in the month of January, report to the legis- 

 lature a statement of its doings, vith a copy of the treasurer's accounts for the two 

 years preceding the session thereof, and abstracts of the reports of the inspector of 

 fruit pests and secretary. 



AN ACT to prevent the spreading of fruit and fruit-tree pests and diseases, and to provide for their 



extirpation. 1 



The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly , do enact as 

 follows: 



Section 1. It shall be the duty of every owner, possessor, or occupier of an 

 orchard, nursery, or land where fruit trees are grown within this State, to disinfect 

 all fruit trees grown on such lands infested with any insect or insects, or the germs 

 thereof, or infested by any contagious disease known to be injurious to fruit or fruit 

 trees, before the removal of the same from such premises for sale, gift, distribution, 

 or transi^ortation. Fruit boxes which have been used for shipping frait to any des- 

 tination are hereby required to be disinfected previous to their beiug again used for 

 any purjDose ; all boxes returned to any orchard, storeroom, salesroom, or any place 

 used or to be used for storage, shipping, or any other purpose, must be disinfected 

 within three days after their return ; and any and all persons failing to comply with 

 the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. All packages 

 known as free packages must be destroyed or disinfected before being again used. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, or occupier of any orchard within 

 this State to gather all fruit infested by the insects known as the codlin moth, peach 

 moth, red spider, plum weevil, and kindred noxious insects, their larvse or pupae, 

 which has fallen from the tree or trees, as often as once a week, and dispose of or 

 destroy the same in such a manner as to effectually destroy all such insects, their 

 larv£e or pupae. It shall be the duty of the inspector of fruit pests or quarantine 

 guardian to inspect fruit packages and all trees and plants, cuttings, grafts, and 

 scions known or believed to be infested by any insect or insects, or the germs 

 thereof, or their eggs, larvae, or pupae, injurious to fruit or fruit trees, or infected 

 with any disease liable to si^read contagion, imported or brought into this State from 

 any foreign country, or from any of the United States or Territories, and if, upon 

 inspection, such fruit or fruit packages are found to be infected or infested it shall 

 be a misdemeanor to offer the same for sale, gift, distribution, or transportation, 

 unless they shall be first disinfected. 



Sec. 3. Every person shipping fruit trees, scions, cuttings, or plants from any 

 orchard, nursery, or other place where they were grown or produced shall place upon 

 or securely attach to each box, package, or parcel containing such fruit trees, scions, 

 cuttings, or plants a distinct mark or label showing the name of the owner or ship- 

 per and the locality where produced. And any person who shall cause to be shipped, 

 transported, or removed from any locality declared by the State board of horticulture 

 to be infested with fruit-tree or orchard pests, or infected with contagious diseases 

 injurious to trees, plants, or fruits, unless the same shall have been previously disin- 

 fected, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Disinfection shall be to the satisfaction 

 of the State board of horticulture, or the inspector of fruit jiests. When disinfected, 

 the fact shall be stamped upon each box, package, or separate parcel of fruit trees, 

 scions, cuttings, or plants; and any person who shall cause to be shipped, trans- 

 ported, or removed any such box, parcel, or package from a quarantine district or 

 locality not bearing such stamp shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be pun- 

 ished by fine, as provided in section six of this act. Any person who shall falsely 



1 Statutes and Amendments to the Codes, California, extra session, 1884-85. Sacramento, James J. 

 Ayers, superintendent State printing, 1885, p. 40. 



