LAWS-——-HORTICULTURAL 
Section 5475. Hapense, How Paid. 
Any expense incurred under the pro- 
visions of Section 5474 of this act shall 
be paid out of the appropriation allowed 
to the State Board of Horticulture. (L. 
1903, p. 251, Sec. 3.) 
Section 5476. Board May Recewwe Dona- 
tions, etc., and Select Lecturers, Meet- 
wngs of. 
The board may receive, manage, use 
and hold donations and bequests of 
money and property for promoting the ob- 
jects of its formation. It shall meet on 
the second Monday of April and October 
in each year, and as much oftener as it 
may deem expedient, for consultation on 
and for the adoption of those measures 
that will best promote the horticultural 
industries of the state It may, but with- 
out expense to the state, select and ap- 
point competent and qualified persons to 
lecture in each of the districts named in 
Section 5470, for the purpose of encour- 
aging and improving practical horticul- 
ture and of imparting instruction in the 
best methods of treating the diseases of 
fruits and fruit trees, cleansing orchards, 
and exterminating orchard pests. (L. 
1889, p. 127, Sec. 4; B & C., Sec. 4179.) 
Section 5477. Office of Board, Where 
Held, When Open. 
The office of the board shall be located 
at such a place as a majority thereof 
may determine. It shall be kept open to 
the public, subject to the rules of the 
board, every day excepting Sunday and 
legal holidays, and shall be in charge of 
the secretary during the absence of the 
board. (I. 1889, p. 127, Sec. 5; B. & C. 
Sec. 4180.) 
Section 5478. Board May Make Quaran- 
tine Regulations—Violation a Misde- 
meanor. 
For the purpose of preventing the in- 
troduction into the state or spread of 
contagious diseases, insects, pests, or fun- 
gus growths among fruit or fruit trees, 
and for the prevention, treatment, cure 
and extirpation of fruit pests, and dis- 
eases of fruit and fruit trees, and for the 
disinfection of grafts, scions, orchard de- 
bris, fruit boxes and packages, and other 
material or transportable articles dan- 
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gerous to orchards, fruit or fruit trees, 
said board may make regulations for the 
quarantining, inspection, and disinfec- 
tion thereof, which said regulations shall 
be circulated by the board in printed 
form among the fruit growers and fruit 
dealers of the state; shall be published 
at least four successive times in some 
daily or weekly paper in each county in 
the state before the same shall be in 
force therein, and shall be posted in three 
conspicuous places in each county in the 
state, one of which shall be at the county 
court house. Such regulations, when so 
promulgated, shall be held to impart no- 
tice of their contents to all persons within 
the state, and shall be binding upon all 
persons therein. A willful violation of 
any quarantine or other regulation of 
said board, necessary to prevent the in- 
troduction into the state, or the ship- 
ment, sale or distribution of any articles 
so infected as to be dangerous to the fruit- 
growing interest of the state, or the 
spread of dangerous diseases among fruit 
trees or orchards, shall be deemed a mis- 
demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 
be punished by a fine of not less than 
$5 nor more than $100 for each offense, 
or by fine and imprisonment not less than 
five nor more than thirty days. (L. 1889, 
p. 127, Sec. 6; L. 1891, p. 175, Sec. 6; L. 
1895, p. 34, Sec. 4; B. & C. Sec. 4181.) 
Section 5479. Members to Visit Districts, 
Inspect and Quarantine Orchards. 
It shall be the duty of the several mem- 
bers of the board, and of the secretary 
under their direction, to visit their re- 
spective districts, and to see that all regu- 
lations of the board and all provisions of 
law to prevent the introduction or spread 
of fruit pests and diseases of trees or 
plants injurious to the horticultural in- 
terests of the state are enforced. Any 
member of the board, or the secretary 
thereof, shall forthwith, upon the com- 
plaint of interested parties, inspect or- 
chards, nurseries, and other places sus- 
pected to be infested with fruit pests or 
infected with contagious diseases inju- 
rious to trees, plants or fruits. If, upon 
report of any member or the secretary, 
the board shall be of opinion that any 
