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locality, district, orchard or place is in- 
fested with fruit pests or infected with 
contagious diseases injurious to trees, 
plants or fruits, and liable to spread to 
other orchards or localities to their dam- 
age or injury so as to be a public danger, 
said board shall, by an order entered upon 
its minutes, declare such place to be un- 
der quarantine, and shall give notice 
thereof by posting a notice in writing in 
a conspicuous place upon the premises, 
specifying with convenient certainty what 
place or premises are under quarantine 
regulations, and by delivering a copy of 
such notice to the owner or person in 
charge of the premises, if he may be 
found thereon; and such place shall there- 
after be subject to quarantine regulations 
of the board, and violation thereof shall 
be punishable as hereinbefore provided. 
As soon as, in the opinion of any member 
of the board, or the secretary thereof, the 
danger from such quarantine locality 
shall have ceased, he may suspend the 
said quarantine, and shall immediately 
report the fact to the board, who may con- 
firm such action or may re-establish the 
said quarantine, in which case it shall 
not be again suspended but by action of 
the board. (L. 1889, p. 128, Sec. 7; L. 
1895, p. 35, Sec. 5; B. & C. Sec. 4182.) 
Section 5480. May Appoint Quarantine 
Guardians, Fir Salaries, Report Vio- 
lations of Law. 
The board, and, in case of necessity 
during the recess of the board, the mem- 
ber residing in the quarantined district, 
or the secretary may appoint such quar- 
antine guardians as may be needed to 
carry out the provisions of this act, whose 
duty it shall be to see that the regula- 
tions of the board and the instructions 
of the secretary are enforced and carried 
out. They shall also report to the board 
all infractions or violations of said regu- 
lations or of the law in regard to quar- 
antining, disinfection and destruction of 
pests. The salary of quarantine guard- 
ians shall be fixed by the board at not to 
exceed $2.00 per day, and shall be paid 
by the owners of orchards or other places 
under quarantine, and they may main- 
tain an action therefor before any justice 
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of the peace in any district in which any 
quarantined locality is wholly or in part 
located; but in no case shall they have 
any claim upon the state for such ser- 
vices. (L. 1889, p. 128, Sec. 8; L. 1891, p. 
176, Sec. 2; L. 1895, p. 36, Sec. 6; B. & C. 
Sec. 4183.) 
Section 5481. Authority Conferred in 
Last Two Sections, Hxercised in EHmer- 
gencies. 
The powers conferred in the two pre- 
ceding sections of this act shall be exer- 
cised only in great and imminent dan- 
ger to the fruit interests of the state, and 
with the utmost caution and regard for 
the rights of individuals affected, con- 
sistent with the safety and welfare of the 
Fruit interest of the whole state. (lL. 
1895, p. 36, Sec. 7; B. & C. Sec. 4184.) 
Section 5482. County Inspector, When 
County Court May Appoint—Qualifica- 
tions. 
Upon a petition of not less than twenty- 
five residents and fruit growers of any 
county in this state, the county court of 
said county shall appoint a county in- 
spector, whose duty it shall be to inspect 
the apple and other fruit orchards of 
said county, and to enforce the laws now 
in force and that may be hereafter in 
force in this state, applicable to the fruit 
industry and to the growing, handling 
and selling of fruit, fruit trees and other 
nursery stock; Provided, That the inspec- 
tor so to be appointed shall be recom- 
mended and certified to be competent for 
such position by the state district com- 
missioner of the State Board of Horticul- 
ture for the said county, and said county 
inspector shall hold his office during the 
pleasure of said county court. (L. 1905, 
c. 222, p. 383, Sec. 1.) 
Section 5488. District Commissioners to 
Instruct and Supervise County Inspec- 
tors. 
It shall be the duty of the state district 
commissioner to instruct and educate the 
county inspectors as to the laws and quar- 
antine regulations of this state, and the 
rules and regulations of the State Board 
of Horticulture. The county inspector 
shall perform his duties under the gen- 
eral supervision of the state district com- 
