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stock, fruit trees, shade trees, orna- 
mental shrubbery or horticultural plants 
at any time are infected with any dis- 
ease or pest to which the same may be 
subject, to promptly take and use such 
methods as may be prescribed by law or 
by the State Commissioner of Horticul- 
ture to disinfect the same, and in event 
such nursery stock, fruit trees, shade 
trees, ornamental shrubbery and horticul- 
tural plants cannot be disinfected to 
promptly destroy the same. (Sec. 3091, 
R. & B,) 
Commissioner to Specify Diseases and 
Pests 
Section 139. The diseases of and pests 
injurious to nursery stock, fruit trees, 
Shade trees, ornamental shrubbery and 
horticultural plants to be guarded against 
and treated and disinfected for as in the 
next preceding section provided shall in- 
clude any and all such diseases or pests 
as the State Commissioner of Horticul- 
ture shall specify and describe in the 
bulletins to be issued by him as injuri- 
ous to the fruit and horticultural inter- 
ests of the state. (Sec. 3092, R. & B.) 
Directions for Disinfecting 
section 140. The State Commissioner 
of Horticulture shall prescribe the rem- 
edy for and the methods and means for 
the disinfection of fruit trees, horticul- 
tural plants, fruits and horticultural 
products, and shall make such rules and 
regulations relative thereto as he shall 
deem proper, which prescription and rules 
and regulations shall be promulgated by 
him by means of bulletins to nursery- 
men, fruit tree dealers, and their solici- 
tors or salesmen, and to horticulturists 
of the state of Washington, through the 
district horticultural inspectors herein 
provided for, and any person interested 
shall be entitled to receive a copy of all 
such prescriptions and rules and regula- 
tions at any time, upon application for 
the same. (Sec. 3093, R. & B.) 
Inspectors May Enter Premises 
Section 141. For the purpose of ascer- 
taining whether any nursery stock, fruit 
trees, shade trees, ornamental shrubbery, 
or other horticultural plants are infect- 
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ed with any disease or pests to which 
the same may be subject, the district 
horticultural inspectors, within their re- 
spective districts, shall be authorized to 
enter upon any premises at any time for 
the purpose of inspecting and examining 
any nursery stock, fruit trees or horticul- 
tural plants growing or stored thereon, 
or being situate thereon. (Sec. 3094, R. 
& B.) 
Inspection of Stored Stock 
Section 142. Said district horticultural 
inspectors shall also have the power, 
within their respective districts and at 
any time, to enter upon any premises 
where fruit or horticultural products are 
stored, or are being prepared or packed 
for shipment, or offered for sale, or are 
held for the purpose of delivery upon any 
shipment or sale thereof, for the pur- 
pose of inspecting said premises and such 
fruit or products to ascertain whether 
the same, or any part thereof, is infect- 
ed with any of the diseases or pests de- 
clared injurious by the State Commis- 
sioner of Horticulture. (Sec. 3095, R. & 
B.) 
Stored Stock—Owner to Disinfect— 
Destruction 
Section 143. If, after inspection, as 
provided in the two preceding sections, 
the district horticultural inspector shall 
ascertain that any nursery stock, fruit 
trees, shade trees, ornamental shrub- 
bery or horticultural plants, or any fruit 
or horticultural products, or any place 
where such fruit or horticultural prod- 
ucts is kept for sale or is being prepared 
for shipment or is stored, is infected with 
any diseases or pests declared by the 
State Commissioner of Horticulture to 
be injurious to the horticultural indus- 
tries of the state, said district horticul- 
tural inspector shall notify the owner or 
person having possession or charge of 
such nursery stock, fruit trees, shade 
trees, ornamental shrubbery, horticul- 
tural plants, fruit, horticultural prod- 
ucts or places of storage, sale or prep- 
aration for market, in writing, re 
quiring the disinfection of any or all 
thereof which is capable of disinfection, 
and the destruction of such as is incap- 
