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or vines, by any person, firm or corpora- 
tion not licensed as herein provided, the 
purchaser or the person receiving ship- 
ment of such trees, stocks, plants, orna- 
mental shrubbery or vines, shall have 
the same inspected in the same manner 
as is required upon the delivery of stock 
sold and delivered by licensed nursery- 
men or tree dealers, and shall pay as in- 
spector’s fee 10 per cent of the invoice 
price, the minimum fee to he 50 cents: 
Prowded, That nurserymen or tree deal- 
ers, licensed under the provisions of this 
act to do business in this state, shall not 
be required to pay the inspector’s fees 
provided for in this section. (Sec. 3127, 
R. & B) 
Hindering Inspector—Penalty 
Section 171. Any person offering any 
hindrance to the carrying out of this act 
or in any manner preventing or hinder- 
ing any inspection herein provided for 
shall upon conviction be fined not less 
than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more 
than two hundred dollars ($200), together 
with costs, and shall be committed to the 
county jail until such fine and costs are 
paid. (Sec. 3134, R. & B.) 
Sale of Adulterated Compound for 
Spraying 
Section 172. It shall hereafter be un- 
lawful for any person, firm or corpora- 
tion, doing business in the state of Wash- 
ington, to sell or offer for sale adulterated 
or low-grade Paris green, arsenic, London 
purple, sulphur or any spray material 
or compound for spraying purposes. (Sec. 
3135, R. & B.) 
Per Cent of Certain Ingredients 
Section 173. For the purposes of this 
act Paris green shall contain not less 
than 50 per cent of arsenic trioxide in 
combination, and not more than 4 per 
cent of water; soluble arsenic trioxide 
and commercial arsenic shall contain not 
less than ninety-six (96) per cent of ar- 
senic trioxide. (Sec. 3136, R. & B.) 
Penalty—Disposition of Fines 
Section 174. Any person, firm or cor- 
poration violating any of the provisions 
of this act shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction there- 
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of shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than $25 nor more than $100. All fines 
imposed for violation of the provisions 
of this act shall be paid to the treasurer 
of the county wherein the violation was 
committed, and placed to the genera] fund 
of such county. (Sec. 3137, R. & B.) 
Enforcement of Act—Who Charged With 
Section 175. The State Commissioner 
of Horticulture and the county fruit in- 
spectors under his supervision be charged 
with the enforcement of this act, with the 
assistance of the prosecuting attorney. 
(Sec. 3138, R. & B.) 
Analysis of Spraying Compounds—Duty 
of State Chemist 
Section 176. It shall be the duty of 
the chemist of the State Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station to correctly analyze, 
without extra compensation and without 
extra charge to the state, other than the 
necessary expenses, all substances and 
compounds used or offered for sale for 
spraying trees and plants, that the State 
Commissioner of Horticulture may send 
for analysis, and report to him without 
unnecessary delay the result of any an- 
alysis so made; any such chemist shall 
assist him in prosecuting violations of the 
law by giving testimony, expert or other- 
wise. (Sec. 3189, R. & B.) 
Reference originally made in the statutes to 
others as executive or enforcing officers now 
apply solely to the Commissioner of Agricul- 
ture or his authorized representative 
Chapter IX 
Powers and Duties of Commissioner— 
(c) Vice the State Commissioner of 
Horticulture—Commission 
Merchants 
Farm Produce—License from Commis- 
sioner of Horticulture—Bond 
Section 177. It shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm or corporation to engage 
in the business of selling farm, dairy, or- 
chard or garden produce on commission, 
or to receive or solicit consignments of 
such produce on commission in the state 
of Washington without first obtaining a 
license from the Commissioner of Horti- 
