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farming operations are carried on largely. We ought to impress the 

 growers and the officials that the agricultural interests of the State are 

 just as much in danger and are suffering just as severely from weed 

 pests as the horticultural interests are suffering from insect pests. Let 

 us make that a part of our declarations by resolution. Mr. Kellogg, and 

 then the supervisors, if they represent farming districts, will be willing 

 to put up the money. 



MR. HICKMAN. I will say. in regard to that Lippia repots, that 

 just east of Gilroy the plant has been, to my knowledge, since 1873, and 

 it has never spread into the fields. You probably know that the Lippia 

 re pens does not spread. Here, all the way around the waterways, from 

 the bridge a mile and a half up, I noticed to-day the only place where 

 it showed any disposition to spread was behind Mr. Allison's house, 

 and there it does not spread beyond the wet ground. It also is a good 

 feed. 



MR. EODGERS. As this is devoted to topics of interest to com- 

 missioners, I have here what purports to be a copy of the horticultural 

 law, and if our worthy Commissioner will take the Chair, there are 

 a few things I wish to bring out concerning it. I believe the enact- 

 ment of this new law is a step forward, from the fact that we will 

 have better men in office, more profound in the specialties required 

 of them, but it seems to me there are some discrepancies and short- 

 comings that should be corrected, and as long as we have started along 

 that line I think it would be well to bring the matter up at this time 

 and have it threshed out, either at this time or the next convention, 

 and taken up in due time before the legislature. There are several 

 little points. I notice here in section 23226 : ''The State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture may issue commissions as quarantine guardians to said 

 county horticultural commissioner and to the local inspectors appointed 

 by him." It seems he has no power, according to this, of making a 

 quarantine guardian of these deputy commissioners. Again, I fail to 

 find here what the duties of a deputy commissioner are; they are not 

 prescribed. There are two points which, it seems to me, should be recti- 

 fied. Then, a little further down, it states: "The said quarantine 

 guardians, local inspectors, or said county horticultural commissioner, 

 have full authority to enter into any orchard, nursery, place or places 

 where trees or plants are kept and offered for sale or otherwise, or any 

 house, storeroom, salesroom, depot, or any other such place in their 

 jurisdiction, to inspect the same, or any part thereof." Nothing said 

 about the deputy being permitted to go into those places. I presume, 

 of course, we assume that he has that right, but in case of a contest you 

 know lawyers like these little technicalities, and it seems to me it 

 would be very little difficulty to rectify these matters so as to make it 

 clear and concise. 



In section 2322e it is said : ' ' It is the duty of the county horticultural 

 commissioner to keep a record of his official doings, and make a monthly 

 report to the board of supervisors. ' ' Why should he make a report to 

 the board of supervisors ? What does the average board of supervisors 

 know or care about the doings of the commissioner ? If he should make 

 a monthly report to anybody, I think it should be to the State Com- 

 missioner of Horticulture. Then, I fail to see also where he is per- 



