PlantJSanitation. 



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[September, 1911. 



in interest, or their representatives pre- 

 sent at the drawing and sealing of said 

 samples. One of said duplicate samples 

 shall be retained by the party whose 

 stock was sampled, and the other by 

 the Director of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of the University of 

 California. 



Sec. 5. The Director of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station of the Univer- 

 sity of California shall publish, in 

 bulletin form, from time to time, at least 

 annually, the results of the analyses 

 hereinbefore provided, with such addi- 

 tional information as circumstances may 

 advise. 



Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated 

 for the use of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of the University of Cali- 

 fornia at Berkeley, Alameda County, as 

 set forth in this Act, out of any moneys 

 in the treasury not otherwise appropri- 

 ated, the sum of eighteen hundred (1,800) 

 dollars for the equipment of a labor- 

 atory, with the chemicals and apparatus, 

 and other incidentals necessary to the 

 successful prosecution of the work. 



Sec 7. In order to further provide 

 for the necessary expenses of this work, 

 there shall be paid by the manufacturer, 

 importer, agent, or dealer, ten cents for 

 every hundred pounds of insecticides 

 sold, the selling price of which to the 

 consumer is one cent (1 c.) or more per 

 pound. A statement, sworn to by the 

 manufacturer, importer, agent, or 

 dealer, of such sales shall be rendered 

 quarterly to the Secretary of the Board 

 of Regents of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, accompanied by the correspond- 

 ing amount of the special license fee, as 

 above specified ; provided, that when- 

 ever the manufacturer or importer shall 

 have paid the special license fee, herein 

 required, for any person acting as agent 

 or seller for such manufacturer or dealer, 

 such agent or seller shall not be requir- 

 ed to pay the special license fee named 

 in this section. On receipt of said spe- 

 cial license fed and statement, the said 

 Secretary shall issue to the manufac- 

 turer, importer, agent, or dealer, a certi- 

 ficate of compliance with this section. 



Sec. 8. All moneys, whether received 

 from registry and analytical fees or 

 special license fees, shall be paid to the 

 Secretary of the Board of Regents of 

 the University of California, for the use 

 of said Board in carrying out the pro- 

 visions of this Act. 



Sec. 9, Any party selling, offering, 

 or exposing for sale any commercial 

 insecticide, without the statement re- 

 quired by section one of this Act, or 

 with a label stating that said insecticide 



contains a larger percentage of any one 

 or more of the constituents claimed as 

 having insecticidal properties than is 

 actually contained therein, except as 

 provided for in section three, or respect- 

 ing the sale of which all the provisions 

 of this Act have not been fully com- 

 plied with, shall be deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanour, and upon conviction 

 • thereof, before any court of competent 

 jurisdiction, shall be fined in a sum not 

 less than fifty (50) dollars and costs of 

 action for the first offence, and one 

 hundred (100) dollars and costs of the 

 action for each subsequent offence. 

 Said fines to be paid into the school fund 

 of the county in which conviction is 

 had. 



Sec. 10. In any action, civil or crimi- 

 nal, in any court in this State, a certifi- 

 cate, under the hand of said director 

 and the seal of said university, stating 

 the results of any analysis purporting 

 to have been made under provisions of 

 this Act, shall be prima facie evidence 

 of the fact that the sample or samples 

 mentioned in said analysis or certificate 

 were properly analyzed as in this Act 

 provided ; that such samples were taken 

 as in this Act provided ; that the sub- 

 stances analyzed contained the compon- 

 ent parts stated in such certificate and 

 analysis ; and that the samples were 

 taken from the parcels or packages or 

 lots mentioned or described in said 

 certificate, 



Sec. II. This Act shall take effect 

 and be in force from and after July first, 

 nineteen hundred and seven. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND PLANT 

 DISEASES. 



('From the Gardeners' Chronicle, No. 

 1,281, Vol. L., July 15, 1911.) 



Legislation in Canada. 

 The Depaitment of Ag/ieulture of 

 Canada is empowered by the Destructive 

 Insect and Pest Act of 1910 to take such 

 action as may be deemed necessary to 

 prevent the introduction or spreading 

 of injurious insects, pests, and plant 

 diseases. All plants, with the exception 

 of certain classes, such as greenhouse 

 grown plants, herbaceous perennials, 

 and bulbs may be imported at certain 

 seasons of the year only and through 

 certain ports as specified in the 

 Regulations. The Department of Agri- 

 culture has power to inspect plants liable 

 to be infested with certain insects and 

 plant diseases, to destroy the same, if 

 necessary, or to prohibit their import- 

 ation into Canada. 



