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cause the work to be done and render to the owner or persons in charge an 
itemized bill of the cost; and if such cost shall not be paid within sixty days 
thereafter the bill shall be reported to the County Attorney who shall 
forthwith collect same in a civil action in the name of the state and shall 
turn same over to the State Treasurer to be credited to the inspection fund. 
Sec. 2. Nursery Stock Brought Into the State Must Be Certified To. — 
No person shall bring into the State for sale or use therein or re-shipment 
any trees, plants, vines, cuttings or buds or other “Nursery Stock” unless it 
be accompanied by the certificate from the Inspector or other proper official 
of the State from which it came, that it has been inspected and found free 
from any of the pests or diseases referred to. Such certificates shall be 
prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated but the Entomologist may 
if deemed necessary, inspect such stock and proceed with respect thereto 
as provided for in Section 1. 
Sec. 3. Copy of Certificate to Be Filed With Minnesota Inspector. — 
A copy of the state inspection certificate granted to any firm or firms in 
any other state, territory, or the district of Columbia, shall be on file with 
the Minnesota inspector before any such firm or firms shall make shipment 
of nursery stock to be sold or distributed in the State of Minnesota. 
Sec. 4. Shipments to be Accompanied by Certificates of Inspection. — 
All shipments from any point or points in the state of Minnesota to other 
points within the state must be accompanied by certificate of inspection on 
each package. 
Sec. 5. Railroad and Express Companies Not to Transport Unless 
Tagged. — Railroad and express companies are hereby prohibited from 
accepting stock not tagged with certificate as above stated (and must 
promptly notify the shipper. If the shipper does not furnish a certificate, 
such companies shall report said fact with the name and address of party 
offering said stock for shipment to the State Inspector). 
Sec. 6. Foreign Stock Must Be Inspected. — Foreign grown stock 
imported into Minnesota under the provision of the Federal Quarantine 
Law is regarded as coming under the definition of nursery stock and must 
be inspected at points of destination. It shall be unlawful for any party or 
parties to open any package containing such stock from a foreign country 
unless the inspector or deputy is present. It shall be the duty of the inspec- 
tor to be present in person or by deputy when notified at least forty-eight 
hours in advance of the opening of such package. 
Sec. 7. Dealers and Florists May Obtain Special Certificate. — Dealers 
or florists not owning nurseries and shipping by post, freight, express or 
otherwise may obtain from the State Entomologist a special certificate in 
order to comply with the Federal and State Laws. Such certificate will be 
granted only to stock purchased in Minnesota from an inspected nursery 
or to foreign stock inspected in Minnesota. 
Sec. 8. Penalties. — Failure to comply with any of the provisions ol 
this act shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 2389, Chapter 
38, Revised Laws of Minnesota, 1905. 
Sec. 9. Annual Report Required. — The State Inspector shall be re- 
quired on or before December 1st of each year to submit a report and 
financial statement to the Governor of the State, covering the year’s work. 
Sec. 10. $3,000.00 Appropriated for Expenses. — For all expenses neces- 
sary to carry out the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated 
from the State Treasury from money not otherwise appropriated the sum 
of $3,000.00 annually. All fees collected hereunder shall be paid into the 
Treasury of the State of Minnesota and added to the State Entomologist’s 
appropriation for combating injurious insects. 
Sec. 11. Certain Sections Repealed. — Sections 2383 and 2384 of Chap- 
ter 38, Revised Laws of Minnesota. 1905, are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 12. Existing Emergency Declared. — In view of an existing emer- 
gency +his act is to become a law immediately after its passage and signa- 
ture by the Governor. 
Approved April 8, 1913. 
