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NURSERY INSPECTION. 
used in carrying on the work. The total receipts from certificates 
of inspection in 1913 were $506.00. We hold State Treasurer’s 
receipts Nos. 874, 981, 993 and 1909 for $501.00, which was turned 
into the State, $464.99 of this being credited to the State Entomolo- 
gist fund as before stated. One $5,00 fee was received too late to be 
listed in 1913, and was credited on the 1914 account. 
Legislation in 1913. 
In the early part of the Legislative session of 1913, a new nurs- 
ery and orchard inspection law was passed, making inspection com- 
pulsory, establishing a flat fee of $5.00 for each certificate granted, 
and articulating with the provisions of the new Federal quarantine 
laws. A copy of the State law is here appended. 
STATE OF MINNESOTA 
Chapter 206, Session Laws of 1913 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF NURSERIES 
AND ORCHARDS. 
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: 
Section 1. State Entomologist Designated Inspector of Nurseries — 
Fees — Powers and Duties. — That the State Entomologist is hereby desig- 
nated as State Inspector of nurseries and is authorized, either himself or by 
deputies duly appointed by him, to inspect all premises in Minnesota where 
nursery stock is grown or held for sale, and further to inspect all orchards 
or any premises whatsoever within the State, where he has reason to sus- 
pect the presence of injurious insects or injurious and contagious plant 
diseases. Nursery stock shall be regarded as including all field-grown 
plants (except herbaceous annuals) of any kind, also trees, field-grown 
shrubs, vines, cuttings, buds, grafts and scions. For this purpose he or his 
deputy or deputies shall have free access to any field, ground, packing 
ground, buildings, cellars and other places where the carrying out of the 
provisions of this act shall make necessary. The State Inspector of Nurs- 
eries is empowered and required to grant certificates upon request to such 
nurseries as he may find free from injurious insects and contagious plant 
diseases. Such certificates shall be good for one year unless revoked by 
him. This inspection of nurseries shall take place between May 1st and 
September 30th, and at such other times as may be necessary to comply 
with the provisions of this act. Nurserymen or others having stock to 
inspect shall make application to the State Nursery Inspector for the 
inspection of stock as far as practicable on or before May 1st of each year. 
It shall be the duty of the inspector or his deputy to make the inspection 
as soon thereafter as possible. 
For inspection of nurseries a fee of $5.00 per annum shall be paid at 
time of inspection or before certificate is granted. If a dangerous insect 
pest or plant disease is found by the inspector on the premises above 
described and if in his judgment such pest or disease can be eradicated he 
may direct the owner or his representative in writing what means shall be 
employed; in case any trees, shrubs or plants are so infested that treat- 
ment would be ineffectual he may direct the owner or his representative to 
have them destroyed. Said order shall be issued in writing. If the order be 
not obeyed within ten days after service thereof, the State Inspector shall 
