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business in the State, and of agents and sales¬ 
men of nursery stock in his and adjoining 
districts; 
(k) Approve the bonds of State horticul¬ 
tural inspectors and nurserymen and tree deal¬ 
ers as herein provided; and, 
(i) Perform such other duties as may be 
prescribed by law. 
Section 8. The office of district horticultu¬ 
ral inspector is hereby created, and there shall 
be one district horticultural inspector appoint¬ 
ed by the Governor upon the recommendation 
of the State Commissioner of Horticulture for 
each of the State horticultural districts herein¬ 
after established. Said district horticultural 
inspectors shall be men learned in the science 
of horticulture, and with respect to fruit trees 
and horticultural plants, and the fruit and 
product thereof and with respect to planting, 
propagation, cultivation and care of fruit trees, 
and other horticultural plants and horticultu¬ 
ral products, and the diseases and the remedies 
therefor. They shall take an examination be¬ 
fore the Commissioner of Horticulture upon 
questions and subjects to be prescribed by the 
Commissioner of Horticulture, testing their 
qualifications for said office, upon which they 
shall be required to make seventy-five points 
out of the possible one hundred: Provided 
that no applicant shall be required to take an 
examination as mentioned in this act, if he 
be a graduate in horticulture from the Univer¬ 
sity of Florida, or some similar college with 
as high requirements. 
Section 9. Said district horticultural in¬ 
spectors shall qualify by taking oath as re¬ 
quired of other State officers, and shall furnish 
a bond to the Governor of the State of Flor¬ 
ida in the sum of $3,000.00 each, conditioned 
for the faithful performance of their duties. 
They shall only be removed from office by 
the Governor on the recommendation of the 
♦State Commissioner of Horticulture, for in¬ 
efficiency, neglect of duty, immoral conduct, 
or other causes, rendering them unfit for the 
position, and after notice, specifying the 
ground's for removal and opportunity to be 
heard: Provided, however, any inspector shall 
forfeit his office and be removed if he fails to 
pass an examination as to his qualifications, or 
fails to keep his bond in effect as herein pro¬ 
vided; 
Section 10. The State Commissioner of 
Horticulture may, with the consent of the 
Board of County Commissioners of any 
county, authorize the district horticultural in¬ 
spector to employ such assistants as in the 
judgment of such commissioner and the 
county commissioners may be necessary, 
which assistants, when acting under the di¬ 
rection of the inspector, shall exercise and 
have the power herein granted to inspectors. 
Section 11. District horticultural inspectors 
shall each receive a salary of $1,500.00 per an¬ 
num, payable quarterly, as salaries of other 
State officers, and they shall be allowed their 
necessary actual traveling expenses, not to 
exceed $750.00 each per annum; assistants to 
inspectors shall receive $3.00 per day for the 
time actually employed, not to exceed a total 
sum of $2,000.00 per annum, all payable upon 
presentation of proper vouchers to the State 
Treasurer, signed by the district horticultural 
inspector, under oath, and countersigned by 
the State Commissioner of Horticulture, and 
approved by the State Comptroller. 
♦Section 12. District horticultural inspec¬ 
tors shall have power, and it shall be their 
duty: 
(a) To enforce the provisions of all laws 
relating to horticulture, within their respective 
districts; * ,4i 
(b) To arrange for and' hold institutes and 
meetings of horticulturists for the discussion 
of horticultural subjects, and the dissemina¬ 
tion of information as to horticultural ques¬ 
tions, and for the demonstrations of methods 
of preventing the diseases or of pests injuri¬ 
ous to horticultural plants and fruits, and of 
curing and removing ,the same; 
(c) To inspect orchards, nurseries, nur¬ 
sery stock, fruit, horticultural products, sup¬ 
plies, packing houses, warehouses and other 
places where fruit is packed, stored' or shipped; 
also vines, ornamental shrubs and bushes, as 
well as other trees and property, for the pur¬ 
poses of ascertaining whether the same is in¬ 
fected with any disease or pests injurious to 
fruit trees or fruit, and of taking steps to dis¬ 
infect the same and prevent the spread there¬ 
of; and for that purpose, shall have free ac¬ 
cess to orchards, nurseries, packing houses, 
storage houses and any other place at all 
times; 
