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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
horticultural plants have been inspected and 
passed at the initial point of shipment within 
this ,State by a district horticultural inspector. 
Section 34. Upon the arrival of any ship¬ 
ment of nursery stock, fruit trees, or horticul¬ 
tural plants at its destination, it shall be the 
duty of the freight agent, express agent, or 
the agent of the persons or transportation 
company having such shipment in charge for 
delivery, unless the same is accompanied by 
a certificate of inspection and approval by a 
district horticultural inspector, showing that 
the same was inspected and passed at die 
initial point of shipment, within this State, 
to notify the district horticultural inspector 
of the district within which delivery is to be 
made, of the receipt of such shipment, giving 
the name of the consignor and consignee, and 
stating that such shipment is ready for in¬ 
spection and delivery. Said notification may 
be made by telephone or telegraph, or by 
written notice delivered personally to said in¬ 
spector, or left with some person of suitable 
age and description at his residence or office, 
or by mail addressed to said inspector at his 
place of residence; and the person having 
such stock in charge for delivery shall not 
deliver or turn over such shipment until the 
same shall have been inspected by said district 
horticultural inspector: Provided, however, 
such agent shall not be required to hold such 
goods more than 72 hours after notifying said 
district inspector, as aforesaid, except in case 
the notice is given by mail, in which event 
such goods shall be held for such 
period beyond said 72 hours, as is or¬ 
dinarily required from said point of de¬ 
livery to the address of said inspector: And 
provided, further, No inspection at point of 
delivery shall be necessary if shipment is ac¬ 
companied by the certificate of a district hor¬ 
ticultural inspector showing inspection and 
approval at initial point of shipment in the 
State, as aforesaid, unless the person having 
same for delivery be notified by inspector of 
district where delivery is made to hold for in¬ 
spection by him: And provided, further. That 
any nurseryman or tree dealer within the State 
may demand the services of an inspector dur¬ 
ing shipping season by paying $4.00 per day 
for his services. 
Section 35. No inspection of goods, as pro¬ 
vided in the last preceding section, shall be 
made until all transportation charges thereon 
have been paid: Provided, however, the agent 
of any person or transportation company hav¬ 
ing such goods in charge for delivery may 
waive, in writing, the payment of such trans¬ 
portation charges prior to inspection: Pro¬ 
vided further, the district horticultural in¬ 
spector shall have the privilege, at his option, 
to inspect said goods before payment of trans¬ 
portation charges, but in the event of any 
stock suffering damage by such second in¬ 
spection or exposure, the owner thereof may 
have recourse against the bond of said inspect¬ 
or if shipments shall have been accompanied 
by a copy of former inspector’s certificate, 
unless it is proven that the shipment contains 
stock not previously inspected. 
Section 36. The district horticultural in¬ 
spector shall have the right to enter upon any 
premises where nursery stock, fruit trees, or 
horticultural plants are held or stored, when 
the same have been shipped or sent to any 
point within his district, for the purpose of sale 
or delivery, and to inspect such stock, trees 
and plants for the purpose of ascertaining 
whether the same is infected with any of the 
diseases or pests to which the same may be 
subject, hereinbefore described; and in the 
event he shall find that such stock, trees or 
plants, or any thereof are infected with any 
such disease or pests, he shall at once notify 
the person in charge thereof, and, having the 
same in his possession, not to deliver the same 
nor permit the same to be removed from his 
possession until they are disinfected, and he 
shall also notify the owner thereof or the 
agent of the owner, or the shipper thereof, 
that said' stock is infected, and requiring such 
owner or his agent, to disinfect such part 
thereof as is capable of proper disinfection, 
within five days from the date of such notice, 
in the manner required by law and prescribed 
in the rules and regulations of the »State Com¬ 
missioner of Horticulture; and it shall be the 
duty of such owner or his agent, or the ship- 
