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trolled and checked the heavy infestations of pink bollworms that 
were found in the state in 1917 and 1918. 
In the penalty clause of the act heavy fines are assessed for not 
reporting the presence of pink bollworms in cotton fields and for 
the violation of provisions of any proclamation, rules and reg¬ 
ulations. 
In the act of 1917 the placing of a certain limited quarantine or 
non-cotton zone was left almost entirely with the commissioner of 
agriculture and the governor. This created considerable dissatisfac¬ 
tion and the law of 1919 was so amended that it now carries a pro¬ 
vision by which a Pink Bollworm Commission consisting of five ento¬ 
mologists, one designated by the governor of the state; one appointed 
by the State Department of Agriculture; one by the A. and M. College 
of the state; one by the Federal Department of Agriculture; and one 
appointed by the county judge in which the infestation occurs, which 
commission must, after having received certified reports of infestation, 
make investigations of such reported infestation; hold public hearings 
in or near the infested area and recommend to the commissioner of 
agriculture the nature of quarantine (non-cotton zone or regulated 
zone) which shall be promulgated and proclaimed by the governor. 
The area to be quarantined shall not exceed a distance of five miles 
from the outermost known infested field. 
The Pink Bollworm Commission held a public hearing at Marfa, 
March 27, 1919, and recommended non-cotton zone No. 5 consisting 
of the counties of Presidio and Brewster. 
A meeting was held at Pecos by the commission on March 29, 1919, 
and it was recommended that the infested areas at Barstow and 
Pecos in the counties of Ward and Reeves be placed in a regu¬ 
lated zone. 
A hearing at Hearne, Tex., by the commission on April 17, 1919, 
recommended the continuing of non-cotton zone No. 1, and a final 
hearing at Hearne on October 15, 1919, recommended the reduction 
of non-cotton zone No. 1 to the city limits of Hearne, Tex. 
The commission held a public hearing at Houston, Tex., on April 18, 
1919, and recommended the changing of non-cotton zones 2 and 3 to a 
regulated zone for the season of 1919. 
The commission as it now stands consists of the following members: 
Dr. W. D. Hunter of the federal government; Ernest E. Scholl of the 
State Department of Agriculture; Prof. S. W. Bilsing of the Texas 
A. and M. College; Mr. K. M. Trigg, planter of Bastrop, representing 
the governor of the state. 
The county members are now being appointed for hearings at Hous¬ 
ton, Tex., on January 6, 1920, with reference to the new infestations 
