THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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MARYLAND INSECT LAW. 
Following is the Maryland law regarding insects on 
nursery stock : 
Chapter 290—An Act to add to Article forty-eight of the Code of 
Public General Laws, title Inspection, a new sub-title to be known as 
Trees and Nursery Stock and seven new sections thereunder, to be 
designated Sections 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57, providing for the 
examination of trees, plants, vines and nursery stock, and to extermi¬ 
nate the San Jose Scale, Rosette, Yellows and other diseases and insects. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, that 
there shall be added to Article forty-eight of the Code of Public Gen¬ 
eral Laws, title Inspection, a new sub-title to be known as Trees and 
Nursery Stock and seven new sections thereunder, to be designated 
Sections 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57. 
51. The Governor of Maryland shall once in every two years desig¬ 
nate and appoint one of the Professors at the Maryland Agricultural 
College, State Entomologist, who shall serve without pay other than 
that he may receive as professor of said college but whose expense 
shall be paid as hereinafter provided, whose duty it shall be to inspect 
any and all nurseries in the State of Maryland when any trees, plants, 
vines, or other nursery stock is grown between the first day of each 
March and the first day of September next succeeding, and he shall 
notify in writing the owner of such nursery, the Governer of this State 
and the Principal of the Agricultural College of the existence of any 
San Jose Scale, Yellows, Rosette, or any other insect or disease which 
may effect the trees, vines, plants or other stock in such nursery, and 
also notify the owner thereof in writing that he is required on or before 
a certain day to be named therein to take such measure as has been 
shown or proven to be effectual for the destruction of such San Jose 
Scale, Yellows, Rosette or other disease, to destroy and exterminate the 
same. 
52. The owner of such nursery trees, vines or nursery stock shall 
within the time specified in such notice take such steps for the destruc¬ 
tion of such San Jose Scale or other insect or disease as will exterminate 
the same, and he shall not ship or deliver any trees, plants, vines or 
other nursery stock affected with such disease or insect under a penalty 
of a fine of one dollar for every tree, plant or vine so affected when 
shipped from such nursery, which fine may be collected by suit by the 
State’s Attorney of the county in which such nursery is located, one- 
half to go to the informer, the balance to be paid to the Trustees of 
said Agricultural College. 
53. Whenever it shall happen that the State Entomologist shall give 
the notice heretofore required to the owner of a nursery for the 
destruction of the insects or diseases mentioned, and the said owner 
shall fail or neglect to take the measures necessary for the destruction 
thereof within the time mentioned in the notice given him, it shall be 
the duty of the State Entomologist to have the proper remedies applied 
to such nurseries for the destruction of such insects or diseases, and 
shall employ all necessary assistance and may enter the premises of 
the said owner of such nursery for the purpose of treating and extermi¬ 
nating such insects or diseases, and the said owner of such nursery shall 
be liable for the costs of such proceeding. 
54. Whenever a nurseryman or seller of trees, plants, vines or other 
nursery stock shall ship or deliver any such goods to any purchaser in 
this State, he shall send on each and every package so shipped or deliv¬ 
ered as well as transmitted to the purchaser, by mail, a written or 
printed certificate signed by him, that the whole and every part of 
such stock or goods have been examined by the State or Government 
Entomologist and that the same is entirely free from all San Jose Scale, 
Yellows,'Rosette and every other insect or disease whatever, and a 
failure to furnish such certificate shall render him liable to the penalty 
of a fine of one hundred dollars for each and every such shipment or 
delivery without such certificate. 
55. Whenever any nurseryman, fruit grower, or agriculturist in this 
State shall know or have reason to believe that his trees, plants or vines 
are affected with San Jose Scale, Yellows or any other insector disease, 
he shall have the privilege and it shall be his duty to notify tlie State 
Entomologist thereof, who shall at once proceed to the premises desig¬ 
nated and examine the same and suggest and recommend the proper 
remedies for the destruction of the same and give all information he can 
to aid in exterminating such insects or disease,, and instruct the owner 
thereof how to use the remedies he recommends. 
56. The said State Entomologist when he examines any trees, 
plants, vines or nursery stock in the State under the provisions of this 
act and he finds such trees, plants, vines or nursery stock is free from 
all San Jose Scale, Yellows, Rosette or other disease or insect, he is 
hereby authorized and directed to make out and deliver in writing to 
theowner of such trees, plants, vinesor nursery stock, a certificate that he 
has examined such trees, plants, vines or nursery stock and that he finds 
the same free from all San Jose Scale, Yellows, Rosette or other disease 
or insect, and said State Entomologist shall also file a similar certificate 
with the Governor of the State and with the President of the said 
Agricultural College which certificates shall at all times be subject to 
public inspection. 
57. The sum of five hundred dollars annually or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying 
the expenses of the State Entomologist in the performance of his duties 
under the provisions of this act and the Comptroller is hereby directed 
to issue his warrant upon the Treasarer for the said sum and the State 
Entomologist shall make report to the Comptroller of the amount ex¬ 
pended. 
58. Whenever any trees, plants or vines are shipped into this State 
from another State, every package thereof shall be plainly labeled on 
the outside with the name of the consignor, the name of the consignee, 
the contents, and a certificate showing that the contents have been in¬ 
spected by a State or Government officer, and that the trees, vines or 
plants therein contained are free from all San Jose Scale, Yellows, 
Rosette and other injurious insect or disease. Whenever any trees, 
plants, or vines are shipped into this State without such certificate 
plainly fixed on the outside of such package the fact may be reported 
to any Justice of the Peace of this State and such Justice shall issue a 
summons for the consignee of such package, and the agent of the con¬ 
signor, if he be known, to appear before him on a certain day to be 
therein named, to show cause why such trees, plants or vines should 
not be seized as being in violation of the provisions of this Act, and on 
trial thereof, if said Justice is satisfied that the provisions of this Act 
have been violated, said Justice shall order said agent or consignee to 
return said packages of trees, plants or vines immediately to the shipper 
or consignor unless said consignee or agent shall forthwith have said 
trees, plants and vines examined by the State Entomologist of this 
State and he certify to such Justice of the Peace that the said trees, 
plants or vines are free from all insect and disease and if said agent or 
consignee shall fail to have such nursery stock examined by the State 
Entomologist, or fail to return such packages to the shipper or con¬ 
signor thereof, then said Justice of the Peace shall order and direct the 
Constable or Sheriff to burn and destroy all such trees, plants and vines 
as have been shipped into this State in violation of law. 
Section 2. And be it enacted that this Act shall take effect from the 
date of its passage. 
Approved April 2nd, 1896. 
The Tree Planting Association of New York City was 
organized on June 25th. A constitution and by-laws 
founded upon those of the Brooklyn Tree Planting Asso¬ 
ciation were adopted. Some of the most prominent citi¬ 
zens are members. There has lately been considerable 
agitation for the planting of trees in New York’s barren 
streets. 
Commissioner of Agriculture Weiting has appointed 
Lewis Lincoln of Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., agent to 
examine trees affected with black-knot and yellows, at 
request of the town board, from whom the appointee re¬ 
ceives his compensation. This is in accordance with 
chap. 134, laws of 1895, which gives the commissioner 
power to appoint, only when these diseases are known to 
exist in any town or city of the state. The term of 
office is thirty days. 
