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Application for Inspection. 
Section 13 .—Persons desiring to sell or ship nursery 
stock shall make application in writing before July 1st 
of each year to the Board for inspection of their stock. 
Persons failing to comply with this section shall he 
liable for extra charges to cover traveling expenses of 
the inspector. 
Imported Stock. 
Section 14 .—Every person receiving directly or in¬ 
directly any nursery stock from foreign countries shall 
notify the Board of the arrival of such shipment, the 
contents thereof and the name of the consignor; and 
shall hold such shipment unopened until duly in¬ 
spected or released by the Board. In case any infested 
or infected stock is discovered in such shipment, the 
shipment shall be subject to the provisions of (this 
act) (sections —— to --, inclusive). 
Nursery Certificate. 
Section 15 .— (1) The Board shall cause to be issued to 
owners of any nursery in the state after the stock has 
been officially inspected as previously provided, and 
found to be apparently free from injurious insects or 
plant diseases, a certificate signed by the inspector set¬ 
ting forth the fact of such inspection and the number 
of acres or fraction thereof inspected. Said certificate 
shall be valid not to exceed one year from (month) 1st. 
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, to offer 
for sale or to remove or ship from a nursery or other 
premises, any nursery stock unless such stock has 
been officially inspected and a cetificate or permit has 
been granted by the Board. 
Dealer’s Certificate. 
Section 16 .—All dealers within the meaning of this act, 
located either within or without the state, engaged in 
selling nursery stock in this state or soliciting orders 
for nursery stock within this state, shall secure a 
dealer’s certificate by furnishing a sworn affidavit that 
he will buy and sell only stock which has been duly 
inspected and certified by an official state inspector; 
and that he will maintain with the Board a list of all 
sources from which he secures his stock. 
Certificates to Firms Outside the State 
Section 17. —Nurserymen, dealers or other persons re¬ 
siding or doing business outside the state desiring to 
solicit orders for nursery stock in the state shall, upon 
filing a certified cony of their original state certificate 
with the Board, obtain a certificate permitting such 
persons to solicit orders for nursery stock in this state. 
Agent’s Certificate. 
Section 18 .—All agents within the meaning of this act 
selling nursery stock or soliciting orders for nursery 
stock for any nurseryman or dealer located within the 
state or outside the state, shall be required to secure 
and carry an agent s certificate bearing a copy of the 
certificate held by the principal. Said agent’s certi¬ 
ficate shall be issued only by the Board to agents auth¬ 
orized by their principal or upon request of their prin¬ 
cipal. Names and addresses of such agents shall not 
be divulged by the inspector or the Board. 
Section 19 .—The Board shall at any time have the power 
lo revoke any certificate for sufficient cause, including 
any violation of (this act) (sections-to-, in¬ 
clusive) or non-conformity with any rule or regula¬ 
tion promulgated under (this act) (sections - to 
-, inclusive). 
Misrepresentation of Stock. 
Section 20 .— (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to 
wilfully misrepresent to any other person the grade, 
character, variety, or quality of stock in a nursery, or 
of stock offered for sale by any nurseryman, dealer, 
or agent, or to make a false declaration of acreage or 
to cause any concealment of stock from inspection. 
(2) Every person selling nursery stock in the state 
shall, if requested, furnish the Board with copies of 
his order forms, contracts and agreements with his 
customers, which are furnished for the use of agents, 
or customers, or both. 
Certificate Shipping Tags. 
Section 21 .—Every person who shall engage in the sell¬ 
ing and shipping of nursery stock in the state is here¬ 
by required to attach on the outside of each package, 
box, bale, or carload lot so shipped or otherwise de¬ 
livered, a tag or poster on which shall appear an exact 
copy of his valid certificate. The use of tags or pos¬ 
ters bearing an invalid or altered certificate and the 
misuse of any valid certificate tag is hereby prohibited. 
Section 22 .—It shall be unlawful for any person to ac¬ 
cept for shipment any nursery stock without a valid 
c rtificate plainly affixed on the outside of the pack¬ 
age, bale, box or car containing the same, showing that 
the contents have been duly inspected by an official 
state or federal inspector. In case any nursery stock 
is shipped in this state, or into this state from another 
state, country or province, without the aforesaid valid 
certificate plainlv affixed, the fact must be promptly 
reported to the Board by the person carrying the same, 
stating the consignor and the consignee ‘and the na¬ 
ture of the shipment. 
Appeal. 
Section 23 .— (1) Anv person in interest or affected by 
any order of the Board or inspector may appeal there¬ 
from to the Board within five days of the service of 
such order upon him setting forth in writing specific¬ 
ally and in full detail the order on which a hearing is 
desired, and every reason why such order is deemed 
to he unreasonable. 
(2) On receipt of such appeal the Board shall with 
reasonable promptness order a hearing thereon and 
consider and determine the matters in question. No¬ 
tice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to 
the petitioner and to such other persons as the Board 
may direct. Such appeal shall not suspend the opera¬ 
tion of the order appealed from unless so ordered by 
said Board. All hearings of the Board shall be open to 
the public. 
Section 24 .—Compensation of inspector or deputy inspec¬ 
tors (a local matter). 
Penalty for Violations. 
Section 25 .—Any person violating (any section of this 
