The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1897, by the National Nurseryman Pubiishing Co. 
VoL. V. ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL. 1897. No. 3. 
A FEDERAL BILL. 
Method Arranged by Entomologists and 
Horticulturists for Conduct of Nur¬ 
sery Business—Food fob Reflection. 
Following is the full text of the revised San Jose Scale bill 
to be represented in congress at the first opportunity : 
AN ACT. 
To Provide for the Inspection and Treatment of 
Trees, Plants, Buds, Cuttings, Grafts, Scions, Nur¬ 
sery Stock and Fruit, Imported into the United 
States, and for the Inspection and Treatment of 
Trees, Plants, Buds, Cuttings, Grafts, Scions and 
Nursery Stock Grown Within the United States, 
Which Becomes a Subject of Inter-state Commerce. 
Section i.—Be it Enacted by the Senate and House 
of Representatives of the United States of America 
IN Congress Assembled, 
That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, 
authorized at the expense of the owner or owners to place and 
retain in quarantine all trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, 
scions, nursery stock and fruit, imported into the United 
States at such ports as he may designate for such purposes, 
and under such conditions as he may, by regulation, pre¬ 
scribe, and that he may appoint inspectors for the purpose of 
examining such trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, 
nursery stock and fruit for the purpose of ascertaining whether 
they are infected by any dangerously injurious insect or dis¬ 
ease, the importation of which will be prejudicial to the horti¬ 
cultural interests of the United States, and provide for the 
treatment of such when found necessary. 
Sec. 2. That when such trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, 
scions, nursery stock and fruit shall be determined to be in¬ 
fested with any dangerously injurious insect or disease they 
shall be treated at the expense of the owner or owners in ac¬ 
cordance with the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, 
or they shall be destroyed in case their condition is such as to 
warrant such destruction ; but an appeal may be taken from 
the decision of the inspector to the Secretary of Agriculture if 
such appeal is taken within three days after such inspection; 
and the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture shall be final. 
Sec. 3. That when such inspection shall show that such 
trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, nursery stock and 
fruit are apparently free from dangerously injurious insects or 
diseases, a certificate to this effect, made in accordance with 
the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be issued 
to the owner or owners thereof by the said inspector and this 
certificate shall operate to release all the objects above speci¬ 
fied, when duly stamped or labelled with the same from further 
quarantine or restriction either at the said port of entry or in 
inter-state commerce. Any person who shall forge, counter¬ 
feit, or knowingly alter, deface, or destroy any of the marks, 
stamps, or certificates, provided for in the regulations of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, on any such trees, plants, buds, cut- 
tings, grafts, scions, nursery stock or fruit, or who shall forge, 
counterfeit, or knowingly or wrongfully alter, deface or de¬ 
stroy any certificate as provided for in said regulations, shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction there¬ 
of, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dol¬ 
lars, or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, at the 
discretion of the court. 
Sec. 4. That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of 
Agriculture that any foreign country shall have provided 
proper and competent inspection and treatment, in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act, for the objects above specified 
as being subject to inspection and treatment, he may, by proc¬ 
lamation or otherwise, accept such inspection and treatment 
in lieu of inspection performed by officers appointed by him¬ 
self, which acceptance or proclamation by the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall relieve such articles specified in the foregoing 
sections of this Act, when properly stamped or labelled, from 
further quarantine or restrictions. 
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be 
inspected and properly treated at the expense of the owner or 
owners, prior to their shipment all trees, plants, buds, cuttings, 
grafts, scions, or nursery stock which are subjects of inter¬ 
state commerce, and which are about to be transported from 
one state or territory or the District of Columbia, into another 
state or territory or the District of Columbia. 
Sec. 6. That the said examination shall be made in the 
manner provided for by the rules and regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that after such examina¬ 
tion the trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions or nursery 
stock found to be apparently free from dangerously injurious 
insects or diseases shall be marked, stamped or labelled for 
identification, as may be provided for by said rules and regu¬ 
lations of the Secretary of Agriculture, and when so stamped 
or labelled they shall not be subject to further quarantine or 
restriction in inter-state cormmerce. Any person who shall 
forge, counterfeit or knowingly alter, deface or destroy any of 
the marks, stamps or said devices provided for in the regula¬ 
tions of the Secretary of Agriculture on any such trees, plants, 
buds, cuttings, grafts, scions and nursery stock, or who shall 
forge, counterfeit or knowingly or wrongfully alter, deface or 
destroy any certificate provided for in said regulations shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof 
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars 
or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such pun¬ 
ishments at the discretion of the court. 
Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful for any person, persons 
or corporation to transport from one state or territory or the 
District of Columbia, into any other state or territory or the 
District of Columbia, or for any person, persons, or corpora¬ 
tion to deliver to any other person, persons or corporation or 
