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THE NATIONAL NURSERlLMxVN 
LK'EXSE TO FIR.MS OUTSIDE STATE. 
LM.—Nurseries or dealers outside the state desiring to employ 
agents for the canvas and sale of nursery stock in the state, shall 
apply to the state inspector for a suitable license to be issued by 
the state inspector after certification by an official state inspector. 
Suggestion. IMake the first line read “Nurseries or dealers 
within or without the state, etc.” 
AGENT'S LICENSE. 
22. —All agents within the meaning of this act, selling nursery 
stock for any nursery or dealer located within the state or out¬ 
side the state, shall be required to carry a duplicate copy of the 
license held by the principal. Said duplicate licenses to be is¬ 
sued only by the state nursery inspector after satisfying himself 
that the agent is duly qualified by the principal. 
Suggestion. In the last line substitute the word “authorized” 
in i)lace of “qualified.” 
MISREPRESENTATION OF STOCK. 
23. —Wilful misrepresentation of grade, character, variety, or 
quality of stock in a nursery or offered for sale b.v any nursery, 
dealer, or agent, shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by 
|)enalty or forfeiture as hereinafter provided. A false declara- 
quired to attach on the outside of each ])ackage, box, bale, or 
carload lot so shijjped, a tag or poster on which a certified and 
exact copy of their valid license shall be printed. The use of tags 
or posters bearing an invalid or altered centificate and the mis¬ 
use of any valid certificate tag is hereby prohibited. 
Suggestion. After the words “or carload lot so shipped” add 
“or otherwise delivered.” 
26. ^—It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, railroad, ex¬ 
press or steamboat company or any person to accept for shii)ment 
any nursery stock without a valid certificate plainly affixed on 
the outside of the package, bale, box or car containing the same, 
showing that the contents has been duly inspected by an official 
state or government inspector. In case any nursery stock is 
shipped in this state, or into this state from another state, coun¬ 
try or province, without the aforesaid valid certificate plainly 
affixed, the fact must be promptly reported to the state inspector 
by the railroad, express or steamboat comi)any or other persons 
carrying the same, stating the consignor and consignee and the 
nature of the shipment. 
EXCHANGE OF PLANTS. 
27. —Growers of small fruits and bedding plants not engaged in 
regular nursery business, who may exchange or give away jjlants 
Sciadopitys CerticiUata .seedlings in M. Koster A Sons’ N'urseries, Boskoop, Holland. This photograph gives 
promise of a good supply of Holland grown stock of this fane evergreen. 
tion of acreage or any concealment of stock from inspection shall 
also constitute a punishable misdemeanor. 
All persons, firms or corporations selling nursery stock in the 
state shall, if requested, furnish the state inspector with copies 
of all their literature which is printed or mimeographed, includ¬ 
ing catalogs, price-lists, order forms, contracts and agreements 
which are furnished for the use of agents or customers or both. 
LM PORTED STOCK. 
24. —Any person, firm or corporation importing nursery stock 
from foreign countries (or from other states or territories) 
shall notify the (state) (county) (district) inspector of the ar¬ 
rival of such shipment, also the consignors and the contents 
thereof; and shall hold such shipment unopened until duly in¬ 
spected or released by the inspector. Any infested or infected 
stock discovered in such shipment, shall be subject to the same 
treatment as is designated (elsewhere in this act) (in sections 
-to -, inclusive.) 
Suggestion. In the first line, substitute the word “receiving” 
in place of “importing” also omit the words “consignors and the." 
CERTIFICATE SHIPPING TAGS. 
25. —Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the 
selling and shipping of nursery stock in the state is hereby re¬ 
in their immediate vicinity so long as such exchange is confined 
within the state, shall not be required to take out a license; ex¬ 
cepting however, that the state inspector shall have the power of 
quarantine, as hereinbefore described, over such growers in case 
serious conditions of plant infestation or disease should develop. 
The selling or bartering of trees, shrubs or plants by an unlicens¬ 
ed person, firm or corporation with a person, firm or corporation 
holding a license and doing a regular nursery business, is here¬ 
by prohibited. 
Suggestion. Omit this paragraph entirely. 
APPOINT.MENT OF DEPUTIES. 
28.—The state nursery ins])ector is hereby authorized to ap- 
l)oint (deputies or assistants) (county horticultural inspectors) 
(district horticultural inspectors) subject to the confirmation of 
such appointment by (the Governor) (the State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture) (the State Horticultural Commission) (the State Horticul¬ 
tural Commissioner) (the State Department of Agriculture) (the 
Secretary of Agriculture). The officially appointed (deputies) 
(county horticultural inspectors) (district horticultural inspect¬ 
ors) shall strictly enforce the provisions of this act under the di¬ 
rection of the state inspector, and they are hereby endowed with 
the same police power as the state inspector, and shall be fur- 
