32 MARYLAND MANUAL.
No. 1 of said Act will explain briefly the duties of the officers and the
scope of the work of the Department:
That a State Horticultural Department be established for the State
of Maryland; that its purpose is to suppress and eradicate the San,
Jose Scale, peach-yellow, pear-blight and other injuriously dangerous
insect pests and plant diseases throughout the State of Maryland.
That the Professor of Entomology, the Professor of Vegetable
Pathology, and the Professor of Horticulture of the University of
Maryland and Experiment Station shall be the State Entomologist,
State Pathologist and State Horticulturist, respectively.
That the said Horticultural Department shall be under the control
of the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland and Experi-
ment Station, to whom the officers created under this Act shall be re-
sponsible.
That it shall be the duty of said State Entomologist and State
Pathologist, their assistants and employees, under the control of
Regents of said University to seek out and suppress all pernicious insect
pests and contagious diseases hereinbefore mentioned as destructive to
horticultural interests of the State, and conduct experiments when
necessary to accomplish that end.
Tire State Entomologist and State Pathologist are also required to
inspect all tree and plant nurseries in the State and issue certificates
of inspection to permit the distribution of such nursery stock.
All matters pertaining to orchard and nursery inspection as well as
cases of infestation or infection by injurious insects or plant diseases
attacking any crop in the State is taken care of so far as means will
permit by the inembers of this Department.
The State Entomologist has been designated the Inspector of
Apiaries and directed to conduct such inspection of Apiaries, and Birch
investigations and disseminate such information as may seem best to
promote the beekeeping industry in Maryland,
The officers of the Department are as follows:
Ernest N. Cory State Entomologist
C. E. Temple ... .. . State Pathologist
STATE GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY AND STATE
GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY ADVISORY
COMMISSION.
Executive Officer:
Raymond A. Pearson, President University of Maryland.
Ex-officio Member:
Joseph S. Ames, President of Johns Hopkins University.
Members (terms expire 1931) :
Robert W. Williams .. . . . Baltimore
John B. Ferguson .... . ...... Hagerstown
The Governor appoints two members bi annually.
The State Geological and Economic Survey is authorized to make:
(a) Topographic surveys show ing the relief of the land, streams,
roads, railways, houses, etc.
(b) Geological surveys showing the distribution of the geological
formations and mineral deposits of the State.
(c) Agricultural soil surveys showing the areal extent and charac-
ter of the different soils.
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