1252 INSPECTIONS. [ART. 48

1904, art 48, sec. 66. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 64. 1906, ch. 509, sec. 66.

64. The sum of twelve thousand dollars annually is hereby appro-
priated in order to carry out the provisions of this sub-title and properly
provide for the above described inspection; to employ men qualified
for their respective positions; to procure the requisite facilities and
equipment necessary for the proper performance of the duties herein
imposed, and to offer means of support for investigation in addition
to the inspection work of the state officers, and the dissemination of
information that will promote horticultural and agricultural interests
of this State; said appropriation to be divided as follows: $4,000 for
the state horticulturist and $8,000 for the state entomologist and state
pathologist.

Ibid, sec. 67. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 65.

65. The comptroller is hereby authorized to issue his warrant upon
the treasurer of the state for the said sum of eight thousand dollars
annually out of any funds not otherwise appropriated; said sum of
money shall be payable to the Maryland Agricultural College on or
before the first of October of each fiscal year.

Tree and Fruit Inspectors—The Yellows.

Ibid. sec. 68. 1892, ch. 639, sec. 1. 1902, ch. 148, sec. 66.

66. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or allow to be and
remain on his lands or premises, in the State of Maryland, any peach,
almond, apricot, nectarine or other tree infected with the contagious
disease known as the yellows, or to offer for sale or shipment, or to
sell or ship to others any such trees or the fruit thereof in any form;
and any person convicted before any justice of the peace of selling or
shipping said trees or the fruit thereof in any form, knowing the
same to be so diseased, or after he shall have been notified thereof by
an inspector, shall be fined a sum not exceeding ten dollars and costs,
and upon failure to pay the same shall be confined in the county jail
for a term not exceeding thirty days.

Ibid. sec. 69. 1892, ch. 639, sec. 2.

67. The trees and fruit so infected shall be subject to destruction
as public nuisance as hereinafter provided, and no damages shall be
awarded in any court of this State or by any justice of the peace thereof
against any person or persons for entering upon lands or premises and
destroying such diseased trees and fruit if done in accordance with
the provisions of this sub-title, and it shall be the duty of every person
as soon as he becomes aware of the existence of such disease in any tree
or fruit owned by him to forthwith destroy by burning the same or
cause it to be destroyed by burning.

Ibid. sec. 70. 1892, ch. 639, sec. 3.

68. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the various
counties on the application of three or more citizens of said county to