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352 INSPECTIONS. [ART. XLVIII
plants, vines, shrubs and grains, and the State officers shall file a state-
ment of the expenses of such destruction or treatment with the trustees
of said College, and said trustees shall transmit a copy of such state-
ment and account of such expenditure, with the usual affidavit attached
thereto to be made by the State officers, which shall be sufficient evi-
dence to prove the claim to the State's Attorney of the County where
the owner of such premises resides, and said attorney is directed to
collect the same and account to the trustees of the Maryland State Col-
lege of Agriculture therefor.
1904, art. 48, sec. 62. 1896. ch. 290, ch. 35. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 60. 1910, ch. 180.
1910, ch. 285, sec. 60.
60. When any trees, plants, shrubs, vines, buds or cuttings com-
monly known as nursery stock are shipped into this State from any
other State or territory, or the District of Columbia to any nursery-
man, broker, dealer, agent or other person in this State, every carload,
bale, box or package thereof shall be plainly labeled on the outside
with the name of the consignor, the name of the consignee, and a cer-
tificate showing that the contents have been inspected by a qualified
State or government officer, and that the trees, plants, vines, shrubs or
cuttings therein contained are apparently free from the insects and
diseases herein provided for. Whenever any trees, plants, vines,
shrubs, buds or cuttings are shipped into this State from any other
State or territory or the District of Columbia, without such certificate
plainly fixed on the outside of each carload, box, bale or package, the
agent of the transportation company, firm or person receiving same
shall not deliver said nursery stock to the consignee or agent represent-
ing the consignor, and said agent of the transportation company, firm
or person shall notify the State entomologist or State pathologist at
the Maryland State College of Agriculture and said State officer receiv-
ing such notification shall immediately notify any justice of the peace
of this State to issue a summons for the consignee, and the agent or
consignor, if he be known, of such carload, bale, box or package of
nursery stock, to appear before him on a certain day to be named therein,
to show why such trees, plants, vines, shrubs, buds or cuttings should
not be seized as being in violation of the provisions of this sub-title,
and on trial thereof, if said justice be satisfied that the provisions of
this sub-title have been violated, said justice shall order said agent or
consignee to return such carload, box, bale or package of trees, plants,
shrubs, vines, buds or cuttings immediately to the shipper or consignor
unless said consignee or agent of the consignor at his expense shall
forthwith have said nursery stock examined by the State entomologist
and the State pathologist of this State, and said officers certify to such
justice of the peace that said nursery stock is apparently free from the
insects and diseases mentioned herein and tag every such carload,
box, bale and package inspected by said officer, with their certificate of
inspection, and if said agent or consignee shall fail to have said nursery
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