INSPECTIONS. 1771

the said trees, plants, vines and shrubs shall be destroyed, and the nursery-
man, dealer or agent shall forfeit the value of such stock, and shall not col-
lect the same from the purchaser or consignee.

An. Code, sec. 62. 1904, sec. 64. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 62.

68. The state entomologist, state pathologist and state horticulturist
shall submit annually a written report on or before the first day of February
of their inspections and investigations to the board of trustees, which shall
be transmitted to the governor of the State and the general assembly, and
published as are the reports of other State organizations and distributed
among the people of the State as bulletins of the Maryland Agricultural
Experiment Station.

An. Code, sec. 63. 1904, sec. 65. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 63.

69. The report of the present state entomologist, including the work
done by him up to the date of the passage of this sub-title, shall be published
and distributed as indicated and provided for in section 68, as the first
annual report of the Maryland state entomologist.

An. Code, sec. 64. 1904, sec. 66. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 64. 1906, ch. 509, sec. 66.

70: The sum of twelve thousand dollars annually is hereby appropriated
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 respec-
tive 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 hor-
ticultural 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.

An. Code, sec. 65. 1904, sec. 67. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 65.

71. 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.

An. Code, sec. 66. 1904, sec. 68. 1892, ch. 639, sec. 1. 1902, ch. 148, sec. 66.

72. 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 dis-
ease 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