INSPECTIONS 2057

An. Code, 1924, sec. 61. 1912, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 57. 1896, ch. 290, sec. 56. 1916, ch. 186.

1916, ch. 285, sec. 55.

65. Should any of the officers aforesaid through their assistants and
employees or by any notification whatsoever find any fruit trees, vines,
shrubs, plant or grains infested or diseased with the aforesaid insects or
diseases, the aforesaid officers shall mark or tag in some conspicuous way all
trees, vines, shrubs, plants or grains, infested with the aforesaid diseases,
and shall give notice in writing to the owner or owners, tenants or persons
in charge of such premises of the condition thereof, and thereupon if such
person or person so notified shall not within ten (10) days after the notifi-
cation, destroy or treat the same in accordance with regulations and rules
of said trustees, a copy of which will be sent on application to any person,
then said trustees shall through their officers, assistants or employees,
destroy or treat all such trees, plants, vines, shrubs and grains, and the
State officers shall file a statement of the expenses of such destruction or
treatment with the trustees of said College, and said trustees shall transmit
a copy of such statement and account of such expenditure, with the usual
affidavit attached thereto to be made by the State officers, which shall be
sufficient evidence 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 College
of Agriculture therefor.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 62. 1912, sec. 56. 1904, sec. 58. 1896, ch. 290, sec. 57. 1898, ch. 289.

66. It shall be the duty of said trustees to send the state entomologist
or the state pathologist or their duly authorized assistants at least once a
year into each county of the State for the purpose of determining by inspec-
tion the healthfulness and general condition of the horticultural and agri-
cultural interests.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 63. 1912, sec. 57. 1904, sec. 59. 1898, ch. 289, sec. 58.

67. It is hereby also made the duty of the said board of trustees,
through the state entomologist and the state pathologist or their duly author-
ized assistants, to inspect at least once in every six (6) months all nurseries
of trees, vines, shrubs and plants subject to the aforesaid insects or diseases
within the State, and if found free, so far as can be determined by inspec-
tion, from the aforesaid insects or diseases to give to the owner or owners or
persons in charge of said nurseries a certificate of inspection showing such
nurseries or premises to be apparently free from such insects and diseases.
If any of the aforesaid insects or diseases should be found in any nursery
or orchard, or any premises within the State where nursery stock is grown,
the aforesaid officers shall cause to be destroyed or treated such portion of
such nursery stock or other trees or plants as in their opinion may be
necessary, and shall release all other nursery stock grown upon said prem-
ises, and issue a certificate of inspection to the owner or owners as herein
provided for; and if such infested or diseased trees, vines, plants or shrubs
be destroyed by the aforesaid officers, then the owner shall pay the cost
thereof, and if he refuse to pay the same it shall be collected as prescribed
in section 65. No nurseryman, broker, agent, dealer or other person shall
be permitted to sell, ship, send out, or give away, by mail, express, freight
or otherwise, any trees, vines, shrubs, plants, buds or cuttings from any
such nurseries or premises, without accompanying the same, with a copy