936                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 342

[the aforesaid officers] he shall mark or tag in some conspicuous
way all trees, vines, shrubs, plants or grains, infested with the afore-
said diseases, and shall give notice in writing to the owner or owners,
tenants or persons in charge of such premises of the condition there-
of, and thereupon if such person or persons so notified shall not
within ten (10) days after the notification, 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]
the Secretary shall [through their officers, assistants or employees,]
destroy or treat all such trees, plants, vines, shrubs and grains,
and the [State officers] Secretary shall [file] prepare 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] Secretary of Agriculture therefor.

78.   [State Entomologist or Pathologist] Secretary to inspect in
every county once a year.

[It shall be the duty of said trustees to send the State Entomolo-
gist or the State Pathologist or their duly authorized assistants]
The Secretary of Agriculture shall at least once a year [into each
county of the State for the purpose of] determin[ing]e by in-
spection the healthfulness and general condition of the horticultural
and agricultural interests in each county of the State.

79.   Inspection of nurseries; destruction of diseased trees; vines,
shrubs, etc.; certificates for selling or shipping.

[It is hereby also made the duty of the said board of trustees,
through the State Entomologist and the State Pathologist or their
duly authorized assistants, to] The Secretary of Agriculture shall
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
inspection, from the aforesaid insects or diseases to give to the owner
or owners or persons in charge of said nurseries a certificate of in-
spection 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 offi-
cers] Secretary shall cause to be destroyed or treated such portion
of such nursery stock or other trees or plants as in [their] his
opinion may be necessary, and shall release all other nursery stock
grown upon said premises, 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 [afore-
said officers] Secretary, then the owner shall pay the cost thereof,
and if he refuse to pay the same it shall be collected as prescribed
in Section 77. No nurseryman, broker, agent, dealer or other person
shall be permitted to sell, ship, send out, or give away, by mail, ex-
press, freight or otherwise, any trees, vines, shrubs, plants, buds or
cuttings from any such nurseries or premises, without accompanying
the same, with a copy of the said certificate printed upon a tag