Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-14
THE SUPERVISORS.
The horticultural Cornnstssion and
scale Pests Treated.

draw his petition as to vacsting streets
in Pasadena.
The petition of Vernon fruit-groweri
for the removal of the Los Angeles Hor'
ticultural Board was read and testimony
taken, and the motion denied.
The Adams street matter was post
poned until March oath.
The hearing ON a petition to vacate
streets on the Mills & Wicks subdivision
of the Sausal Redondo was set for March
oath.
The same action was taken as to the
streets at Hollywood.
The following resolutions were passed
WHEREAS, 1t having come to the know
ledge Of this board that Hon. Gordon
Sloss and J. 7. Gsffey, of the State
Board Of Equalization, and their secrs.
tary, E. W. Maslin, are in this city and
remembering the uniform kindness and
courtesy received by this board upon
visiting in Sacramento last August, while
endeavoring to obtain reduction OF our
assessment roll, and in which we we're
successful by getting q reduction OF
$40, 100, 900, and desiring to show cur re-
gard for the manner in which We were
received and treated by the State board /;
Therefore, be 1t resolved, That Super
visor T. E. Rowan be appointed a coma
mittes of one to receive and entertain the
gentlemen named as our guests during
their stay in Los Angeles.
The following resolutions were adopted !:
WHEREAS, A petition has been pre-
sented to this board. signed by substsn-
tial citizens, asking the abolition of the
County Horticultural Commission, and
against which abolition many protests
from different portions of the county were
presented;
AND WHEREAS, After full hearing this
day pro and con the petition for abolish
ing said board has been denied,
Therefore, resolued, This board is of the
opinion that the Board of horticultural
Commissioners should observe careful
discrimination in regard to the orders
they may make TO spray infected orchards
in this, that if at any orchard it can bs
made to appear that there Is any kind of
parasite that is destroying the orchard
pests. that they should not order such
orchards to be sprayed, at least until it is
dem monstrated that such parasites are not
making any headway against the pests
but that at any and all places
where they may find any pests existing
upon which there is no natural enemy at
work, that they should stringently en-
force the law, and take vigorous means
to exterminate such pests; and
WHEREAs, 1t has been made to appear
to this board that scale known as the
Florida purple scale has been introduced
in this county in trees imported frcm
Florida; and
WHEREAS, We view with alarm the
prospect of receiving additional orchard
pests, by the importing of trees from
other States and countries; therefore
Resolved, That the Board of Horticul-
tural mMissioners should, and they
are hereby directed, to use the utmost
vigilance in inspecting trees offered for
sale, and if they in any case find any
trees affected by any scale or pest, that
they use all lawful means to prevent tho
scattering of such trees throughout the
county.
In the matter of the Florence and
Compton road n. +. Stafford, Melvin
Nudge and ]. J. Martin were appointed
viewers.
Frank M. Raymond was appointed
Justice of the peace of Downey City.
Certain streets in Painter q Balls
auOlIiOH W anaeoA0 "0i0 oiuoAou Va
Gated
The same order was made as to streeta
in Pasadena, others in the Hawkeye
tract, in the San Rafael ranch, and in
Tibbedts's subdivision.
The following ordinance was passed to
quarantine scale infected trees coming
into the county:
Ordinance No 26 of Los Angeles County,
and Excerpts from State Laws Con.
cerning Horticultural Interests.
SECTION l. No person or persons,
either as owner, agent, servant or en-
ployee, shall keep, sell, expose for sale
or otherwise distribute within the limits
of Los Angeles county, CAL, any fruits,
plants, flowers or vegetables infected
with live scale or other insects, or their
eggs, Larvae or pupa, detrimental or in
furious to fruit trees or plant life, or the
products thereof; and if any fruits,
plants, vegetables or flowers should, on
examination, be found to be infected
with scale or other insects, or their eggs,
larvse or pupa. the said fruits, plants,
flowers or vegetables shall be disin-
fected or destroyed under the direction
of the County Board of horticultural
Commissioners.
(ExtracG from Section z, Act 1885: 1t
shall be the duty of the inspector of fruit
pests, or the quarantine guardian, to in
spect fruit packages, and all trees and
plants, cuttings, gratis and scions, known
or believed to be infested by any insect
or insects, or the germs thereof, or their
eggs, larvae or pupe, injurious to fruit or
fruit trees, or infested with any disease
liable to spread contagion, imported or
brought into this State from any foreign
country, or from any of the United States
or Territories; and if, upon inspection,
such fruit or fruit packages are found to
be infested or infected it shall be mis-
demesnor to offer the same for sale, gift
distribution or transportation, unless
they shall be first disinfected.")
1.-The above applies to selling from
wagons or other vehicles, as well as
stores, fruitstands, etc.
SEC. 2. No person or persons, whsthel
as owner, agent, servant or employee
shall bring, or cause to be brought
into the county of Los Angeles
any trees, vines, shrubs, fruits, scions,
cuttings, gratis, plants, flowers OF
vegetables from any district, county OF
State declared by the County Board oi
Horticultural Commissioners of said
Los Angeles county to be infested with
scale or other insects detrimental or in
furious to trees, vines, fruits or plant life
or the products thereof.
SEc e Tho Countv Board of Horti.