Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-14

inspector of the district into which they
are brought; or plant, sell, give away or
otherwise distribute them, or cause the
same to be done, until they have first
been inspected, and, if necessary, disln-
fected to the satisfaction OF the county
Board of horticultural Commissioners OF
said Los Angeles county.
The board respectfully points out to
the ladies of the county that the danger
| of bringing the scale on bouquets and
small packages of potted plants, cut
tings, etc., from infss, ed districts is az
great as from larger packages OF trees,
shrubs, etc., and asks hearty compf-
ance on their part with the above
(Section 5, act 1885. All fruit trees
infested by any insect or insects, their
germs, larvae or pupe, or injected by
disease known to be injurious to fruit or
fruit trees, and liable to spread conta-
gion, must be cleaned or disinfected be-
fore the first day of April, eighteen
hundred and eighty-fve, and on or be-
fore the first day of April of every sue
ceeding year thereafter. Ali owners or
occupants of lands, on which fruit trees
are grown, failing to comply with the
provisions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and fined as pro-
vided for in section of this act. All
fruit, packages, trees, plants, cuttings,
gratis and scions that shall not
be disinfected within twenty-four hours
after notice by the Inspector of Fruit
Pests, or a duly appointed quarantine
guardian, or any member of the Board
of Horticulture, shall be liable to be pro-
ceeded against as public nuisance.)
(Section 6, Act 1885. Any person or
corporation violating any of the pro-
visions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor, and shall, on
conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fne of not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars, for
every offenee
SEC 4. Evevy owner or owners, or
person or persons, in charge or posses
sion of any orchard, nursery or other
premises in Los Angeles county,
on which are growing any traes, vines,
shrubs, plants, vegetables or flowers in
fected with red or cottony cushion scale,
or the eggs, Larvae or pupe thereof. shall,
when required by the County Board of
Horticultural Commissioners, as in their
discretion may seem necessary, cut back
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shrubs, plants, vegetables or flowers, to
the satisfaction of said board, or dig out
and destroy the same az said board May
direct
From observation and experience SO
far gained, the board are convinced that
The most successful and cheapest
method of treatment of the above
mentioned scale is by cutting back
and defeliating the tree so that
it may be thoroughly scrubbed,
in every part, subsequently spraying 1t
and the surrounding trees
Sec. 5. Any person or persons who
shall ship or bring, or cause to be shipped
of brought into Los Angeles county, any
trees, vines, scions, cuttings, gratis,
shrubs, plants, vegetables or flowers,
shall have placed upon or securely at
tsched to each box, package or separate
parcel of such trees, vines, scions, cut
tings, gratis, shrubs, plants, vegetables
or flowers, distincs mark or label,
showing the name of the owner or ship
per, and the locality where produced.
THE attention of purchasers and
is particularly called
to this section, and etrict
compliance with it's provisions will
greatly facilitate the work of the board
in determining infested districts
SEC. 7. Any person violating any OF
the provisions of this ordinance is
punishable by imprisonment in the
county Jail not less than ten days and
not more than one hundred days, or by
fine not less than ten dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars, or both. A
judgment that the defendant pay fine
may also direct that he be imprisoned
until the fine be satisfied, specifying the
extent Of imprisonment, which must not
exceed one day for every dollar OF the
fine.
SEC. s. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force on and after the
first day of April, 1890.