Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-29
HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY.
New Law Designed to Protect and PI o
mote 1t in New Mexico.

A New Law Designed to Protect and p, o.
mote 1t in New Mexico.
Appended is one OF the new laws late
ly passed by the New Mexico legisIa
ture:
Section l. Whenever petition is pre-.
sented to the board of county commits.
sioners OF any county, and signed by fiji.
teen or more persons who are free hold.
ers and possessors of an orchard, or both
stating that certain, or all orchards OF
nurseries, or trees or vineyards of any
variety, are infested with scale insects,
Goblin moth, or any other insect or pest
that are known to he destructive to trees
or vines, praying that commission be
appointed by them, whose duty it shall
be to supervise their destruction, as here.
in provided, the board of county com.
missioners shall, within twenty days
thereafter, select three commissioners
for the county, to be known as a county
board of horticultural commissioners
The board of county commissioners may
fill any vacancy that may occur in said
commission by death, resignation or
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each year, one month or thereabouts,
previous to the expiration OF the term Of
office OF any member OF said commission.
The said commissioners shall serve for
period of three years from the date of
their appointment, except the COM
missioners first appointed, one of whom
shall serve for one year, and one of whom
shall serve for two years, and one of
whom shall serve for three years, from
the date of their appointment. The COM
missioners first appointed shall them
selves decide, by lot or otherwise, who
shall serve for one year, who shall serve
for two years and who shall serve for
three years, and shall notify the board of
county commissioners Of the result of
their choice.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be th duty of the
board of horticultural commissioners of
each county, wherever it shall deem it
necessary to cause an inspection to be
made of any orchard or nursery or vine
yard or trees, or any fruit packing
house, store.room, saies-room. or any
other place in their jurisdiction, and if |
found infested with scale-bug, Goblin
moth, or other insect pests injurious to
fruit, trees or vines, they shall notify the
owner or owners or person or persons in |
charge or possession of said trees or vines
or places aforesaid that the same are in
fected with said insects, or any of them,
or their eggs or larvae, and they shall re-
qulre such person or persons to disinfect |
or destroy the same within certain time
to be specified. If within such specified
time such disinfection or destruction has
not been accomplished, the said person
or persons shall be required to make ap-
pllcatlon OF such treatment for the pur-
pose OF destroying them as said commits
sioners may prescribe. Said notice may
be served upon the person or persons
oW Wnlng or having charge or possession of |
such infested trees or vines or places or
articles, as aforesaid, by any commission
er, or by any person deputed by said COM
missioneers for that purpose, or they may
be served in the same manner as a sum-
mons in civil action. 1t the owner or
owners or the person or persons in charge
or possession of any orchard or nursery or
vineyard or trees or places or articles in
tested with said insects, or any of them,
or their larvae or eggs, after having been
notified as above, to destroy the same, or
make application Of treatment as directed,
shall fail, neglect or refuse 80 to do, he or
they shall be deemed guilty of maintain
ing public nuisance, and any such Or
chards, nurseries, vineyards, trees or
places or articles thus infested, shall be
adjudged and the same are hereby declared
a public nuisance, and may be proceeded
against as such, and the county board Of
horticultural commissioners are hereby |
authorized and empowered to abate such |
nuisance, and the expenses thus incurred |
may be lien upon the real property of
the defendant.
Sec. 8. Said county board OF horticult-
ural commissioners shall have power 10
divide the county into districts, and to
appoint local inspector for each of said
districts. Said board and such local in
spectors as they may appoint shall be ex-
officio quarantine guardians, and as such
shall have power and full authority to
enter any orchard, nursery, vineyard, or
place or places where trees or plants are
kept and offered for sale, or otherwise, or
any house, or store-room, sales-room de-
pot, or any other such placein their juris-
dlction, to inspect the same or any part
thereof.
Sec. 4. Each member OF the county
board of horticultural commissioners and
each local inspector shall be paid for each
day actually engaged in the performance
of his duties under this act, payable out
of the county treasury of his county, such
compensation as shall be determined by
the resolutions of the board Of county
commissioners, before entering into the
| discharge of their duties,
Sec. 5. Said board of horticultural
commissioners shall have power to re-
move any local inspector who shall fail to
perform the duties Of his Office.
Sec. 6. If any member of the county
board of horticultural commissioners shall
fail to perform the duties Of his office, as
required by this act, he shall be removed
from Office by the county commissioners
and the vacancy thus formed shall be
filled by appointment by the county COM
missioners.
Sec. 7. 1t shall be the duty OF the
county board of horticultural commits
sioners to keep record Of their official
doings and to make monthly report to