Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-13
Full Text Of she Bin 10 Eradicate
 Peach Yelloxs.

Peach Yeliows.
 The following Is the bill designed 10 eradicate the contagious tree disesse known as peach yellowa:
 Section l. The state board of agriculture shall. within thirty days from the passage of this act, appoint commissioner on peach yellpwe, 10 hold ofiice during the pleasure of said board Said commissioner may, with .he approval of said board aud under the provfsions of this net adopted and carry out such plans as may be deemed necessary for the eradicstisn Of the disease common to peach trees, known as peach yeilows.
 Section 3 At all joint meetings of said board and ssid commissioner, for the purpose of con ference the commissioner shall receive pay from the board for his expenses only. Said commits sioner may, with the approval of said board, sp- point one or more deputies in each county; and. when employed in the performance Of duties i'm posed by thts act, said commissioner and his sentation to the comptroller of bills, duly sworn to, audited by the auditing committee Of the board of agriculture and approved by the gov ernor, S per day and their expenses. S'ction g. Any peach, almond, apricot or nee tarine tree diseased by the yelows, and all fruit from any such diseased tree, is hereby declared public nuisance, and it shall be the duty of said commissioner or any deputy, under such regulations as the state board of agriculture may fruit destroyed and, upon the failure Of the own Or to obey such oruer, to destroy such trees ol on account of such destruction. | Section {. Any person may, when ordered tc l destroy any tree or fruit condemned by said com missioner or deputy, appeal to the state board l of agriculture, and said board shall appoint committee of three experts, which committe' | shall not include the person who, acting as com | missioner or deputy, ordered such tree or frui | destroyed, and the decision of such committe | shall be final.
 Section 5. Any person who shall. while such al 1 appeal is pending, sell any tree frcm nurser, | where there are found 10 be diseased trees, o | any fruit from such tree; or who shall, withou | such appeal, or after such final decision refus to destroy such fruit, elan be fined no less than Sl00 nor more than $500. l buy, for the purpose of selling, or shall sell O offer for sale any fruit from such diseased t'ees 1 shall be fined not less than Si0 nor more thai Si00.
 Section z. For the purpose Of investigation O | for the purpose of destroying trees or frui | known to be diseased, the said commissions | and his deputies may enter any premises; ap | any person who shall prevent or attempt to prt l vent such entry shall be punished by fine of nc | legs than Sl0 nor more than $I00 or imprisone | in 6 common jail not less than ten nor more tha
 sixty days, or both.
 Section 8. Prosecutions for violation of this aC
 may be brought before justices of the psacr, c
 any city, borough, town, police or common plea
 court haviog criminal jurisdiction, by any pros'
 cutting officer, or by the commissioner on peac
 yellows, or any of his deputies, and for such pun
 pose said commissioner and his deputies sha
 have ali the powers of grand jurors.
 Section 9. This act shall take effect upon il ! passage.