Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-29

not be taken until there is full at
tendance.
? The Senate also passed the Senate
bill authorizing the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Maryland to do
business in Delaware. Ii Is understood
that branches are to be established in
Wilmington and Laurpl.
Dover, A pril 81. --Rapresentative Tay-
lor to day introduced q bill to establish
and maintain State board OF agricui-
ture and define lis powers and duties.
The bill provides that within 90 days
after the passage of the act tho Cover
OF agriculture. one of whom shall reside
three commissioners shall constitute
the State Board Of Agriculture The
terms of the first commissioners are
to be one, two and three years, re.
spectively, and thereafter the appoint
ments shall be for three years. The
board shall meet at least once every
three months, shall ADOPT rules for the
orderly management OF its business,
elect one of it's members as president,
shall elect q secretary, prescribe his
duties and fix his term of Office nnd
salary, which shall not exceed $500 per
annum. The commissioners shall re-
ceive So for every day spent in the SER
vice OF the board. and actual necessary
expenses. M VI
The board shall adopt measures to
foster and aid the agricultural interests
of tina State, shall gather statistics, and
other information relating to agricul-
ture that shall be interesting and valu.
able to the farmers OF the State. 1t
may hold an annual public meeting at
an expense to the Stats not to exceod
800. for the discussion of practical and
scientific topics relating TO agriculture,
which may be addressed by persons
qualified to give instrpction.
The board shall adopt and carry out
such plans as may be necessary for the
eradication OF diseases common to peach
trees and their diseases of farm crops
prevent the importation, spread and
ravages OF the San Jose scale and
other insect posts, and shall make
regulations. to protect live stock from
such contagious and Infectious dis.
eases as anthrax, glanders, tuberculosis.
swine plague and other diseases OF
domestic animals,
The board may also devise such plans
for securing immigration to the State
of industrious and useful settlers as
they may deem expedient.
The bill declaros all trees affected
public nuisances and authorizes the
board 10 destroy them, provided the
owners refuse to, do so.
The board is to make a careful and
searching examination and inspection
of all peach trees in the State, at least
once year, and 10 iaid them in this
work they may appoint one inspector in
every hundred in the State where peach
yellows is known to exist who shall
hold Office during the pleasure Of the
board and shall be subject TO the
directions Of the board. B .si5
The inspectors shall mark or cause to
bemarked every tseu wherever found
having the yellowe or rosette, and shall
notify the owner and order it's des-
truction withina reasonable time. The
notice may be delivered to the owner,
fastened to the front door of the
mansion house or may be served ON the
tenant, IL the owner does not. live in
the hundred. The owner or tenant
shall be given notice OF every in
spection. Any owner. who, after hav-
ing been notified, shall neglect or re-.
fuse to pull up or destroy diseased treea
within the time specified, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than $40 nor more than e1O0, aud
shall also pay the expenses of the
destruction of such trees Any Justice
OF the peace in the county where the
offence iH committed shall bave cogniz-
ance of causes arising under the act.
Owners OF trees shall have right of
appeal from the inspectors to the board
which shall appoint committee of
three experts and the decision of such
committee shall be final.
Any person who shall buy, to sell,
expose fer sails or ship any diseased
trees or fruit from such shall be guilty
of mIsdemeanor,, and liable TO a fins
not exceeding Sl00.and not less than $40.
The same rule is to apply to the San
Jose scale and other insect nests. The
secretary of the board is tn be vested
with the power to make examinations.
The secretary shall also inspect at loast
once year all nurseries in the State,
and he shall notify tee owner. the Gov
ernor and the clerk of the peace OF the
county il uisease is found in any yege-
tation therein. f4t
Wherever the owners of nurseries re-
fuse to take steps to kill off disease in
trees or plants, the secretary of the
hoard shall do it and the owners shall
nav the costs.
Common carriers are to be prohibited
from carrying diseased plants or trees,
except upon an order from the secre.
tary of the board. under fine OF 81 for
every such tree or plant. aa
Whenever nurseryman or seller of
trees, plants. vines or other nursery
stock shall ship or deliver any such
goods to any purchaser in this Stats be
shall send with each and every package
a certificate that all of his stock of
goods have been examined by the secre-
tary Of the State Board OF Agriculture
and that such goods are free from all
disease. Failure to furnish such certifi-
cate shall be- punishable by q fine of $40
for each and every shipment. The
secretary is authorized to issue certifi-
Gates where no disease is found or
where 1t has been rooted out.
Whenever any trees, plants or vines are
shipped into this state from another
State every package thereof shall he
plainly labeled on the outside with
certificate showing that the contents
have been inspected by State or gov.
ernment officer. and that the treeH,
plants or vines therein are free from all
San Jose scale, yellows, rosette and
other injurious insect or disease.
Whenever any trees, plants or vines are
shipped into this State without such
certificate plainly fixed on the outside