The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
NEW HORTICULTURAL LAW
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frnit trees a garden fruit stand or store room,
and the person persons in charge Thereon nav
ing neglected refused to disinfect the said prem
Uses within the time specified in said notice, nor
have appealed as aforesaid, then the county
inspector shall enter on and disnfect any part or
all of said premises so neglected. and the cost
thereof shall be legitimate charge and lien with
interest until paid upon the real property of the
owner of such premises disnfected; such lien
shall be collectable with costs in suit in any OF
the courts of the state other lawful claims are
collectable If the infected property be trans
portable material the county inspector shall notify
the person in charge thereof not to remove the
same, and to disinfect the same within twenty
four hours and describe the manner of d1slnfec-
ton If the person in charge of said infected ma
terial neglect or refuse to disinfect the same as
notified or fail to appeal then the inspector shall
destroy such infected material fruit fruit boxes,
baskets wrappings, portable fruit stands by
burning the same. If appeal be taken the
inspector shall after twentyfour hours notice,
take immediate possession of such movable prop
erty, and safely keep them until the appeal is
decided. If the decision of the commissioner be
in favor of the appellant the property shall be
returned to him; on an adverse decision the prop
erty must be destroyed by the Inspector. All ap'
peals from the action demand Of the county
inspector shall be taken to the state commissioners
of horticulture
Sec. 49, The said commissioner of horticulture
shall be allowed hundred dollars ($7OO)
per annum for the employment of one office clerk,
who shall be continually in the office of the COM
missioner during normal office hours, and whose
salary shall be paid monthly.
Sec II. There shall be kept and maintained
in the office of the commissioner in. the city OF
Tacoma an exhibit of the fruits OF the state OF
Washington and for the maintenance of such eX-
hbit an annual appropriation of three hundred
dollars $4,000 per annum is hereby made, to be
paid out upon warrants drawn by the state audi
tor upon the presentation of proper vouchers.
Sec Is. An annual inspectors institute" shall
be held during the month of January at the agri-
cultural college in Pullman. The commissioner
of horticulture shall fix the date of converting OF
such institute and by written notices direct the
attendance of all county inspectors. The commits
siOner shall preside over and formulate the pro
ceedings of the institute, which shall continue
for four days AS the purpose OF these Institutes
is improvement and conference, and study of in
sects, of experimentation, by the scientist OF the
college along entomoogist and horticultural lines,
it is required that all county inspectors shall
attend such institute meetings unless prevented
by illness. Failure to attend on the part OF any
inspector shall work a forfeiture of his office,
and it shall he the duty of the commissioners to in
form county commissioners of the absence OF their
inspectors Inspectors attending Institutes shall
be allowed their actual travelling expenses and
hotel bills vouchers endorsed by the commits
sioner or chairman of institute, said expenses to
be paid by the respective counties
Sec. 10. Any person offering any hlndrance to
the carrying out of this act in any manner pre-
venting or hindering any inspection herein pro-
vided for shall upon conviction be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars more than two
hundred dollars, together with costs
Sec 20. A certain act approved March II, 1897,
and entitled "An act to promote and protect the
fruit growing and horticultural interests of the
state of Washington, to provide for the appoint