The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

which taxes may be in addition to the
amount permitted to be levied for other
Sec g. Such fund shall be expended
by the county commissioners in the con
struction Improvement, maintenance ana
repair of county and town ROADS anu
bridges in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided for.
Sec 4. Said county commissioners may
by resolution designate what work Shall
he done by contract and invite bids there
for and such work shall be performed
Under the supervision of the county sur
veyOr and said board; provided, that ali
roads or bridges work involving the eH-
rcndituve OF over two hundred (20W dol
ilrs shall be let by contract to the lowest
responsible bidder.
Sec. d. The county commissioners Oh
such counties shall be allowed ana are
hereby authorized TO eXpend Of the road
and bridge fund a sum not exceeding Two
hundred dollars 5000 in any one year
for the payment of team hire and trans
portaUon Of said board, in viewing ROADS
and bridges
Sec 6. The county commissioners of
such counties may eXpend such sums of
money as they deem advisable in the i'm
movement, construction or repair or any
road In any city or village in sucn coun-
- where such road intersects with or
pTTaS a continue ton OF amy county ROAD
provided, that the expenditures for the
purposes mentioned in this section shall
.n- exceed in any one year total OF
IN OIL IIlG GllUIC IOdu anu DIluSS
t--i raised by taxation for that year.
Sec. I. All acts or parts of acts incon-
=--telt herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. S This act shall take effect and
a" in force from and after its passage
Approved April Il, 1903.
CHAPTER 237.-H. +. NO. 245.
AN ACT to prevent the Introduction and
spread of Injurious insects and dan
gerous plant diseases in the State of
Minnesota.
BE it enacted by the legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section ]. The entomologist of the state
experiment station is hereby constituted
the state entOmOlOSiSt and charged with
the execution Of this act. He may APP
point such qualified assistants as may be
necessary, fix q reasonable compensation
for their labor, and pay the same; and
their acts shall have the same validity
as his own; he shall. by himself or his
assistants. between the first day of May
and the fifteenth day of September, IN
each year, when requested by the owner
or agent. or when he has reasonable
ground to believe that any injurious in
sect pests OF dangerous and contagious
plant disease exist, carefully examine any
nursery, fruit farm or other place Wnefe
trees or plants are grown for sale, and
il Sound apparently free from any in
furious insect pests or dangerous or con-
faglOuS plant diseases, he shall issue ms
certificate stating The facts good for one
year unless revoked and shall collect
therefor a fee of five dollars $500 per
day and expenses.
See. , The state entomologist shall
have authority, wheG requested by the
owner or agents, or when he has reason
able grounds to believe any injurious in
sect pests, or dangerous and contagious
plant diseases exist, to enter upon any
of the grounds mentioned in section 1
hereof, public or private, for the purpose
of inspection, and if he finds any nur-
sery, orchard, garden or other place. in
tested by any injurious insect pests, or
Y,1,
ne may, by himself or his assistants. en-
ter upon such premises and establish
quarantine regulations
IT, in his Judgment. any insect pests, or
dangerous and contagious plant diseases
may be eradiCated by treatment, he may.
in writing, order such treatment, and pre-
scribe its kind and character. In case
any trees, shrubs or plants are found SO
infested that it would be impracticable
10 treat them, he may order them burned.
A failure for ten days after the delivery
of such order to the owner or persons in
charge to treat or destroy such infected
trees or plants as ordered, shall author
IZe the entOmOlOgiSt to perform this work
by himself or his assistants, and to as
certain the cost thereof. He shall certify
the amount of such cost to the
owner or person in charge of the
premises. and if the same is not paid
to him within sixty days thereafter he
shall certify the amount thereof to the
county attorney, whose duty il shall be TO
proceed forthwith to collect the same of
him In a civil suit and return the amount
so recovered over to the state auditor to
reimburse the state for the money eX-
pended.
Sec. 3. When nursery stock is shipped
into the state accompanied by a certificate
of inspection by 2 state entomOloSist from
The state from which the shipment has
been made, stating that the stock has
been Inspected and found to be free from
any Injurious Insect pests, or dangerous
and contagious plant diseases, it shall be
hold r4pfHn Ar~fF1 In fIfatg-
therein stated, but the state entOmologist.
by himself or his assistants when he or
they have reason to believe that any
such stock is nevertheless infested by
any injurious insect pests. or dangerous
0r contagious diseases, shall be author
ized to inspect the same and submit ii
TO Ike treatment as that provided for
I'm section hereof; and if, by reason of
the failure for fOrty-eight hours Of the
owners Of such stock to comply with the
treatment prescribed or to destroy the
stock if so ordered, the state entomolo-
giSt or his assistants are required to per-
form the work themselves, and it shall
be the duty Of the entomologist to certify
the amount of the cost thereof to the own
er or the person in charge of such stock
so treated or destroyed. and if the same
is not paid to him within ten days there
after. he shall certify the amount thereof
TO the county attorney Of the county in
which the stock may be found in an af
ndaVit, and II shall be the duty of the
county attorney 10 file said affidavit
with the village. city or town
clerk of the village, city or town in
which said stock may be, and the same
shall thereupon constitute a lien thereon
which 1T shall be the duty of the county
attorney to proceed to collect forthwith
in civil suit, and to turn over the
amount recovered by him in such suit
TO the state auditor to reimburse the state
for the money expended.
Sec /. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son. firm or corporation to bring into the
state any trees, plants, vines, cuttings and
buds, commonly known as nursery stock,
unless accompanied by q certificate of in
Spection by a state entomologiSt of the
showing that the stock has been inspected
and found apparently free from any in
furious insect pests, or dangerous and
contagious plant diseases.
Sec. >. Any person violating or neg
lecting to carry out the provisions of this
act, or Offering any hindrance to the car
rNlng out of this act, shall be adiuGged
guilty Of miSdemeanor, and upon con-
Victfon before a justice of the peace,
SNAIL be fined not less than ten dollars
each and every offense together with all
the costs Of the prosecution, and shall
stand committed until the same are paid.
Sec. 6. All fees or other amounts col
lected or received by any person under
the provisions hereof shall be by him
forthwith turned into the state treasury
to be paid over to the state auditor, to be
added to the fund provided for combat
ting injurious insects in Minnesota, and
all expenses incurred in enforcing the
fund.
Sec. I. This act shall take effect and
le in force from and after June 1St, 1903.
Approved April H. 1903
CHAPTER 23S-I. F. NO. 80.