The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-03-02
Law FOR COUNTY
FRUIT INSPECTOR
BILL INTRODUCED BY Mr.. JAYNE
Commissioner to be AppOineed on Pc
titiOn Of 70 Fruit GrOWers-What
His Duties Are

Following is copy of the bill in
troduced in the recent session Of the
legislature by Representative Jayne
of Hood River, and which was per
mitted by the governor to become a
law last week.
A bill-For an act to provide for
the appointment Of county fruit in
spectors and to amend sections AVS
and 4lS5 of the Codes and Statutes of
Oregon as compiled and annotated by
Charles B. Bellinger and William W.
Cotton.
Be it enacted by the people Of the
state OF Oregon
Section l. That upon petition Of
not less than twenty-five residents
and fruit growers of any county In
this state, the county court of said
county shall appoint county inspect.
or whose duty it shall be to inspect
the apple and other fruit orchards Of
said county and to enforce the laws
now in force and that may be here
after in force in this state applicable
to the fruit industry and to the
growing and handling and selling OF
fruit trees and other nursery stock.
Provided, that the inspector so to
be appointed shall be recommended
and certified to be competent for such
position by the state district commits
sioner of the board Of horticulture
for the said county, and the said
county inspector shall hold his office
during the pleasure Of said county
court.
See. 2. II shall be the duty Of the
state district commissioner to instruct
and educate the county inspectors az
to the laws and quarantine regulations
of this state and the rules and regula-
tions Of the state board Of horticul-
ture.
The county inspector shall perform
his duties under the general supervi-
sion of the state district commissioner
for said county to whom he shall make
reports In the manner prescribed by
the state board of horticulture.
Sec. 3. Such county inspector shall
be paid for his services, by the said
county, sum not exceeding three
dollars per day and pay his own per-
sonal expenses, for each and every
day actually employed In the perform
ance Of his duties as herein provided
and the said county inspector shall
report monthly to said district com
missiOners, the time Of which he Is
entitled to pay during the month pre-
ceding and the said state district COM
missioner shall certify the same to the
county court before such compensa-
tion shall be paid to said county in
spector.
Sec. 4. II any county for any reason
fails to appoint county inspector
AZ herein provided, then the inspector
Of an adjacent county may perform
such services and the necessary ex-
penses incurred In the performance Of
his duty shall be charged against the
county where the service as performed
as if he had been appointed by the
county court of such county.
Sec. 5. The state district commits
sioner of horticulture shall hear and
promptly decide all appeals from the
county inspectors In his district, and
his decision shall have full force and
effect until vet aside by the courts of
the state.
All appeals from the county inspec-
tors to the district commissioners
shall be- under the form and regula-
tions as prescribed by the state board
of horticulture.
Sec. 6. That section 4l7S Of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon as COM
piled and annotated by G. B. Bellin-
ger and William w. Cotton be and
the same Is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sec. Ats. Said board shall employ
without their number a secretary, who
shall exercise the powers and dis
charge the duties conferred upon him
by this act, and whose compensation
shall not exceed Sl00 per month tO
be paid in the same manner as Other
state officers. Said board shall also
select from their own number treas.
urer. Before entering upon the dis
charge OF their duties, each member
of the board shall make and subscribG
an oath to support the constitution o.
the United States and Of the state O
Oregon, and to diligently, faithfully
and impRrtially discharge the dutiel
of his office, which said oaths shal
be filed with the treasurer of tht
board.
Sec. 7. That section Abs of the
codes and statutes of Oregon as com.
piled and annotated by G. b. Bellin-
ger, and william W. Cotton, be and
the same is hereby amended to read al
follows:
Sec. Abs 1t shall be the duty o.
the several member Of the board anC
of the secretary or the county inspec
tors under their direction, whenever
they shall deem it necessary, to caus'
an inspection to be made of any o.
chards nurseries, trees, plants, veget
ables, vines, or any fruit packing
/ houae, stOreroOm, salesoom or any
other place within their districts anC
il found infested with any pests, dis
eases, or fungous growth, injurious II
| fruits, plants, trees, vegetables, ol
vines, or with their eggs or larvae
! liable to spread to other places or 10
calities, or Of such nature as to be {
public danger, they shall notify thu
/ owner or owners, or persons in charg'
of or in possession of such articles
things or places, that the same are 81
infested, and shall require said per
sons to eradicate or destroy said in
sects or pests, or their eggs or larvae
or to treat such contagious diseaese
within a certain time to be specified
in said notice. Said notices may b.
served upon the person or persons, O
any Of them, owning or having II
charge, or having possession of sucl
infested place article, or thing, by an.
member Of the board or by the secre
tary thereof, or by any person deput
cd by the said board for that purpose
or they may be served In the sam
manner as nj summons in an action
at law. Such notice shall contain
directions for the application Of som
treatment approved by the commits
sioners for the eradicstin or destruc
tion Of said pests, or the eggs, or lar