Imperial Valley press., 1907-12-21
Ordinance No. ' (Amended)


 ing for the inspection and de-
 struction of insect pests and
 providing restrictions upon the
 Importation of Cuttings, etc,
 and providing punishment for
 the violation hereof.
 The Board of Supervisors of Imperial County. State of California, do ordain as follows;
 Sec. 1. No person or persons, firm or corporation, either as owner, agent, factor. broker, servant, or other em- ploye. shall bring for delivery or cause to be brought for delivery, into the County of Imperial, from any other place or places without said County of Imperial, any trees, plants, vines, shrubs, scions, cuttings, buds or gratis, boxes, ladders, props, picking sacks, tools or other appliances which have been used in orchards or in connection with the handling or transportation of trees, plants, vines, shrubs, scions, cuttings buds or gratis, without giv- ing written notice of their arrival at their destination within twenty-four hours thereafter, and prior to their re- moval from said point of destination, to the Horticultural Commissioners of said county, or to the local inspector of the district into which the same are brought: nor shall either the persons, parties or corporations above namedre- move the same from the place of their destination until inspected as herein after provided.
 Section 2. Any person, or persons, corporation or corporations, mentioned in Section 1 of this ordinance, who shall ship or bring, or cause to be ship ped or brought into Imperial County, California, any trees, cuttings, buds, gratis, shrubs, or plants, shall have placed upon or securely attached to each package, box, or separate parcel of such articles distinct mark or label showing the name of the agent, owner, or shipper, the name of the grower, and the place where grown.
 Section 3. Upon receiving the noti- fication mentioned in Section hereof, or any other information, of such i'm portation, the Horticultural Commis- sion, or the local inspector receiving the same, shall, as soon thereafter as practicable, carefully inspect the arti- cle, reference to which notice was ser we'd or information received.
 If it appears that the importation is of shrubs, scions, cuttings, gratis, or buds and that the same were grown outside of the State of California infested with the white fly (aleyrodes citr), red spider (tetranychus Mytilaspidis), red scale (aspidiotus aurantii), yellow scale (aspidiotus citrinus), purple scale (Mytilaspidus citricola), or any other injurious insects, not prevalent, it shall be the duty of the Horticultural Com mission to at once cause the same to be destroyed.
 If it appears that the importation is of boxes, ladders, props, picking sacks, tools or other appliances which have been used in orchards or in connection with the handling or transportation of trees, plants, vines, shrubs, scions, cuttings, buds or gratis from any place infected with the white fly, red spider, red scale, yellow scale or purple scale, or if it shall appear that the transpor- tation of the same is from one district which is infected with the red spider, red scale, yellow scale or purple scale, or any other injurious insect within said county to another district within said county, then it shall be the duty of the Horticultural Commission to cause the same to be disinfected by tho rough Immigration with cyanide of potassium.
 Section 4. If it shall appear that the importation, notice of which is re- quired to be given by Section l hereof, consists of grape vines, scions, rootings, gratis, buds or cuttings, from any grape vine grown in or shipped from any infested district shall immediately be destroyed.
 Section 5. It shall be unlawful to sell any vines, cuttings, rootings, gratis, scions or buds imported from any dis trict, except upon the written permit of the Board of Horticultural Commits sioners, stating that said plants have been inspected and treated as herein before provided, and that the same did not come from any infested district and are free from insect pests.
 Section A It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or cor poration, etc. to import into Imperial County, any vines, shrubs, scions, cut tings, gratis, buds, citrus trees, scions or buds, from north of the north line of San Luis Obispo, Kern and San Bern ardino Counties, of the State of Cali fornia, or from the states of Florida or Louisiana.
 The provisions of this section do not