The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1907-02-06
FOR PROTECTION OF
FRUITGROWERS
A Bill to Quarantine Orchards
Infested With Injurious
Diseases and Insects.

Senator Romney has introduced
bill in the upper house of the Montana
legislature that provides for the pro-
protection of the fruitgrowers of this
and every county in Montana, mas
much as it's passage will prevent the
spreading of any injurious disease or
insect pest that may iufest auy of the
orchards in the state. The bill, as APP
pears below, provides that the state
board of horticulture will be empower
ed with authority to quarantine any
orchard that may become infested wit h
such diseases or pests, and further pro-
vides the board with power to arrange
for the collection of money expended
by the board in the eradication of dis
ease and the insect pests in the in
tested orchards. Following is the
bill as introduced by Senator Romney:
Sec. 1.-The Montana State Board of
Horticulture is hereby authorized and
empowered to establish a quarantine
over any orchard or place where fruits
are grown or kept, that is infested with
any in ur ious disease or insect pest;
and said board may establish such
rules and regulations governing such
quarantine and regulating or restrict
the use of such fruits upon the prem
ises or the shipment or disposition
of same as the board may deem neces-
sary to prevent the spreading of such
disease or diseases or insects pests.
Sec. 2-Any person who shall violate
the provisions of this act. or the rules
and regulations established by said
Board of Horticulture or who shall
ship or dispose of any diseased or in
tested fruit, or fruit products, in vio-
lation of the order OF said Board of
Horticulture, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviC-
tior thereof, shall be fined in the sum
of not less than twenty-five (S25 OO)
dollars. nor more than three hundred
$500 00) dollars.
Sec. 3-Whenever under the direction
or regulations of the Montana State
Board of Horticulture any money is
expended by said board for the pur-
pose of eradicating any disease or in
sect pest from any orchard or other
place where fruits are grown or kept,
said board through it's representative
shall notify the owner of such orchard
or premises in writing of the amount
so expended. Said notice shall be
mailed to the last known address OF
such owner and if such owner shall
fail to pay the amount so expended by
said board within thirty days of the
time such notice is sent, then and in
that event the board shall file a state
ment verified under oath by it's repre-
sentative with the county treasurer in
the county wherein said money shall
have been expended. Said statement
shall set forth the amount so expended
together with the correct description
of the property on which such money
was expended as it appears on the as
| sessment roll of the county. The
| county treasurer shall add the amount
/ as set forth in said statement to the
taxes upon said property and shall
collect the same as provided by law
for the collection of taxes for state
and county purposes.
Sec. 4-The county treasurer in any
county where any money is collected
: as provided in Section 3 of this act
shall on or before the first day O.
February of each year remit the
amount previously collected to the
secretary of the State Board of Horti
culture who shall remit the same t,
the state treasurer and such remit
tances, together with all other fee
and remittances paid into the stat
treasury by the State Board of Horti
culture shall be added to the appro
priation for the use of the said boar,
in the year in which such remittance
are made and all such remittances
shall be credited to the fund for tn
use of the State Board of Horticulture
Sec. 5-All acts and parts of acts il
conflict with this act are hereby re
pealed.
Sec. 6-This act shall be in ful
force and effect from and after it
= passage and approval.