The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
CHANGE MEASURE
ON HORTICULTURE
Committee Materially Amends
Bill Defining Duties and
Powers of Board.
INFECTED FRUIT BARRED
SYSTEM OF LICENSES IMPOR-
TANT NEW CLAUSE.

The committee on horticulture has
materially amended the house bill re-
lating TO the powers and duties of the
board of horticulture. The amend
nlents provide that the commission
shall consist of the director. entomolo-
giSt and bOTticultur st of the agriCul-
tuTal experiment station and the state
horticultural Inspector The commits
sion is to have an Office in the state
capital. \ clerk is to be appointed al
a salary Of $500. The state horticultural
Inspector is to receive 81. 500. Special
deputies may be employed i'm cases OF
emergency at salaries not to excel 81
Gay. The chief inspector has an ex-
pense account of S2G0 q year
me commission IS to take charge 81
all the property now in the possession
OF the existing state board Of horticul-
ture.
An important change recommended
by the committee is the striking out
Of section L and the substitut on there
for of this paragraph:
L shall be unlawful 80 sell or GisDo=e
OF. o. offer TO sell or dispose Of. or to
nave m one possession Tor sale or barter.
any frUt which is or has ben Infected
with san jose scale, or other scale in
SeCtS. OF the larvae Of the coC1tnr mntI
and the fact that such fruit bears the
mark Of any scale. or Is Worm-eaten bv
the larvae Of the codliug moth shall be
deemed conclusive evidence that said fruit
Is injected within the meaning of this
section and tho state or county insnecfu-
and the deputies are hereby given power
10 seize and DESTROY such infected fruit
whenever they shall find that the same
has been packed. sold sliuped or Offered
for sale, or where the same has been eN-
posed for sale. or is being hello in any
warehouse store. salcsroom or other rlace
Tor the purpose Of being sold. bartered.
SHl0p9d or exposed for sale or barter:
add il is hereby made the duty of said
state inspector and said county inspectors
and deputies TO enforce the provisions OF
this section. and any person who shall
violate the provisions Of this section shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor. Pro
Vided. that nothing in this section shall
be construed TO prevent the utilization of
such injected fruit in the manufacture OF
fruit bN-prpduCtS where said fruit has not
been packed. sold. SHIPPED. stored or Of
fered or exposed for sale as fruit.
\ substitute section relates to the
license aud bond Of those engaging in
the business. This section says:
Any corporation. firm. or. person MAY
OBTAIN license from the State HOrticul-
tura! commission to engage in the bust
ness. as provided i'm the preceding section.
upon payment OF jhe fec Of S25e. aud bv
fling with the Statr horticultural com.
mission 4 bond with good and sufficient
StiTctrS- III TIE sum Of S.14n9. conditioned
that the PRINCIPAL viii comply with the
provisions Of this title. ard will nav the
cost of funlizatlng or disinfecting all nurs-
cry stock materials. o. goods imported
into the state or sold within The state by
said principal. his or their agents and tils
expense OF destruction Of auy infected
nursery stock License granted unde.
this act shall be for one wear: provided
however, that such license may he rcvnil ]
al any time for any violation OF this &C.
o. the rules and regulations OF the State
horticultural commission, at tha discrC-
zion OF the CommISsi Ju.