ous crop pests of all kinds from without the state, or regarding the dissemination of crop pests within the state, and for the governing of common carriers in transporting plants liable to harbor such pests to and from and within the state, and such regulations shall have the force of laws.

140, § 10.

819. Issuance of bulletins.-The members of said board, any Mar. 5, two of whom shall constitute a quorum, shall from time to time draw up and promulgate, through the press of the state, the rules and regulations necessary to carry into full and complete effect the provisions of this chapter, carefully defining what diseases or maladies, both insect and fungus, shall constitute infestation in trees and plants within the meaning and purview thereof.

820. Certificate for nursery stock necessary.-A copy of the Ib., § 11. certificate of guarantee of the state horticulturist must accompany each box or package sold, given away, or shipped. Such certificate must be dated within twelve months. If upon examination such stock is found to conform to the requirements of the board of horticulture, the state horticulturist must furnish a certificate to that effect.

821. Requirements as to foreign nurseries and dealers. Ib., § 12. Each and every person, firm, or corporation residing and doing business outside of the state, dealing in or handling trees or shrubs or other plants commonly known as nursery stock, shall file a copy of his or its certificate of his or its inspection furnished by the state horticulturist, nursery inspector, or other duly authorized officer of his or its state or county with the secretary of the board of horticulture. Upon the filing of this certificate as above prescribed, and upon request of the person, firm, or corporation, a certificate will be issued to the same, and official tags bearing copy of such certificate and seal of the board will be furnished the same at cost; provided, however, that the aforesaid certificate of inspection shall be adjudged satisfactory by the board. Each box, bundle, or package of nursery stock shipped into Alabama by any person, firm, or corporation shall bear one of these tags, and shipments of stock not thus tagged shall be liable to confiscation by the board of horticulture through its agents or employes.

822. Liability of common carriers.-No transportation com- Iь., § 13. pany or common carrier shall deliver any box, bundle, or package of trees, shrubs, or other plants, commonly known as nursery stock, to any consignee residing within the State of Alabama, when said box, bundle, or package does not bear the official tag or certificate of guarantee issued by the state horticulturist, without previously notifying the state horti

Mar. 5, 1903, p. 140, § 13.

Ib., § 15.

Feb. 16,

1897, p. 1141, § 1.

Ib., § 2.

culturist of the particulars of the shipment, as they may be required by the board, nor without duly warning the consignee of his risk in accepting said shipment.

823. When common carrier not liable for damages. No common carrier shall be liable for damages to the consignee or consignor for refusing to receive, transport, or deliver such trees, packages, or boxes, when not accompanied by the tag or certificate as provided in the preceding section.

824. Quarterly report. The state horticulturist shall make a quarterly report of his work and of the expenditures under this article to the board of horticulture, and the board shall report annually to the governor of the state.

825. What commissioner of agriculture and industries must do when informed of disease among trees.-Upon complaint being made to the commissioner of agriculture and industries that in any county or section of the state there exists or is believed to exist any disease among any apple, peach, pear, or other fruit trees, which is likely to permanently injure or destroy the orchards or fruit crops in said county or section, said commissioner shall cause a sample of such diseased tree to be sent to him or to some of the agricultural experiment stations located in this state, where he shall cause the same to be thoroughly examined and analyzed and a written report furnished to him regarding the same.

826. Commissioner requires owner of diseased trees to destroy them. The commissioner of agriculture and industries shall require the owner of any tree which is shown by the written report from any of the agricultural experiment stations to be infected with any blight or disease calculated to permanently injure or destroy the orchards or fruit crops in any county or section of this state, to destroy and burn any and all trees so infected; provided, however, the owner of such trees shall first be permitted to show said commissioner, if he can, that such disease does not in fact exist, or is not dangerous to the orchards or fruit crops in his section.

CROSS REFERENCES.

HORTICULTURE (Political Code)

HORTICULTURE, OFFENSES CONCERNING (Criminal Code)

HOTELS AND INKEEPERS (Criminal Code)

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7094 4537-4542 4827, 4828

900 1294

7843, 7619

254, § 1.

827. Immigration board established. The immigration Mar. 4, board for the State of Alabama shall consist of the governor, 1907, p. who shall be chairman of the board, and commissioner of agriculture and industries, and one immigration commissioner.

828. Commissioner; appointment and term of office.-The ¡b., §2. immigration commissioner shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office for four years, unless sooner removed by the governor.

829. Salary of commissioner.-The commissioner shall re- b. ceive for his compensation twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly in the same manner as other state officers are paid.

830. Bond of commissioner.-The commissioner shall enter b into a good and sufficient bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, payable to the State of Alabama, for the faithful performance of his duty.

831. Duties of commissioner

1. The immigration commissioner shall from time to time ., §§ 3, cause the publication of circulars of information and hand- 4 and 6. books on the resources of the state, and shall have charge of all work looking to the promotion of immigration in English and such foreign languages as the immigration board may

Mar. 4,

1907, p. 254, $6.

[b., §§ 5 and 7.

designate, in regard to localities, climate, resources, and advantages which the State of Alabama has to offer to every good class of immigration, and more specifically to the inducement of capital and desirable immigration by the dissemination of information relative to the advantages of soil and climate, and to the natural resources and industrial opportunities offered in this state.

2. He shall also collect from the farmers and landowners of the state and list information as to the land, stating the number of acres, location, the terms upon which they may be bought, leased, or shared to desirable settlers.

3. He shall keep a land registry and in connection therewith, from time to time, publication shall be made descriptive of such listed agricultural, mineral, forest, and trucking lands and factory sites as may be offered to the department for sale or share, which publication shall be in attractive form, setting forth the county, township, number of acres, names and addresses of owners, and such other information as may be helpful in placing homeseekers in communication with landowners. All expenses incurred in subdivisions 2 and 3 of this section shall be paid by the persons whose land or property is so advertised.

4. The commissioner shall collect in the form of a handbook of the state, to be issued when practicable, information showing the nature and industrial resources and advantages of the State of Alabama, dealing with soil, climate, raw and manufactured products, agricultural and horticultural products, textile fabrics, manufacturing industries, mines and mining, native woods, means of transportation, cost of living, the market, and all material and social advantages for those seeking homes and investment in agricultural or manufacturing industries.

832. Information to be furnished immigration commissioner. In order to facilitate the collection and collation of exact information about the resources of the state on all lines, the heads of the several departments of the state and county governments and of the state institutions shall furnish as far as practicable such information as may be at their command to the immigration commissioner when called upon for the

same.

833. Duties of immigration board. The immigration board may make such arrangements with any corporation, firm, association, or individual as may desire to co-operate in any way with the board as may best serve the interests of successful immigration into the State of Alabama, and may send an agent to any part of the United States or foreign country for

the purpose of inducing immigration into Alabama, and make such arrangements with railroads and oceanic steamers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; provided such corporations, firms, associations, or individuals so co-operating with the board shall pay the expenses in carrying out the provisions as herein set forth in this section. The immigration board shall use lawful means to prevent the induction into this state of immigrants of an undesirable class, and to this end shall investigate the conditions of the applicants for admission through the department, so as to discourage the coming in of persons of an anarchistic tendency, of paupers, of persons suffering from contagious or communicative diseases, of cripples without means and unable to perform mental or physical service, of idiots, lunatics, persons of bad character, or of any persons who are likely to become a charge upon the charity of the state, and all such as will not make good and law-abiding citizens.

254, § 8.

834. Class and character of immigrants sought.-Immi- Mar. 4, grants shall be sought from desirable white citizens of the 1907, p. United States first, and then citizens of English speaking and Germanic countries, France and the Scandinavian countries, and Belgium, as prospective citizens of this state, and conformable with the laws of the United States.

835. Appropriations.-For the purpose of carrying out the Ib., § 10. provisions of this chapter, so far as it relates to the encouragement of immigration to this state, traveling expenses of the immigration commissioner, when necessary and acting under the directions of the immigration board, there shall be appropriated out of the general funds the sum of five thousand dollars annually, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 836. Commissioner under control of board.-The immigra- Ib., § 11. tion commissioner shall be under the supervision and control of the immigration board and shall not bring or cause to be brought into the state any immigrants, nor make any contract under section 831 of this chapter, without the consent and approval of said board.

837. Report of commissioner to governor.-The immigra- Ib., § 12. tion commissioner shall make and submit to the governor on or before the tenth day of January of each year, a report covering the department's work of the preceding year, and such report shall be printed and treated in the same manner as other public documents, or as shall otherwise be ordered.