U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, S BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY-BULLETIN No. 61. THE LAWS IN FORCE AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS AND FOUL BROOD IN Forestry - Spec. 11-25-31 28047 (Burt. 61-65) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, Washington, D. C., August 30, 1906. SIR: I have the honor to submit for publication a compilation of the laws and regulations now in force against injurious insects in the different States and Territories of the Union, for the information of persons engaged in the trade of living plants, and of horticultural and agricultural associations. To the compilation proper is added a brief account of the preliminary and annual meetings of the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors from 1897 to 1905. I recommend that it be published as Bulletin No. 61 of the Bureau of Entomology. Respectfully, Hon. JAMES WILSON, L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. Secretary of Agriculture. 3 PREFACE. In 1895 a bulletin of this same general character was published under the title of Bulletin No. 33 of the Division of Entomology. At that time the recently discovered occurrence of the San Jose scale in the East had already induced vigorous discussion at agricultural and norticultural societies and conventions on the desirability of State legislation in this direction. The bulletin in question was of service as indicating the desirable provisions of such laws and their proper form. In 1898 another bulletin covering the same ground was published under the serial number 13, new series, of the Division of Entomology. The publication of this new bulletin was necessitated by the enactment of new laws and the very active interest in the subject on the part of several States. Since 1898 other States have enacted laws, and the laws already in existence have been amended. The Chief of the Bureau had in mind the publication of still another bulletin bringing the subject down to date, and had begun its preparation. At a meeting of the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors, held in Washington, D. C., in November, 1905, a resolution was adopted asking the Department of Agriculture to prepare the compilation here submitted. The delay in the collection and arrangement of the laws has been necessitated by the lengthy correspondence involved, but to avoid the consequences of delay, on July 5 a brief summary was prepared by Mr. A. F. Burgess, secretary of the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors, and published under his authorship as Circular No. 75 of the Bureau of Entomology. In preparing the following compilation the writer has been greatly assisted by Mr. W. F. Tastet, of the Bureau force. L. O. H. 5 |