ARTICLE 2
WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST-CONTROL
Sec.
27-10. Five-leafed Pines.
27-11. Currant and Gooseberry Plants.
27-12. Destroying Pines.
27-13. Movement of White Pines.
27-14. Pines or Currant or Gooseberry Plants Subject
to Seizure.
27-15. Penalties.
27-10. Five-leafed Pines.
When the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission shall determine that there are five-leafed pines now growing in any area in the State, or that such pines are to be grown by a nursery or are to be planted for reforestation purposes in such area, and further that such pines should be protected against the white pine blister rust, the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission is authorized to designate such area as a "Blister Rust-Control Area" and then prescribe its boundaries.
27-11. Currant and Gooseberry Plants.
(1) All wild and cultivated currant and gooseberry plants growing in any Blister Rust-Control Area are hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance, and the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission or its agents are authorized to destroy such plants wherever found.
(2) In the case of cultivated currant and gooseberry plants (other than those growing on apparently abandoned or unoccupied premises) the owner of the plants shall be notified by an agent of the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission at least ten days in advance of the date on which such plants are to be destroyed, and the owner shall have the right of appeal from the
agent direct to the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission.
(3) No person, firm, or corporation shall knowingly plant any currant or gooseberry plants of any kind or variety within any such Blister Rust Control Area unless a special permit shall have been issued therefor by the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission nor shall any person, firm or corporation transport such plants such area from any other part of the State without such a special permit.
27-12. Destroying Pines.
In order to suppress any centers of blister-rust infection, the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission or its agents are authorized to destroy five-leafed pine trees either (a) when the trees are found infected with blister rust, or (b) when the cultivated currant and gooseberry plants in the vicinity are of more value than the five-leafed pines, or (c) when the cost of removal of the wild and cultivated currant and gooseberry plants within an infective distance thereof would be greater than the value of the white pine trees involved.
27-13. Movement of White Pines.
White pines that meet the requirements of nursery inspection regulations and show no visible sign of blister-rust infection are allowed free movement.
27-14. Pines or Currant or Gooseberry Plants Subject to Seizure.
Any pines or currant or gooseberry plants found to be moving or to have moved within this State in violation of these regulations or into this State in violation of regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture under the authority of the plant quarantine act of 1912, shall be subject to seizure, destruction or such other disposition as shall be determined by the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission.
27-15. Penalties.
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating the provisions of this quarantine shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by law as provided by the Crop Pest Commission Act of 1912.
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