It shall be the duty of any person who shall ship or cause to be shipped into this state any fruit trees, queensware or other property of any kind or description packed in or with straw or grass of any kind, to burn said straw or grass at the time of unpacking the same, and if any such person shall not so destroy such grass or straw, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

(RSMo 1939 § 14262)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12599; 1919 § 12120; 1909 § 744