oennot~ be questlot& that public ,h&lth, an3 psneriil public wcl13r~ my be prosorve& publio no rala l under the police powe’rs vesccci 33 the :%atr. Ex part@ V'sqhoa, 246 9. t'i. 343, ad the autborltlos It lo true ciwd thareSn. that leglol.etim unaer polio6 powers the Ytate,nust *2 r . ,. Q&ernor Ooke Stevenson. pag6 2 not b6..ehrltrary, unreoeonablo or~o~RressIvo,~yet 011 property within the JurIedIoticn of the State Is hold sub- Jeot to reaaone;bls reguletlons no thet It my notRb6Cuo;d to tho dstrlA6nt of tho enuel rIshte of oth6re.

Vol. 6, p. 193. eud Axierom aUthc:rItian there oItEd.* id hes eloo b6in ix13 to bo e vtiiid ro~ul~llon 0: bzsl~ess under .&he poll00 powers OS the State to prohibit freud, deoelt aad iqosltion. 12 c. if. 920; 6’~. c. L. 208. In* th6 onso of Cofman v. Cstarhouc, state Dairy Co=., 168 I.#. PI. 826; 18 fi. L. R. 210, the court in passi~a upon the oonatltutIuoblIty ol ea ret rqqililcting the dairy Interest, liceacIng, an3 euthorlzing the wIthholdInG OS llccmse'undcr spsoifled conditions ee5.d:

.vThe pollee powor of the Steto is not ,' ibmd't0 the me0 rsmlatlon arreirs to Am- yublia h6elth and aetaty. 'me

serv6 ‘&ood’ order, prsventIcA~oS freud end dooslt, cScat1r.g elid im- position, is eqilully within the power, md a state em,y pr6scribc 611 nuoh rrguletions as Ln ,lts Judgraent will secure, or tond to 8eOuro, the ~60~16 eg&xst,th6 oons6CuaAoea of fratxLa f&b to the~Btie.gen&ti,, ePted~,1~ CT 'J. 920; ti~.;b.. L. .~.. .~ $':

XA th6 interest of publia hea1th;“p;blio morals and public wolfars statutes hava buen u&eld in nearly every etst? of the. Union. reguletfng ‘and lloeneiny vcirlwa businesses ' and proT6ssIons, aooorninG marketIn$oS foo3 products; con- trolll~ the manufaature end eel.6 of drugs, meat, milk, butter,. ohocoe, oert3aln, m6diciAes, boveracee, sprq%, fsrtllizer, &or&&oldoa and foo3'produots oS~ nearly every variety 00Atiumed * by rcan and animals., CrbEory~v. Hooks, DIreotor of the Depart: .’ m6At of ~,~rlau?ture, 238 P. 785..

P6'esIng noa to a more d6tuIlcd end sR6oitIO

oonsld6retI.-n or this bIl1 v:Ith the foro,golr;i: corrr,ants aa a preface, WE Chink It olear Prom the oaptJ,on of the bill that it IO da&A64 es a rquletory neeeure to roWlat0 aale OS' e@icul.turel InecctlcIdea end f~u&;lcIdeo, prohlbltfng their ndultcrstit-n, tisbrcndir~~, or mIsr~prcccntutI?c, for tno ooll~ection end euelyals of ntmplloe, expensaa of enforoo- nent or the law, fllrlng gem3ltiee ror It8 violation, and for other ~ourposte.

Clccrly it would be crcswed that th6 Lc;&+ There e.re certain fi0rcOts in this eru whiah do not 80 to ita cortst~tutf.cnelity, mlch PIN take the librrtg to point out. V!o bel.levc the caption is uot nti- ‘f’ho follO%f~j: Cqtion ia 5U@- COZpl0tc 39 Iti ahoul.4 b6.

(iustod, which ~6 think Ps mom oonpr6hcnstve than th8 osptlon in the bill:

*WACT to re&ate'tho sale'of lnseottoldes, Siinglcides; providing for the mforcemnt of tbls Act an(l tho mslyoes of such kmectlcidee and fungi- Oid68; and th6 reoordl.rq 9f.th6 ~o~Eu~&s’o~ seae; ” grOV$diGy for the OalleCti~& of 8.taX and the .dkpo- 8itiOU Or ,5&!%6; ‘pS0Via.U~ for ,t&6’ 18SUtHlC6 Of .OBV- tiric2m5 @l&the ro&istr&tlor, and revoaaticd-.o? ~:- sane; provld~~g for the obtaining ot:aan:plee; fo'or- :I~. bidding adirlteration of co-=.T&ilties, the Sal6 of which is hereby rci:uletcd; providkq for tta 'pro- mulgati:.:n of r&lea conslatout with th?s' iLot; dti- thing OCI-tain of tht ter:?s of this Aot; provldlrq Sor aelzilre in cortaiu lnstwnoes; providing for an appropriatlo;l ol;d Q onvinp. clause; fixing pan&l- tlea sor the violation of thiq ;-or.; providing; ror the ri&t of oeizure and dlepoaltion thareof; and deolarihq a+ emergenoy. w

Ne'belfeve a more workable provldon would be a oomplelnt for aoeroh. and nel,-.ure prov%dcd for In . Geotlon 7'bs filed by the Co!mlssioncr cf iLgz$culturt!, the ohlcl.claFE, whrn rzccimz: for the CuasiosScner, ~lnoe the 1~ dow not ~.rovUo ror a dqxtp aomL7ii~sim4r ol" cGrlcul- :, but ,vac;ts in the chief clerk .the dliti.66 Ot ~OUBiS- tUS6, ~sloner of Agriculture In his eiteonge or inability to.ae~t, ._. *4 Comis~ls2tir cif !~r1oui'rum. T.9r.t yortfon of Scctiorr 7, dc~llug wrth LIEU~C~, SG~ZUX*B, mi rorielburo, is ~0 vngu0, loderlnl~o, 4:14 ucccrt3in 3s to reise acliolas dC;lht4 ss to ttx cli~;BtltiltlU391.ity ol thiu scctim, cmi p:rbpe &ould bc r&ru?'te3 t3 olerirjr it. ?IIere there Is 0 con- Of tt;e flhc(xIl or um.~~rul insectfcide vfotion, i’cr2cliiLlrG or iun&GSo er\toncit~ctlly.Toll~~~s. In such an inttmoo, tl?c cortviq,lon w5 thsnk th:' Ju.sLfce or eomty cs.u-t txl vkicf; hss boen~ksd ixa tha pawer bxui juriedlotlot to deal with the lnmctlcide 01' rul~:iolriu so fol-frittd. lr.howevrr a.

forfeiture ls.sou::ht, In?ependcnt of a conviction, os the aot aoem to provide, then the 3istrlcC Court only would havo jurisdlotion to 56~1 with such a forfel,turc, In euoh oaso the Xstxlct Uourt acts uwn proper hppllcaticn by the distri~ct or cou?iLy ~'ttorncy lu c pl~3ceodf~~~ brw.:%t fcr purposa in wiiich till pirtis6.ero accorded a trinl al'ter due notice. :::e be,llavc- thet any degarturs 3.Yorj thts, exa6pt in owes whers there hm been a conviction inthe justice or oounty court, would be ille$al.

::;e doubt that .the Coxaiss$oner .of .!i&.culture oan bo veo'isd with the broad dlscratlonary.power.o~nrorred upon hin by the ltiat sentenoo ,ot Stotlon 7,~ to the 0fPect that he n;uy in his dlccrotion release thie inaactioide or forfeited or conde;tle3, upon the'pcyncnt of the Suagloide tax rind all costs and erpowes lnowred in conn00- required tion with suoh proceeding.

Exoapt a5 to our coqents upon Sootion 7; of thio mt-, we me no serious conatitutlonal ob?eotion to it.

Y&y truiy yours ATl'OHNE~~ GP_~I%?.IL GP 'ITUS 8/8 L. P. Lollar Amistant