Ex parte Cox

The petitionerwas convicted of a misdemeanor, consisting' of the violation of a rule and regulation of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners. The powers attempted to be exercised by the officers and commissioners are specified in the Act of March 4,1871. (Stats. 1881, p. 51.)

The act declares that the officer shall have power, subject to the approval of the board, to declare and enforce rules and regulations in the nature of quarantine, to govern the manner of, and restrain or prohibit the importation into the State and the distribution and disposal within the State, of infected vines,…