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dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or 

 both, at the discretion of the court: Provided, That nothing in 

 this Act shall authorize any person to open any letter or sealed 

 matter of the first-class not addressed to himself. 



SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, and he is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and 

 promulgate rules and regulations under which the insects covered 

 by sections one and two of this Act may be mailed, shipped, 

 transported, delivered, and removed, for scientific purposes, from 

 one State or Territory into another State or Territory, or from 

 the District of Columbia into a State or Territory, or from a 

 State or Territory into the District of Columbia, and any insects 

 covered by sections one and two of this Act may be so mailed, 

 shipped, transported, delivered, and removed, for scientific pur- 

 poses, under the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture : Provided, That the rules and regulations of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, in so far as they affect the method of mailing in- 

 sects, shall be approved by the Postmaster-General, and nothing 

 in this Act shall be construed to prevent any State from making 

 and enforcing laws in furtherance of the purpose of this Act, pro- 

 hibiting or regulating the admission into that State of insects 

 from a foreign country. 



SEC. 4. That any person, company, or corporation who shall 

 knowingly violate the provisions of section one of this Act shall, 

 for each offense, be fined, upon conviction thereof, not more than 

 five thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than 

 five years, or both, at the discretion of the court. 



Approved, March 3, 1905. 



WAKNING. 



Many property owners prefer to hire experts to destroy the moth 

 pests on their estates, and this is often the most economical and 

 effective plan, particularly in the case of the gypsy moth. This 

 office has prepared a list of reliable persons who are engaged in 

 the work of moth suppression as a business, and the same may be 

 had on request. It should be understood, however, that the 

 superintendent assumes no responsibility for the success or the 

 cost of such work. 



It is to be regretted that several unscrupulous persons have 

 made a practice of applying worthless treatment to trees, at large 

 cost to the owner, and even, in some cases, have claimed that they 

 were official representatives of this office. It should be clearly 



