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Resiüation 4. Application for Permits for Importation of Nursery Stock and 

 Otlier Piants and Seeds. Persous contemplatiiig tbe importation of nursery stock 

 and other piants and seeds* the entry of wiiich is permitted uuder Regulation 3 

 shall first make applicatiou to the Federal Horticultural Board for a permit, 

 stating in tlie applicatiou tlie exact designation of tlie nursery stock and other 

 piants and seeds to lie imported, the name and address of the exporter, the 

 country and locality \Yhere grown, the port of entry, and the name and address of 

 the importer in the United States to whom the permit should he sent. 



Applications for permits should be made in advance of the proposed shipments, 

 but if through no fault of the importer a shipment should arrive before a permit 

 is received the importation will be held in customs custody at the risk and 

 expense of the importer for a period not exceeding twenty days pending the 

 receipt of the permit. 



Applications may be made by telegraph, in which case the Information required 

 above must be given. 



Permits are not required for nursery stock and other piants and seeds, not 

 uuder quarantine or regulation, entering the United States for immediate trans- 

 portation in bond to foreign countries. 



Applications for permits to Import nursery stock and other piants and seeds 

 from countries which do not maintain inspection must contain a definite State- 

 ment of the quantity to be imported. 



Regulation 5. Deliverj in Bond Pending Receipt of Permit Will Be Alloued 

 for Shipments From Countries Maintaining Inspection.. If the required permit 

 be not at band upon arrival of a shipment from a country which maintains 

 inspection, and such shipment meets the requirements of Regulations 7 and 8, 

 it may be delivered to the importer, consignee or agent for the jproijer care thereof 

 upon the filing of a bond with approved sureties in double the invoice value (liut 

 in no case less than $20.00), the condition of which shall be that the importation 

 shall not be removed from the port of entry but shall be redelivered to the 

 collector of customs within twenty days from the date of arrival at the port, 

 unless in the meantime the collector is presented with a proper permit ; or, if the 

 importer, consignee or agent shall so elect, the goods may, so far as the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture is concerned, be retained in customs custody for a period not 

 exceeding twenty days, pending the issuance of the permit, whoUy at the risk 

 and expense of the importer. 



Regulation 6. Issuance of Permits. On approval by the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture of an applicatiou for the importation of nursery stock and other piants and 

 seeds a permit will be issued in quadruplicate. One copy will be furnished to 

 the applicant for presentation to the customs officer at the port of entry, one 

 copy will be mailed to the collector of customs and one to the inspector of the 

 Department of Agriculture at the port of entry, and the fourth will l)e filed with 

 the application. 



Permits shall be valid until revoked unless otherwise specified therein and 

 will be issued for the ports of Boston, New York, Newark, San Francisco, Seattle, 

 and such other ports as may from time to time be approved 1)y the Federal 

 Horticultural Board. The permit will be addressed to the collector of customs 

 at the port for which it is issued. 



Regulation 7, Inspection, Certification and IMarking as a Condition of Entry. 

 The importation of nursery stock and other piants and seeds from countries which 

 maintain inspection will not be allowed unless the invoice is accompanied by an 

 original certificate, and unless each Container bears a copy certificate, issued by 

 a dulv authorized official of the country from which it is exported. stating that 



* A postOffice Order dated May 27, 1913, as amended December 16, 1913, prohibits 

 the importation by mail of all growing or living piants, seeds and other plant products 

 for propagation, except field, vegetable and flower seeds. 



