BOARD OF HQRTICULTURE 63 



REGULATIONS 



Regulation 1, — Regulation of 3Iovement of Articles Covered. (1) Farm, 



gardeu and orcliard products of all kiuds, ineluding fresh or perisliable crops, 

 such as green corn, tomatoes, beans, peas, cantaloupes, watermeloas, grapes, rasp- 

 berries, blackberrles, cherries, peaches, apples, and all other fresh fruits and 

 vegetables; (2) grain and forage crops of all kinds ; (3) nursery, ornamental, 

 and greenhouse stock and all other plauts, ineluding bulbs and cut flowers ; and 

 (4) soll, compost and manure other than fresh manure, shall not be moved or 

 allowed to be moved Interstate to any point outside the territory quarantined for 

 the Japanese beetle unless and until such articles have been inspected by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture and certified to be free from the 

 Japanese beetle; provided, that in the case of nursery, ornamental and green- 

 house stock, and all other plants, ineluding bulbs and cut flowers, this quaran- 

 tine and regulation shall apply throughout the year ; in the case of all other 

 products, for the period between June 15 and November 1. 



Regulation 2. Inspection, Certification and Marking a Condition of Interstate 

 Transportation. Fach car, vehicle, box, basket or other Container of the articles 

 enumerated in Regulation 1 shall be plainly marked with the name and address 

 of the consignor and the name and address of the consignee, and shall bear a 

 certificate showiug that the contents have been inspected by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and f ound to be free from the Japanese beetle ; pro- 

 vided, that in the case of such articles moved in carload or other bulk shipmeuts 

 the certificate of inspection shall accompany the wayliills, conductor's manifests, 

 memoranda or bills of lading, or in case of truck or other road vehicle, the cer- 

 tificate of inspection shall accompany the vehicle ; provided further, that in case 

 of individual farms or districts within the quarantined area on which the insect 

 has not thus far been fouud, shipments from said farms or districts in bulk or 

 small packages are authorized under a permit (valid until revoked) showing that 

 said farms and districts have been inspected by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture and found free from the Japanese beetle. Copies of such permit 

 shall be attached to small packages, or in the case of bulk shipments, to waybills, 

 conductor's manifests, memoranda or bills of lading pertaining thereto, and shall 

 be accepted by transportation companies in lieu of certificates of inspection. 



Regulation 3. Conditions Governing Inspection and Issuanee of Permits.* 



Persons intending to niove or allow to be moved Interstate any of the articles 

 enumerated in Regulation 1, for which certificates of inspection or permits are 

 required by these regulations. will make application therefor as far as possible in 

 advance of the probalile date of shipment. Applicants for certificates will be 

 required to assemlile the articles at such points as the inspector of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture shall designate, and so to place them that the inspection 

 may readily be made. All charges for storage, cartage and labor incident to 

 inspection other than the Services of the inspectors shall be paid by the shipper. 



Regulation 4. Thorough Cleaning Required of Trucks, Wagons, Boats and 

 Other Vehides Before Movlng Interstate. Trucks. wagons, boats and other 

 vehicles which have been used in transporting any article covered by this quar- 

 nntine within the quarantined district, shall not be moved or allowed to be moved 

 Interstate unless the same shall have been thoroughly swept and cleaned before 

 they are employed in Interstate transportation. 



This notice of quarantine amends and supersedes Notice of Quarantine No. 

 35, promulgated September 24. 1918, and shall be in force until further notice. 



Done in the District of Columbia this 2Rth day of February. 1020. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



[Seal] J. R. RIGGS. 



Actlng Secretary of Agriculture. 



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* Rpquests for inspection or for permits should be addressed to the Office of the Fed- 

 1 Horticultural Board, United States Department of Agriculture, Riverton, N. J. 



