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plant produets. the country and locality where grown, name of vessel and steam- 

 ship line bringing the articles to this country, port of arrival in the United States, 

 name of vessel and .steamship line taking articles from this country, date of 

 exportation. and name and address of foreign consignee. 



On receipt of said notice by the collector of customs the bond required from 

 the permittee under regulation 5 hereof may be caucelled. 



II. ENTRY FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION AND EXPORTATION 



IN BOND 



Regulation 7, Special Pennit for Transportation in Bond. The entry for im- 

 mediate transportation and exportation in bond of any of the plants or plant 

 produets described in tliese regulations, or which may hereafter be excluded by 

 quarantine, is prohibited except on specific permit from the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture under such conditions as will be prescrilied in tlie permit, when it can be 

 shown that such transportation in bond tlirough the United States can be so safe- 

 guarded as to routing and protection of shipmeut as to eliminate all possibility of 

 ri.sk to the plant cultures of this country. 



Entry for immediate transportation and exportation in bond is prohibited of 

 cotton seed, seed cotton and cottonseed hulls from any foreign locality or country, 

 excepting only the locality of the Imperial Valley in the State of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico. 



Regulation 8. Persons Offering for Entry Prohibited Plants or Plant Products 

 Except as Provided for in These Regulations, Liable to Penalties. Except as 

 herein provided, the entry at any port of the United States, for immediate export 

 or otherwise, of prohibited plants or plant produets will not be permitted, and 

 all persons offering such plants or plant produets for entry at a port of the 

 United States or briuging them into the limits of such ports will be liable to the 

 penalties preseribed by the Plant Quarantine Act. 



III. SAFEGUARDING OF PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED PLANTS ARRIV- 

 ING AT A PORT WHERE ENTRY OR LANDING IS NOT INTENDED 



Regulation 9. Reporting of Prohibited or Restricted Plants. The master, cap- 

 tain or other person having Charge or possession of a vessel arriving at a port of 

 the United States, and containing as a part of its cargo or ship's stores or other- 

 wise. any plants or jjlant produets, the entry of which into the United States is 

 either prohil)ited or restricted by quarantine or other restrictive Orders of this 

 department, shall be required. on arrival at the port, to submit to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, through the collector of customs, a report giving the name of the 

 vessel, the nature and quantity of such plants or plant produets, the country or 

 locality of origin, the date of arrival at and date of sailing from the United States 

 port, together witli a Statement indicating the Steps taken to prevent the escape 

 of insects or plant diseases which they may carry. 



Regulation 10. Provisions for Safeguarding of Prohibited or Restricted 

 Plants. The master, captain or other person having Charge or possession of a 

 vessel arriving at a port of the United States and containing as a part of its 

 cargo or ship's stores, or otherwise, any plants or plant produets, the entry of 

 which into the United States is either prohibited or restricted by quarantine or 

 other restrictive Orders of this department, shall be required to permit such iu- 

 spection and to take such measures as may be preseribed by an inspector of the 

 Department of Agriculture to prevent the landing of any such plants or plant 

 produets, or the escape of insects or plant diseases which they may carry. Unless 

 the protective measures required by such inspector are promptly taken, the col- 

 lector of customs, in Cooperation with the inspector of the Department of Agri- 

 culture may require the master, captain or other person having Charge ör posses- 



