Quarantine Regulations. 83 



QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. 



At a special meeting of the Oregon State Board of Horticulture, held in Port- 

 land April 2, 1805, all members present, the following regulations were adopted, 

 in accordance with the laws regulating such matters, and are, therefore, binding 

 upon all persons : 



Rule 1 — All consignees, agents, or other persons, shall, within twenty-four 

 hours, notify the quarantine officer of the State Board of Horticulture, or a duly 

 commissioned quarantine guardian, of the arrival of any trees, plants, buds, or 

 scions at the quarantine station in the district of final destination. 



Rule 2 — All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, Inids, or scions imported or brought 

 into the State from any foreign country, or from any of the States or Territories. 

 are hereby required to be inspected upon arrival at the quarantine station in the 

 district of final destination : and if such nursery stock, trees, plants, cuttings, 

 grafts, buds, or scions are found to be free of insect pests and fungous diseases, 

 the said quarantine officer or duly commissiontd quarantine guardian shall issue 

 a certificate to that effect ; and, furthermore, if any of said trees, plants, cuttings, 

 grafts, buds, or scions are found infested with insect pests, fungi, blight, or other 

 diseases injurious to fruit or to fruit trees, or other trees or plants, they shall be 

 disinfected and remain in quarantine until the quarantine officer of the State 

 Board of Horticulture or the duly commissioned quarantine guardian can deter- 

 mine whether the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions are free from 

 live, injurious insect pests or their eggs, larvse or pupae or fungous diseases before 

 they can be offered for sale. gift, distribution, or transportation. All persons or 

 companies are hereby prohibited from carrying any trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, 

 buds, or scions from without the State to any point within the State beyond the 

 nearest point on its line or course to the quarantine station in the district of ulti- 

 mate destination ; or from any point within the State to any point therein, until 

 such trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions have been duly inspected, and, 

 if required, disinfected as hereinbefore provided ; and all such shipments must be 

 accompanied by the proper certificate of the inspecting officer ; provided, however, 

 that after sucli persons or company have given the proper officer four days' notice, 

 he or they shall not be required to hold such shipments further, without directions 

 from such officer. 



Rule 3 — All peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, or almond trees, and all other 

 trees budded or grafted upon peach stocks or roots, all peach or other pits, and 

 all peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, or almond cuttings, buds, or scions, raised or 

 grown in a district where the "peach yellows" or the "peach rosette" are known 

 to exist, are hereby prohibited from being imported into or planted or offered for 

 sale, gift, or distribution within the State of Oregon. 



Rule 4 — All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, scions, seeds, or pits arriving 

 from any foreign country found infested with insect pests or their eggs, larvae, 

 or pup£e, or with fungi, or other disease or diseases hitherto unknown in this State, 

 are hereby prohibited from landing. 



Rule 5 — Fruit of any kind grown in any foreign country, or in any of the 

 States or Territories, found infested with any insect or insects, or with any fungi, 

 blight, or other disease or diseases injurious to fruit or fruit trees, or to other 

 trees or plants, is hereby prohibited from being offered for sale, gift or distribu- 

 tion within the State. 



