THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 45 



QUARANTINE ORDER No. 26. 

 (With Regulations.) 



Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil. 



Whereas. The fact has been determined by the State Commission of Horticulture 

 that an injui'ious insect known as the Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomis 

 grandis Boh.), new to and not hitherto known to exist within and throughout the 

 State of California, exists in several states of the United States; 



Now, Therefore, it is declared necessary in order to prevent the introduction of 

 the Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil into the State of California that a horticultural 

 quarantine be and the same is hereby established in accordance with the provisions 

 of Section 2.3195 of the Political Code of the State of California against cotton seed 

 of all species and varieties imported or brought into the State of California from 

 any other state or locality whatsoever, except as hereinafter provided. 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING ENTRY OF COTTON SEED INTO THE STATE OF 



CALIFORNIA. 



Regulation 1. Cotton seed grown in any state or locality known to be 

 infested with the Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil is hereby prohibited from enter- 

 ing the State of California for any purpose whatsoever, and upon the arrival 

 of any such cotton seed as quarantined against in this order, the same shall be 

 immediately sent out of the state or destroyed at the option and expense of the 

 owner, consignee or agent. 



Regulation 2. Cotton seed grown in any state or locality where the Mexican 

 Cotton Boll Weevil is not known to exist will be admitted into the State of 

 California only for actual experiments in the grow-ing of cotton in amounts not 

 to exceed one hundred pounds. Persons contemplating the importing or bring- 

 ing into the State of California cotton seed for experimental purposes shall first 

 make application to the State Commissioner of Horticulture for a permit, stat- 

 ing in the application the name and address of the exporter, the locality where 

 the cotton seed was grown, the amount of the importation and the name and 

 address of the importer in the State of California to whom the permit should 

 be sent. 



Regulation 3. Cotton seed imported or brought into the State of California 

 under permit issued by the State Commissioner of Horticulture shall have each 

 package or container in the shipment plainly and correctly marked to show the 

 number of the permit, the quantity of the contents, the state and locality where 

 grown, the name and address of the exporter and the name and address of the 

 consignee. 



Regulation 4. Railroad cars that have been used for the transportation of 

 cotton, cotton lint or cotton seed must immediately upon arrival at California 

 points be thoroughly cleaned of all cotton seed, and such cotton seed shall be 

 burned when removed from the car. All such ears found at any point in Cali- 

 fornia containing cotton seed in or upon any of the parts thereof shall be 

 amenable to all the regulations of this order, and shall be placed in quarantine 

 by the State Commissioner of Horticulture until said cotton seed is destroyed 

 and the car passed as clean by a state quarantine officer. 



All deputies of the State Commissioner of Horticulture or State Quarantine 

 Guardians are hereby empowered to carry out the provisions of this order. 



The foregoing regulations do not apply to the experiments of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in the State of California. 



This order supersedes Quarantine Order No. 19, under date of January 31, 

 1913, and shall take effect immediately . 



A. J. COOK, 

 State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Approved : 



Hiram W. Johnson. 



Governor of the State of California. 



Adopted January 4, 1915. 



