US THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

 COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE 



AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO QUARANTINE ORDER NO. 26. 



COTTON BOLL WEEVIL 



The following facts have been determined by the State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture, to wit : 



The Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomus gramdis Boh.) is not known to 

 exist in the State of Arizona ; the State of Arizona has declared and is 

 maintaining a quarantine against the entrance into the State of Arizona 

 of the Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonovnus grandis Boh.); and that the 

 best interests of the cotton growers of the State of California require 

 the introduction of Egyptian cotton seed grown in the county of Mari- 

 copa, Arizona. 



Now, Therefore, it is declared that until further orders Egyptian cotton seed 

 grown in the countj of Maricopa, Arizona, may be import id into the State of Cali- 

 fornia subject to the following regulations. 



Regulation 1. Persons contemplating the importing i r bringing into the State of 

 California cotton seed grown in the county of Maricopa. Arizona, shall first make 

 application to the State Commissioner of Horticulture of California for a permit to 

 so do, stating 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 Stale of California to whom the permit should be 

 sent. 



Regulation '. All persons importing or bringing into the State of California, 

 cotton seed grown in the county of Maricopa, Arizona, shall secure in triplicate for 

 each importation of cotton seed a certificate signed by the Entomologist of the State 

 of Arizona, setting forth the locality where the cotton seed, covered by the certificate, 

 was grown. One copy of such certificate is to be filed with the State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture of the State of California, one copy to be delivered to the Stat.' 

 Quarantine Guardian before release of shipment of cotton seed to consignee, and 

 one copy to be retained by the importer of the cotton seed. 



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

 Department of Agriculture in the State of California. 



Quarantine Order No. 26 is amended accordingly. 



G. II. IIECKE. 

 State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Appro\ i id : 



Hiram W. Johnson, 



Governor of the Stale of California. 

 Issued February 16, 1917. 



