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lint, cotton seed, seed cotton, hulls, seed cotton and cotton seed 

 sacks or corn in the shuck. 



(d) All shipments of quarantined articles, mentioned in section 

 (h) above, through the State of Alabama shall be made in tight, 

 closed cars. 



(e) No common carrier shall use for bedding, or feed for live 

 stock, any of the quarantined articles when the shipments origi- 

 nate in regions infested with the cotton boll weevil. 



(f) All railroads, steamboats, express companies and other 

 common cariers, and all private vehicles, boats, etc., entering the 

 State of Alabama from the states of Texas or Louisiana, or pass- 

 ing through the State of Alabama from any of the infested dis- 

 tricts of the States of Texas or Louisiana, are especially enjoined 

 to comply with the requirements of this order and of laws of the 

 State of Alabama governing the same. 



Rule 12. The State Horticulturist is hereby charged with the 

 enforcement of the rules and regulations relative to the Mexican 

 boll weevil. 



The form of affidavit accompanying the waybill with 

 shipments of household goods should specify the prohibited 

 articles as not included, as follows: 



State of , County of 



Before me Notary Public in and 



for said State and County, personally appeared 



who being duly sworn states on oath that the 



shipment of waybill of which this affidavit ac- 

 companies, does not contain any cotton lint, cotton seed, hulls, seed 

 cotton and cotton seed sacks or corn in shuck. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of 



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( Seal) Notary Public. 



At the bottom of all law lies the general consideration 

 that the safety and welfare of the public is more important 

 than the convenience or interest of any private individual. 

 It is certainly of public advantage that every possible pre- 

 caution be taken to prevent needlessly hastening the spread 

 of so dangerous an insect pest as this. The advance of the 

 weevil will gradually transfer states, counties, and locali- 

 ties from the uninfested to the infested territory and thus 

 reduce the area in which quarantine measures apply. With- 

 in five years, therefore, the boll weevil quarantine may be- 

 come a thing of the pa.st in this State. In the meantime it 



