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prevent fresh contamination, provided that all the operations in question 

 have been carried out at the expense of the shipper under the direction 

 of, and subject to the approval of the Chief Plant Inspector, and pro- 

 vided that said plants and soils are apparently free from infestation 

 or infection which bears potential danger to the agriculture or plant 

 life of the other islands. 



This amendment shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. 



Approved this 1st day of June, 1920. 



c. J. McCarthy, 



Governor of Hawaii. 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



TERRITORY OF HAWAII. 



BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE AND 

 FORESTRY. 



RULE XXII— DIV^ISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 



RULE AND REGULATION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 

 OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY OF THE TERRITORY OF 

 HAWAII CONCERNING THE IMPORTATION INTO THE TERRI- 

 TORY OF HAWAII OF POTATOES AND APPLES FROM PACIFIC 

 COAST PORTS. 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of the Terri- 

 tory of Hawaii hereby makes the following rules and regulations for the 

 purpose of preventing the introduction into this Territory from Pacific 

 Coast ports of the Ignited States of insect pests and plant diseases which 

 may be carried on potatoes and apples: 



Section 1. No shipment of potatoes or apples in the natural or raw 

 state, whether by freight or express, shall be permitted to be imported 

 into the Territory of Hawaii from ports on the Pacific Coast of the 

 United States of America unless such shipment is accompanied by a 

 certificate signed by a qualified officer of the city, county, or state from 

 which the shipment is made, that the shipment has been inspected by 

 him and is shipped free from insect pests and plant diseases. 



Section 2. The certificate of inspection required by Section 1, must 

 give the name of the shipper, the name of the consignee and the number 

 of sacks, crates or boxes contained in each shipment if potatoes or ap- 

 ples, and one copy must be attached to a sack, crate or box in each 

 shipment and another copy delivered to the Chief Plant Inspector or his 

 assistant by the person, firm or corporation transporting such potatoes 

 or apples, upon the arrival of the shipment in the Territory. 



Section 3. No person, firm or corporation engaged in the transporta- 

 tion of freight or express packages between the said Pacific Coast ports 

 and the ports of Hawaii, shall land or cause or allow to be landed in any 

 port or on any wharf in the Territory of Hawaii, any such shipment of 

 potatoes or apples in the natural or raw state without first delivering 

 the certificate of inspection, provided for in Section 2, hereof, to the said 

 Chief Plant Inspector or his assistant. 



Section 4. Any shipment of potatoes or apples arriving in the Terri- 

 tory unaccompanied by said certificate of inspection will be returned to 

 the consignor at his own expense. 



Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating the above rule 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 



