tock are furnished certificates under certain restrictions. Transpor- 

 ation companies are required to reject all stock entering the State 

 mless certificates of inspection and fumigation are attached. Prof. 

 I. A. Surface, Economic Zoologist; Mr. E. B. Engle, Inspector, 

 larrisburg, Pa. (Act of 1905.) 



Porto Rico. — Nurserj^ stock will be received only through three 

 lorts of entry, namel}^, San Juan, Ponce, and Mayaguez, and must be 

 ccomjDanied with an official certificate of inspection. It is subject to 

 aspection b}' local inspectors on arrival at said ports of entry. In- 

 pectors are £pj)ointed by the Governor. (Act of 1905.) 



Rhode Island. — Shipments must be accompanied with certificates 

 f insj^ection or affidavits of fumigation. Mr. A. E. Stene, State 

 mrsery Inspector, Kingston, E. I. (Act of 1904.) 



South Carolina. — A duplicate certificate of inspection must be filed 

 dth the State Entomologist and an official tag of the State Board of 

 Entomology secured by nurserymen desiring to ship stock into the 

 itate. This tag and an official certificate of fumigation must be 

 ttached to all shipments. Prof. W. A. Thomas, State Entomologist, 

 ^emson College, S. C. (Act of 1905.) 



South Dakota. — All nursery stock shipped into the State must be 

 ccompanied with a certificate of inspection issued by the State Ento- 

 mologist from the State from which it was shipped. Anj^ j^erson, 

 rm, or corporation owning a nurser}^ which sells stock to be delivered 

 1 this State must certify where the stock was grown, and attach this 

 tatement to all shipments. Prof. Robert Matheson, State Entomolo- 

 •ist, Brookings, S. Dak. (Act of 1909.) 



Tennessee. — A certificate of inspection signed in person by the 

 iispector or the State Entomologist must be filed in the office of the 

 ^ennessee State Board of Entomology, Knoxville, Tenn., previous 

 all shipments. A\\ nursery stock must be fumigated and a tag 

 ndicating the same placed upon each shipment. Prof. H. A. Morgan, 

 Itate Entomologist, Knoxville, Tenn. (Act of 1905.) 



Texas. — Any nurseryman desiring to ship stock into the State 

 lUst file with the Commissioner of Agriculture a certified copy of 

 lis certificate of inspection, which must show that the stock to be 

 hipped has been examined by a State or local inspector and that it 

 3 free from all dangerous insect pests or contagious diseases. If 

 umigation is required in the State from which the stock is shipj^ed, 

 t must be thoroughly fumigated before shipment. On receipt of the 

 ertificate above mentioned the Commissioner of Agriculture is re- 

 uired to make an investigation as to the moral standing and integ- 

 ity of the applicant, and if this is satisfactory the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture will, on receipt of a fee of $5, issue to the applicant a 

 ertificate permitting stock to be shipped into the State. Each box, 



LCir. 75] 



