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inspection is received at the post office of address, the postmaster shall at 

 once notify the addressee of the required amoimt of postage for forwarding it 

 to the place of inspection and return. Upon payment of the required amount, 

 the postmaster shall affix to the parcel stamps sufficient to cover the postage 

 from his office to the place of inspection, and place in an official envelope, to 

 be attached to the parcel and addressed to the postmaster at the place of in- 

 spection, the stamps representing the amount of postage furnished by the ad- 

 dressee for its return. The postmaster shall then indorse on the wrapper of the 



parcel the words, "Forward to , for inspection," 



(Give post office of inspection) 

 and transmit the parcel to the postmaster at the place of inspection. 



4. (a) On receipt of the parcel at the post office of inspection the post- 

 master shall deliver it to the proper state official, and if such official shall 

 return it to him marked to show that it has been inspected and passed, the 

 postmaster shall affix to the parcel the postage furnished for returning it to 

 the post office of address and promptly transmit it to that office. It shall then 

 be delivered to the addressee. 



(b) If the state official to whom a parcel containing plants or plant 

 products has been sent for inspection shall inform the postmaster at the place 

 of inspection that such plants or plant products are infected with injurious 

 pests and incapable of satisfactory disinfection, the postmaster shall promptly 

 notify the sender that the parcel is undeliverable, giving the reason therefor 

 together with the name and address of the addressee, and stating the amount 

 of postage required for its return and that if the postage is not promptly 

 furnished the parcel will be turned over to the state authorities for destruc- 

 tion. After the sending of such notice, the postmaster shall wait the length 

 of time prescribed in paragraph 8, Section 637, when, if postage be not re- 

 ceived by that time, he shall inform the state authorities that the parcel may 

 be destroyed by them. 



5. When a parcel containing plants or plant products is returned to the 

 sender or destroyed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. tJie 

 postage stamps representing the amount of postage furnished by the ad- 

 dressee for the return of such parcel from the post office of inspection to the 

 office of address shall be sent by the postmaster at the former office to the 

 addressee together with a letter of information as to the disposition of the 

 parcel. 



6. If the addressee, after having been notified, as prescribed in paragraph 

 3 of this section, fails to furnish the required postage for sending the parcel 

 to the place of inspection and return, the postmaster shall so notify the State 

 Inspector at that place and advise him of the amount of postage required for 

 sending the parcel to him. If such official furnishes the postage the post- 

 master shall, after affixing the necessary stamps, indorse on the wrapper of 

 the parcel the words "Forward to for inspection," 



(Give post office of inspection) 

 together with the words "Postage paid by State," and transmit it to the post- 

 master at the place of inspection. If the State Inspector shall return the parcel 

 to the postmaster at the point of inspection, marked to show that it has been 



