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interested party may appear and be heard, either in person or by 

 attorney: Provided further, That the quarantine provisions of this 

 section, as applying to the white-pine blister rust, potato wart, and 

 the Mediterranean fruit fly, shall become and be effective upon the 

 passage of this Act. 



Act August 20. 1912, c. 308, 8. 7, 87 Stat. 317. 



Quarantine of State or Territory, etc., or portion thereof, where dangerous plant 

 disease or Insect infestation exists; notice of quarantine; shipment, etc., 

 transportation, etc., of nursery stock and other plants, etc., and plant 

 products, from quarantined State or Territory, etc., or portion thereof, for- 

 bidden, except as otherwise provided; moving, etc., nursery stock or other 

 plants, etc., or plant products specified in notice of quarantine, in manner, 

 etc., other than prescribed, unlawful; regulations for inspection, disinfec- 

 tion, certification, and method, etc., of shipment, etc., of nursery stock and 

 other plants, etc., and plant products, specified in notice of quarantine; 

 notice of such regulation; public hearings before promulgation of regula- 

 tions. 



Sec. 8. That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed 

 to quarantine any State, Territory, or District of the United States, 

 or any portion thereof, when he shall determine the fact that a dan- 

 gerous plant disease or insect infestation, new to or not theretofore 

 widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United 

 States, exists in such State or Territory or District ; and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture is directed to give notice of the establishment of such 

 quarantine to common carriers doing business in or through such 

 q^uarantined area, and shall publish in such newspapers in the quaran- 

 tined area as he shall select notice of the establishment of quarantine. 

 That no person shall ship or offer for shipment to any common carrier, 

 nor shall any common carrier receive for transportation or transport, 

 nor shall any person carry or transport from any quarantined State 

 or Territory or District of the United States, or from any quarantined 

 portion thereof, into or through any other State or Territory or Dis- 

 trict, any class of nursery stock or any other class of plants, fruits, 

 vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products specified in 

 the notice of quarantine except as hereinafter provided. That it 

 shall be unlawful to move, or allow to be moved, any class of nursery 

 stock or any other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, 

 seeds, or other plant products specified in the notice of quarantine 

 hereinbefore provided, and regardless of the use for which the same 

 is intended, from any quarantined State or Territory or District of 

 the United States, or quarantined portion thereof, into or through 

 any other State or Territory or District, in manner or method or under 

 conditions other than those prescribed by the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture. That it shall be the dutv of the Secretarv of Agriculture to 

 make and promulgate rules and regulations which shall permit and 

 govern the inspection, disinfection, certification, and method and 

 manner of delivery and shipment of the class of nursery stock or of 

 any other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or 

 other plant products specified in the notice of quarantine hereinbefore 

 provided, and regardless of the use for which the sMme is intended, 

 from a quarantined State or Territory or District of the United 

 States, or quarantined portion thereof, into or through any other State 

 or Territory or District; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall give 

 notice of such niles and regulations as hereinbefore provided in this 

 section for the notice of the establislmient of quarantine: Provided, 



