268 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



That before tlie Secretary of Ao^culture shall promulgate his deter- , 

 mination that it is necessary to quarantine any State, Territory, or 

 District of the United States, or portion thereof, under the authority 

 given in this section, he shall, alter due notice to interested parties, 

 give a public hearing under such rules and regulations as he shall 

 prescribe, at which hearing any interested part}' may appear and be 

 heard, either in person or by attorney. 



Act August 20, 1912, c. 308, s. 8, 37 Stat. 318. 

 Begnlations for carrying out purposes of act. 



Sec. 0. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make and promul- 

 gate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out 

 the purposes of this Act. 



Act August 20, 1912. c. 308, s. 9, 37 Stat. .318. 



Violations of provisions of act, or the forging, etc., of certificates provided for 

 in act, a misdemeanor; punishment; common carrier not to be deemed to 

 have violated act on proof it did not knowingly transport nursery stock or 

 other plants or plant products; duty of district attorneys to prosecute for 

 violations of act. 



Sec. 10. That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of 

 this Act, or who shall forge, counterfeit, alter, deface, or destroy any 

 certificate provided for in this Act or in the regulations of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 

 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a line not exceeding 

 five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or 

 both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court:' 

 Provided. That no common carrier shall be deemed to have violated 

 the provisions of any of the foregoing sections of this Act on proof 

 that such carrier did not knowingly receive for transportation or 

 transport nursery stock or other plants or plant products as such 

 from one State, Territory, or District of the United States into or 

 through any other State, Territory, or District; and it shall be the 

 duty of the United States attorneys diligently to prosecute any viola- 

 tions of this Act which are brought to their attention by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture or which come to their notice by other means. 



Act AuKUSt 20. 1012. c. .308. s. 10, .37 Stat. 318. 



Construction of word "person" as used in act; liability of corporations, etc., 

 for acts, omissions, etc., of officers, agents, employees, etc. 



Sec. 11. That the word "person" as used in this Act shall be 

 construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case 

 demands, and shall include corporations, coiui)anies, societies, and 

 associations. When construing and enforcing the provi-sions of this 

 Act, the act, oniission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person 

 acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or 

 association, within the scope of his emplovment or office, shall in 

 every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such 

 corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the 

 person. 



Act AuKu.sl 20. 1912. c. .308. s. 11. .37 Stat. .'MO. 



Appointment of Federal Horticultural Board for carrying out provisions of act. 



Sec. 12. That for the purpose of carrying out tiie provisions of 

 this Act there shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 from existing bureaus and oflices in the Depaitment of Agriculture, 



