30 SUPPRESSION OF INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



SEC. 3. That when such inspection shall show that such trees, plants, buds, cut- 

 tings, grafts, scions, nursery stock, or fruit are apparently free from dangerously 

 injurious insects or diseases, a certificate to this effect, made in accordance with the 

 regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be issued to the owner or owners 

 thereof by the said inspector, and this certificate shall operate to release all the 

 objects above specified, Avheu duly stamped or labeled Avith the same, from further 

 quarantine or restriction either at the said port of entry or in interstate commerce. 

 Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly alter, deface, or destroy any 

 of the marks, stamps, or certificates provided for in the regulations of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture on any such trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, nursery 

 stock, or fruit, or who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly and wrongfully alter, 

 deface, or destroy any certificate as provided for in said regulations, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not 

 to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, at 

 the discretion of the court. 



SEC. 4. That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of Agriculture that any 

 foreign country shall have provided proper and competent inspection and treatment, 

 in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the objects above specified as being 

 subject to inspection and treatment, he may, by proclamation or otherwise, accept 

 such inspection and treatment in lieu of inspection performed by officers appointed 

 by himself, which acceptation or proclamation by the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 relieve all such articles specified in the foregoing sections of this act, when properly 

 stamped or labeled, from further quarantine or restrictions. 



SEC. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be inspected and properly 

 treated, at the expense of the owner or owners, prior to their shipment, all trees, 

 plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, and nursery stock which are subjects of inter- 

 state commerce and which are about to be transported from one State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia into another State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia. 



SEC. 6. That the said examination shall be made in the manner provided for by 

 the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that after 

 such examination the trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, or nursery stock 

 found to bo apparently free from dangerously injurious insects or diseases shall be 

 marked, stamped, or labeled for identification, as may be provided for by said rules 

 and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, and when so stamped or labeled 

 they shall not be subject to further quarantine or restriction in interstate commerce. 

 Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly alter, deface, or destroy any 

 of the marks, stamps, or said devices provided for in the regulations of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture on any such trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, serous, and 

 nursery stock, or who shall i'orge, counterfeit, or knowingly or wrongfully alter, 

 deface, or destroy any certificate provided for in said regulations, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not 

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

 such punishments, at the discretion of the court. 



SEC. 7. That it shall be unhiAvful for any person, persons, or corporation to trans- 

 port from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or for any person, per- 

 sons, or corporation, to deliver to any other person, persons, or corporation, or to the 

 postal service of the United States, except for scientific purposes, by permission or 

 direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for transportation from one State or Terri- 

 tory or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia any trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, or nursery stock which 

 have not been examined in accordance with the provisions in sections 5 and 6 of 

 this act, or which on said examination have been declared by the inspector to be dan- 

 gerously infested with injurious insects or diseases. Any person, persons, or corpo- 

 ration violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 



