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essary, advisable, or proper, in order to more fully inspect the said articles, to 

 unpack the said articles, or any of them, or to remove them, or any of them, to 

 any other place or places, he shall have authority so to do at the expense of the 

 importer. 



(7) Permit to import. If, upon inspection as aforesaid, or at any time there- 

 after, if the said article or articles are held for further examination, the said 

 inspector shall be satisfied that the said articles desired to be imported, or cer- 

 tain of them, are free from insects, blight, scale, and diseases injurious, or liable 

 to become injurious, to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value, he shall give 

 the importer a certificate of inspection, setting forth the date of the inspection 

 or inspections, a description of the articles inspected, and permitting them to be 

 imported into this Territory. 



(8) Disinfection or quarantine. If, in the opinion of said inspector, it shall 

 be necessary or proper, for the better securing of the objects of this act, to fumi- 

 gate, disinfect, or quarantine said article or articles, or any of them, he shall 

 have authority so to do, at the expense of the importer. 



If, in the opinion of said inspector, it shall be necessary or proper to hold said 

 article for continued observation or treatment, in order to be certain that no infec- 

 tion as aforesaid exists, or that anj^ infection which exists or may exist therein 

 may be eradicated, said inspector may so hold said article or articles in quaran- 

 tine for said purpose or purposes. 



(9) Destruction of plants, etc. If said inspector shall at any time, either 

 upon said first inspection or at any time thereafter while the said article or 

 articles are being held as aforesaid, find that the same or any of them, are 

 infected with or contain any insect, blight, scale, or disease injurious, or liable 

 to become injurious to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value, he shall, in 

 his discretion, destroy the same or hold the same for further treatment. 



(10) What constitutes importation. The landing of any article as aforesaid, 

 for the purpose of inspection or quarantine, shall not be, nor be construed to be, an 

 importation for the purpose of giving to the article or articles so landed any 

 status, or the owner thereof any rights or privileges incident to the articles 

 which have been imported into the Territory ; but in legal effect the articles so 

 landed for purposes of inspection shall be construed to still be without the 

 Territory, seeking entry into the Territory, and shall not, in whole or in part, 

 be entitled to be imported into this Territory until a permit so to do, as 

 aforesaid, shall have been issued by the board or oflicer or inspector thereof. 



(11) Exceptions to right to import. Nothing in this act contained shall per- 

 mit the importation of any article, or class of articles, or any article or class 

 of articles from any particular place, if the same, or any of them, have, by 

 special rule or regulation of the board, as hereinbefore provided, been prohibited 

 from importation into this Territory. 



(12) Port of importation of plants. No nursery stock, soil, tree, sugar cane, 

 shrub, plant, flower, vine, cutting, graft, scion, bud, seed, root, leaf, nut, moss, or 

 other vegetable growth (except hay, grain, fruit, vegetables, and nuts for immedi- 

 ate consumption) shall be imported into the Territory of Hawaii, saving and 

 excepting through the port of Honolulu only. 



Sec. 14. No soil, sand, or rocks or stone having soil adhering thereto, brought 

 to this Territory as ballast or separate from the roots of plants, trees or other 

 vegetation, except such as are suitable for, and intended to be used as or in the 

 manufacture of fertilizer, or for building, mechanical, or monumental purposes, 

 shall be allowed to be landed in this Territory. If any vessel comes to this 

 Territory with soil, sand, rocks, or stones having soil adhering thereto on board 

 as ballast or in bulk, and it is desired to remove the same, it shall, except as 

 aforesaid, be dumped at sea. 



