108 LAWS^ AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



QUAEA:srTIXE AGAINST THE MEXICAN COTTON BOLL WeEVIL. 



[The following regulation has been adopted by the North Carolina crop pest 

 commission as a protection against the Mexican cotton boll weevil :] 



Section 1. The following counties in Texas and parish in Louisiana are con- 

 sidered to be localities infested with boll weevil : In Texas the counties of An- 

 derson, Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, 

 Bosque, Bowie, Bransoria, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, 

 Cameron, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, 

 Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Dewit, Duval, Eastland. Ellis, Erath, 

 Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Galveston, Gillespie, 

 Goliad, Gonzales, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, 

 Harris, Harrison, Hays. Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, 

 Hunt, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, 

 Lamar, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone. Live Oak, Llano, 

 Madison. Marion, Matagorda. McLennan, McMullen, Milan. Mills, Montague, 

 .Montgomery. Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton. Nueces, Orange, Palo 

 Pinto, Panola, Parker, Polk, Rains, Red River, Refugio, Robertson, Rockwall, 

 Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio. San Saba, Shelby, 

 Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Trinity. Tyler, 

 Upshur. Van Zandt. Victoria. Walker, Waller. Washington. Wharton. William- 

 son, Wilson, Wise, and Wood. In Louisiana, Sabine Parish. Also all other 

 counties or parishes in which the boll weevil shall hereafter be found. 



Sec 2. The introduction into North Carolina from any county or parish 

 where the cotton boll weevil is known to exist (as enumerated in section 1) of 

 cotton, cotton seed, cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed hulls, cotton-seed sacks (which 

 have been used), and corn in the shuck, is absolutely prohibited at all seasons. 



Sec. 3, Except during the jnonths of July, August, and September, the follow- 

 ing articles are subject to restrictions set forth in section 2, namely : Hay, 

 straw, sacked wheat, sacked oats, sacked shelled corn, sacked cowpeas, and 

 unbaled Spanish moss. During the months of July, August, and September 

 these articles are not restricted. 



Sec 4. The following articles are not restricted in their importation into 

 North Carolina at any time (provided that none of the articles enumerated in 

 sections, 2 and 3 are used in packing), namely: Fruit, truck, rice, and rice 

 grain products: hut. if they be packed with such articles as are enumerated in 

 sections 2 and 3. then the restrictions set forth in sections 2 and 3 will apply. 



Sec 5. All shipments of household goods into North Carolina from the locali- 

 ties enumerated in section 19 are prohibited, unless they be accompanied by an 

 affidavit, attached to the way-bill, to the effect that the shipment contains no 

 cotton, cotton seed, seed cotton, cotton-seed hulls, cotton-seed sacks, corn in 

 the shuck, straw, hay. or loose Spanish moss ; except during the months of 

 July, August, and September, when hay. straw, Spanish moss, and shucks may 

 be used in packing. 



Sec. 6. Shipments of all such articles as are quarantined against in the fore- 

 going sections, which are passing through but are not for delivery in this 

 State, must be made in tight, closed box cars. 



Sec 7. In this State no transportation company or other common carrier 

 shall use for bedding or feed for live stock any of the articles mentioned in 

 sections 2 and 3. except during the months of July, August, and September, 

 when hay, straw, wheat, oats, shelled corn, cowpeas, shucks, and Spanish moss 

 may be used. 



Sec 8. No person, firm, or corporation, except a duly recognized State or Fed- 

 eral entomologist, shall bring into this State, or have in their possession for any 



