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LAW OF JUNE 16, 1906, 

 QUARANTINE AGAINST CITEUS FROM MEXICO. 



Tliis law was passed as a precaution against the iatroduc- 

 tion of tihe Mexican orange maggot or Morelos Fruit Worm 

 (Anastrepha ludens) w'hieli attacks citrus plants and in addition 

 guava, mango, sapodilla, peach and plum. The law is as follows : 



Article 1. From the date of the publication of this law in the 

 Official Gazette of the Republic, it is absolutely prohibited to import 

 citrus plants from Mexico. 



Article 2. All citrus plants Introduced through the Custom 

 House of the Republic proceeding from foreign countries, will be sub- 

 mitted to rigorous disinfection that will guarantee the death or 

 destruction of all the parasites or germs that might' be on them. 



TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, 

 President. 



DECEBE No. 1133, 

 AGAINST CITEUS PLANTS FEOM Ali COUNTEIES. 



In 1914, it appeared that a disease of citrus plants called 

 citrus caniker had been introduced into the state of Florida and 

 was causing serious damage to the citrus plants, and that this 

 same disease had heen introduced into all the states bordering 

 the Grulf of Mexico, and that it ocurred in Japan and the 

 Philippines, hence the preeeeding law was enlarged as follows : 



First: That while the Customhouses are being fitted up with 

 the necessary apparatus for the fumigation of citrus plants as was 

 ordered by the law of June 16, of 1906, it is prohibited to import citrus 

 plants from any other country as well as from Mexico. 



Second: The Secretary of the Hacienda will see to it that this 

 decree is carried out. 



Third: The Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor will 

 see that the Comision de Fitopatologia fulfils and observes all the 

 regulations concerning the introduction of foreign plants, and that 

 adequate means are adopted to avoid the spi'ead of any epidemic 

 among the plants. 



Nov. 23, 1914. 



(Signed) M. G. MENOCAL, 



President. 



