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QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 



Anyone wishing to import date palm offshoots 

 from a foreign country must obtain a permit from 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, and must mark each box, 

 case, or package with the name and address of importer 

 and exporter, general nature and quantity of contents, 

 district or locality and country where grown, and 

 number of permit. Each package must either be 

 accompanied by a certificate of inspection from the 

 foreign country, stating that the plants are free from 

 disease or pests, or the importer must file a bond with 

 the collector of customs, to the amount of double the 

 invoice value of the property, to insure that he will 

 properly treat it to free it from scale and other pests, 

 within forty days of arrival, under instructions from 

 the quarantine officers; and the plants must not be 

 removed from the port of entry until written notice 

 is given by the agent of the Department of Agriculture 

 to the collector of customs that the stock has been 

 properly treated. 



The only places into which palms can be shipped 

 by an importer are : 



In California, Riverside County, east of the San 

 Bernardino meridian; Imperial County. 



In Arizona, Yuma County, Maricopa County, 

 Pinal County. 



In Texas, Webb County. 



After being properly treated in a cresol dip for two 

 periods of fifteen minutes, separated by twenty-four 



