UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE 

 Federal Hortictatioral Board 



C. L. Marlatt, Cbaiman ; W. A. Orton, George B. Sudworth, W. D. Hunter, 

 Karl F. Kellernan. B. C. Althouse, Assistant to the Chairnan, 



RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MOYEIffiNT OF PLANTS 

 AND PLANT PRODUCTS INTO AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT 

 OF COLUMBIA? EFFECTIVE ON Mm AFTER 

 SEPTEMBER 1, 1930. 



LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



United States Department of Agric-altur^ 

 Federal Horticultural Board, 



K^shington, D. C, July 27, 1920. 



Hon. E. T. Meredith, 



Secretary of AgrifcraLlixre . 



Sir: 



The Federal Horticultural Board respectfully submits for your 

 approval rules and regulations governing the. movement of plants and 

 plant products into and out of the District of CTolumbia, Authority 

 for these regulations is given in the amendment to the Plant Quarantine 

 Act, approved August 20, 1912, contained in the act making appropria- 

 tions for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1921, approved Jfe,y 31, 1930. 



!Hhe purpose of the amendmen t is to provide authority to regulate 

 the movement of plants and plant products, including nursery stock, 

 from or into the District of Columbia, and power to control injurious 

 plant diseases and insect pests within said District. The aqiendmgnt 

 follovsis: _. -- 



"Sec. 15. That iD-o-*=r *~-»a»r-To "control and eradicate and 

 i.^-jE-^wvwuxrTae disseroination of dangerous plant diseases 

 and insect inf ©ctiC»s and infestations no plant or plant 

 products for or capable of propagation, including nursery 

 stock, hereinafter pef©rred to as plants and plant products, 

 shall be moved or allowed to be moved, shipped, transported, 

 or carried by any means ^i&atever into or out of the. District 

 of Columbia, except in compliance with such rules and regu- 

 lations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture as hereinafter provided. Whenever the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, after investigation, shall determine that any 

 plants and plant products in the District of Columbia are 

 infested or infected with insect pests and diseases and 

 that any place, articles, and substances used or connected 



-" ted or infected, written notice there- 



im to the owner o^ person in possession 



