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or control thereof, and such owner ox person shall forthwith 

 control or eradicate and prevent the dissemination of such 

 insect pest or disease and shall remove, cut, or destroy 

 such infested and infected plants, plant produ.cts, and 

 articles and substances used or connected therewith, which 

 are hereby declared to be nuisances, within the time and in 

 the manner required in said notice or by the rules and regu- 

 lations-, of the Secretary of Agriculture. Ihenever such 

 owner or person can jinot be found, or shall fail, neglect, or 

 refuse to comply with the foregoing provisions of this sec- 

 tion , the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and 

 required to control and eradicate and prevent dissemination 

 of such insect pest or disease and to remove, cut, or destroy 

 infested or infected plants and plant products and articles 

 and substances used or connected therewith, and the United 

 States shall have an action of debt against such owner or 

 persons for expenses incurred by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 In that behalf. Employees of the Federal Horticultural Beard 



are hereby authorized and required to inspect places, plants 

 and plant products and articles and substances used or con- 

 nected therewith whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 determine that such inspections are necessary for the purposes 

 of this section, For the purpose of carrying out the provi- 

 sions and requirements of this section and of the rules and 

 regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made hereunder, 

 and the notices given pursuant thereto, employees of the 

 Federal Horticultural Board shall have power with a warrant 

 to enter into or upon any place and open any bundle, package, 

 or other container of plajits or plant products whenever they 

 shall have cause to believe that infections or infestations 

 of plant pests and diseases exist therein or thereonj and 

 when such infections or infestations are found to exist, 

 after notice by the Secretary of Agriculture to the owrer 

 or person in possession or control thereof and an opporttunlty 

 by said owner or person to be heard, to destroy the infected 

 or infested plants or plant products contained therein. The 

 police court or the municipal court of the District of Col- 

 umbia shall have power, upon information supported by oath or 

 Affirmation showing probable cause for believing that there 

 exists in any place, bundle, package, or other container in 

 the District of Columbia any plant or plant product which is 

 infected or infested with plant pests or disease, to issue 

 warrants for the search for and seizure of all such, plants 

 and plant products. It shall be the duty of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, and he is hereby required, from time to time, 

 to mak;e and promulgate such rules and regulations as shall 

 be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, and 

 any person who shall move or allow to be moved, or shall shipj 

 transport, or cany, by any means vftiatever, any plant or 

 plant product from or into the District of Columbia, except 



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