UNITED STATES ]^3>ARTMENT OF AGRIGUXTUKB 

 Office of the Secretary 



Federal Horticultural Board. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MOTEMEKT OF PLANTS M) 

 PLANT PRODUCTS INTO AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT' OF COLUMBIA. 



For the purposes of conti^olling and eradicating and preventing 

 the dissemination of dangerous plant diseases and insect infections and 

 infestations, I, E, 1. MEREDITH, Secretary of Agriculture, under authoj^ifer 

 conferred by the Act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat, 315), as amended by the 

 Act making appropriationss for theDepartment of Agriculture for the fiscSl 

 year ending June 30, 1921, approved May 31, 1920 (Public No. 234 - 66th 

 Congress), the following regulations are hereby made, and I do order that, 

 with the exception of (a) fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plant 

 products imported for food, medicinal or manufacturing purposes, and (b) 

 seeds (except those addressed to the department of Agriculture), no 

 plants or plant products shall move into or out of the District of 

 Columbia except in compliance with said rules and regulations and such 

 other:' rules, regulations and notices pf q.'warantine referred to therein 

 or vtiich may hereafter be promulgated. 



Said regulations shall become ajid b© effective on and after 

 September 1, 1920. 



Done in the District of Columbia this 36th day of August, 193D, 



V/itness my hand and the seal of the l]6nited States Department of 



Agriculture. 



(sgd) E, T. MEREDITH, 



Secretary of Agricultiire. 



(SEAL) 



