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essary, advisable, or proper, in order to more fully inspect the said articles, to 
unpack the said articles, or any of them, or to remove them, or any of them, to 
any other place or places, he shall have authority so to do at the expense of the 
importer. 
(7) Permit to import. If, upon inspection as aforesaid, or at any time there- 
after, if the said article or articles are held for further examination, the said 
inspector shall be satisfied that the said articles desired to be imported, or cer- 
tain of them, are free from insects, blight, scale, and diseases injurious, or liable 
to become injurious, to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value, he shall give | 
the importer a certificate of inspection, setting forth the date of the inspection 
or inspections, a description of the articles inspected, and permitting them to be 
imported into this Territory. 
(S) Disinfection or quarantine. if, in the opinion of said inspector, it shall 
be necessary or proper, for the better securing of the objects of this act, to fumi- 
gate, disinfect, or quarantine said article or articles, or any of them, he shall 
have authority so to do, at the expense of the importer. 
If, in the opinion of said inspector, it shall be necessary or proper to hold said 
article for continued observation or treatment, in order to be certain that no infec- 
tion as aforesaid exists, or that any infection which exists or may exist therein 
may be eradicated, said inspector may so hold said article or articles in quaran- 
tine.for said purpose or purposes. 
(9) Destruction of plants, etc. If said inspector shall at any time, either 
upon said first inspection or at any time thereafter while the said article or 
articles are being held as aforesaid, find that the same or any of them, are 
infected with or contain any insect, blight, scale, or disease injurious, or liable 
to become injurious to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value, he shall, in 
his discretion, destroy the same or hold the same for further treatment. 
(10) What constitutes importation. The landing of any article as aforesaid, 
for the purpose of inspection or quarantine, shall not be, nor be construed to be, an 
importation for the purpose of giving to the article or articles so landed any 
status, or the owner thereof any rights or privileges incident to the articles 
which have been imported into the Territory ; but in legal effect the articles so 
landed for purposes of inspection shall be construed to still be without the 
Territory, seeking entry into the Territory, and shall not, in whole or in part, 
be entitled to be imported into this Territory until a permit so to do, as 
aforesaid, shall have been issued by the board or officer or inspector thereof. 
(11) Hexceptions to right to import. Nothing in this act contained shall per- 
mit the importation of any article, or class of articles, or any article or class 
of articles from any particular place, if the same, or any of them, have, by 
special rule or regulation of the board, as hereinbefore provided, been prohibited 
from importation into this Territory. . 
(12) Port of importation of plants. No nursery stock, soil, tree, sugar cane, 
shrub, plant, flower, vine, cutting, graft, scion, bud, seed, root, leaf, nut, moss, or 
other vegetable growth (except hay, grain, fruit, vegetables, and nuts for immedi- 
ate consumption) shall be imported into the Territory of Hawaii, saving and 
excepting through the port of Honolulu only. 
Sec. 14. No soil, sand, or rocks or stone having soil adhering thereto, brought 
to this Territory as ballast or separate from the roots of plants, trees or other 
vegetation, except such as are suitable for, and intended to be used as or in the 
manufacture of fertilizer, or for building, mechanical, or monumental purposes, 
Shall be allowed to be landed in this Territory. If any vessel comes to this 
Territory with soil, sand, rocks, or stones having soil adhering thereto on board 
as ballast or in bulk, and it is desired to remove the same, it shall, except as 
aforesaid, be dumped at sea. 
