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Src. 3. That when such inspection shall show that such trees, plants, buds, cut- 
tings, grafts, scions, nursery stock, or fruit are apparently free from dangerously 
injurious insects or diseases, a certificate to this effect, made in accordance with the 
regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be issued to the owner or owners 
thereof by the said inspector, and this certificate shall operate to release all the 
objects above specified, when duly stamped or labeled with the same, from further 
quarantine or restriction either at the said port of entry or in interstate commerce. 
Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly alter, deface, or destroy any 
of the marks, stamps, or certificates provided for in the regulations of the Secretary 
of Agriculture on any such trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, nursery stock, 
or fruit, or who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly and wrongfully alter, deface, 
or destroy any certificate as provided for in said regulations, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to 1 
exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, at the _ 
discretion of the court, 4 
Src. 4. That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of Agriculture that any 
foreign country shall have provided proper and competent inspection and treatment, 
in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the objects above specified as being 
subject to inspection and treatment, he may, by proclamation or otherwise, accept 
such inspection and treatment in lieu of inspection performed by officers appointed 
by himself, which acceptation or proclamation by the Secretary of Agricucture, shall 
relieve all such articles specified in the foregoing sections of this act, when properly 
stamped or labeled, from further quarantine or restrictions. 
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be inspected and properly 
treated, at the expense of the owner or owners, prior to their shipment, all trees, 
plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, and nursery stock which are subjects of inter- 
state commerce and which are about to be transported from one State or Territory 
or the District of Columbia into another State or Territory or the District of 
Columbia. 
Src. 6. That the said examination shall be made in the manner provided for by 
the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that after 
such examination the trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, or nursery stock 
found to be apparently free from dangerously injurious insects or diseases shall be 
marked, stamped, or labeled for identification, as may be provided for by said rules 
and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, and when so stamped or labeled 
they shall not be subject to further quarantine or restriction in interstate commerce. 
Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly alter, deface, or destroy any 
of the marks, stamps, or said devices provided for in the regulations of the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture on any such trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, and 
nursery stock, or who shall forge, counterfeit, or knowingly or wrongfully alter, — 
deface, or destroy any certificate provided for in said regulations, shall be deemed ~ 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not — 
exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both ~ 
such punishments, at the discretion of the court. | 
Src. 7. That it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to trans- 
port from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or for any person, per- 
sons, or corporation, to deliver to any other person, persons, or corporation, or to the | 
postal service of the United States, except for scientific purposes, by permission or — 
direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for transportation from one State or Terri- 
tory or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory or the District of — 
Columbia any trees, plants, buds, cuttings, grafts, scions, or nursery stock which ~ 
have not been examined in accordance with the provisions in sections 5 and 6 of — 
this act, or which on said examination have been declared by the inspector to be dan- — 
gerously infested with injurious insects or diseases. Any person, persons, or corpo- ~ 
ration violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof shall be punished for such offense as provided in section6 
of this act. | . 
