AMERICAN NURSERY 



not required in the application; but full in- 

 formation must be given in the notices re- 

 quired by Regulation 8. 



In the case of pines the scientific names 

 must be given in the application. The im- 

 portation of all five-leafed pines is strictly 

 prohibited from each and every country of 

 Europe and Asia. (See Quarantine No. 7, 

 May 21, 1913. 



Regulation A — Delivery in Bond 



If the required permit be not at hand at 

 the time of the arrival at port of entry of 

 the nursery stock, such stock may be de- 

 livered to the importer, consignee or agent 

 for the proper care thereof upon the filing 

 of a voluntary bond with approved sureties 

 in double the invoice value of the property 

 (the amount of the bond in no case to be 

 less than $20), conditioned upon the re- 

 delivery thereof to the collector within 20 

 days from the date of arrival, and providing 

 that the same shall not be removed from 

 the port of entry within such period or until 

 the presentation of the proper permit; or, if 

 the importer, consignee, or agent shall so 

 select, the goods may be retained in cus- 

 toms custody pending the issuance of the 

 permit, wholly at the risk and expense of 

 the importer. 



Regulation 5 — Permits for Entry 

 of Nursery Stock 



On approval by the Secretary of Africul- 

 ture of an application for the importation of 

 nursery stock from countries which main- 

 tain nursery stock inspection a permit will 

 be issued in triplicate. One copy of the per- 

 mit will be furnished to the applicant, to be 

 retained by him for presentation, on the ar- 

 rival of the imported stock, to the customs 

 officer at the port of entry named in the 

 permit; one copy will be mailed to the col- 

 lector at the port of entry; and the third 

 filed with the application. The beginning 

 of the period for which a permit will be 

 valid will be expressed in the permit. All 

 permits will expire on the 30th day of June 

 next after they become valid. 



Permits may be canceled and further per- 



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