ISO BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE LOct.-Dec. 
transmit the same to the Postmaster General, and thereafter all packages con- 
taining any plants or plant products named in said approved lists shall, upon 
payment of postage therefor, be forwarded by the postmaster at the destination 
of said package to the proper State official at the nearest place where inspection 
is maintained. If the plants or plant products (including seed) are found upon 
inspection to be free from injurious pests and not in violation of a plant- 
quarantine law or plant-quarantine regulation of the United States Department 
of Agriculture or of the State of destination pertaining to such injurious pests, 
or if infected shall be disinfected by said official, they shall upon payment of 
postage therefor be returned to the postmaster at the place of inspection to be 
forwarded to the person to whom they are addressed;. but if found to be infected 
with injurious pests and incapable of satisfactory disinfection or in violation 
of a plant-quarantine law or plant-quarantine regulation of the United States 
Department of Agriculture or of the State of destination pertaining to such 
injurious pests, the State inspector shall so notify the postmaster at the place 
of inspection who shall promptly notify the sender of said plants or plant prod- 
ucts that they will be returned to him upon his request and at his expense, or 
in default of such request that they will be turned over to the State authorities 
for destruction (act of March 4, 1915 (7 U. S. C. 166), as amended by the act 
of June 4, 1936, Pub. 643 74th Cong.). 
2. (a) When the Secretary of Agriculture furnishes the Postmaster General 
a list of plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection under the 
provisions of the preceding paragraph, appropriate instructions in regard 
thereto shall be issued to postmasters by the Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- 
eral, Division of Classification. 
(&) Any State which has established terminal inspection tinder the provisions 
of paragraph 1 of this section should submit through the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture a list of plants and plant products and the plant pests 
transmitted thereby, the shipment of which to or within the State is prohibited 
or regulated by State plant-quarantine laws or plant-quarantine regulations 
pertaining to injurious pests. Upon receipt of notice from the Secretary of 
Agriculture of the approval of such list of plants or plant products by the 
United States Department of Agriculture, appropriate instructions shall be 
issued to postmasters by the Third Assistant Postmaster General, Division of 
Classification, to prevent the acceptance of such plants or plant products when 
presented for mailing in violation of State plant-quarantine laws or regulations 
pertaining to injurious pests. 
4. (&) If the State official to whom a parcel containing plants or plant prod- 
ucts has been sent for inspection shall inform the postmaster at the place of 
inspection that such plants or plant products are infected with injurious pests 
and incapable of satisfactory disinfection or are in violation of a plant-quaran- 
tine law or plant-quarantine regulation of the United States Department of 
Agriculture or of the State of destination pertaining to such injurious pests, 
the postmaster shall promptly notify the sender that the parcel is undeliverable. 
giving the reason therefor, together with the name and address of the addressee, 
and stating the amount of postage required for its return, and that if the 
postage is not promptly furnished the parcel will be turned over to the State 
authorities for destruction. After the sending of such notice the postmaster 
shall wait the length of time prescribed in paragraph 8, section 809. when, if 
postage be not received by that time, he shall inform the State authorities that 
the parcel may be destroyed by them. 
Haul lee Branch. 
Acting Postmaster General. 
instructions to postmasters 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, October 15, 1986. 
Attention is called to Order No. 9620. October 15, 1936, amending paragraphs 
1 (a), 2. and 4 (b), section 596, Postal Laws and Regulations, pertaining to the 
treatment of parcels containing plants and plant products addressed for delivery 
in States which have provided for terminal inspection of such articles. 
The purpose of the amendment is to provide for the cooperation of the Post 
Office Department in the enforcement of State plant-quarantine laws and regu- 
lations pertaining to injurious pests. There is no change with respect to the 
