50 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April- June 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III — Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
Part 301 — Domestic Quarantine Notices 
mediterranean fruitfly and melonfly quarantine 
revision of regulation 8 
Introductory Note 
In regulation 8 of this quarantine, relating to the inspection of vessels, boarding 
and inspection of vessels arriving from Hawaii has heretofore been restricted to 
daylight hours, primarily because of limitations in inspection personnel. In 
order to expedite movement under existing emergency shipping conditions it is 
now considered desirable to modify this restriction, and the present revision 
permits boarding and inspection of vessels arriving from Hawaii during the 
night period, on condition that notice of the arrival of the vessel is given to the 
inspector far enough in advance to enable him to make the necessary arrange- 
ments for the inspection. 
Order of the Secretary of Agriculture 
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by 
Section 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 
161), Section 301.13-8 of the subpart, entitled "Mediterranean Fruitfly and 
Melonfly" of Part 301, Chanter III, Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 
[B. E. P. Q.-Q. 13] is hereby revised, effective May 12. 1941, to read as follows : 
§ 301.13-8 Inspection of vessels. — Inspectors of the United States Department 
of Agriculture are authorized to enter upon ships or vessels from Hawaii at any 
time after they come within the territorial waters of any State, Territory, or 
District of the United States other than Hawaii, whether in the stream or at 
the dock, wharf, or mole, for the purpose of ascertaining by inspection whether 
any of the fruits or vegetables covered by the foregoing quarantine are con- 
tained in such ships or vessels as cargo or ships' stores, or whether there remains 
any infestation from such fruits or vegetables. All ships or vessels plying be- 
tween Hawaii and any State, Territory, or District of the United States other 
than Hawaii, upon coming within the boundaries of any port within the United 
States other than Hawaii, must stop in the quarantine area of such port to per- 
mit boarding by inspectors of the United States Department of Agriculture for 
the purpose of making such inspection, and such ships or vessels must remain in 
the quarantine area until such inspection is completed. Such boarding shall 
be done only between the hours of sunrise and sunset, and any such ship or 
vessel arriving after sunset must remain at anchor in the quarantine area until 
boarded and released by an inspector of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture the following morning: Provided, That boarding and inspection between 
the hours of sunset and sunrise may be done when notice in advance, giving the 
approximate hour of arrival and the number of passengers carried, if any, is 
furnished in time to permit satisfactory arrangements therefor by the inspector. 
When such ship or vessel has been inspected in a manner satisfactory to the 
inspector making the inspection and is found to be apparently free from the 
articles enumerated in this quarantine, such inspector shall immediately issue 
and deliver to the person having charge or possession of such ship or vessel a 
certificate evidencing such inspection, which shall permit such ship or vessel 
to proceed from the quarantine area to anchorage or to dock, wharf, or mole. 
Done at Washington, D. C, this 10th day of May 1941. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[seal] Claude R. Wickard, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[Filed with the Division of the Federal Register May 12, 1941, 11 : 41 a. m. ; 6 F. R., 2374.] 
[Notice to general public published in Honolulu Star, May 30, 1941.] 
