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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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(b) quarantined on account of orange rust and virus diseases 
All States. 
Plants affected: Raspberry plants — accepted for mailing only when accom- 
panied with approved certificate. 
Under the provisions of paragraph 2 (b), amended section 596, Postal Laws 
and Regulations, postmasters should not accept such plants and plant products 
when presented for mailing in violation of these quarantine laws and regu- 
lations and should invite the attention of the mailers thereto. 
Parcels inadvertently accepted in the mails in violation of these quarantines 
and quarantine regulations are subject to the treatment prescribed by paragraph 
4 (b), section 596, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
MODIFICATION OF MISSISSIPPI STATE PLANT QUARANTINES 
(Amending Notices Issued April 7, 1937, and May 7, 1940) 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, March 28, 1941. 
Mississippi plant quarantines have been modified, effective at once, so as to 
prohibit entirely the entry into that State of sweetpotato seed and sweetpotato 
plants from the entire State of Tennessee. This is in addition to the restrictions 
previously imposed, set forth in notices published in the May 19o7 and June 
1940 Supplements to the Postal Guide. 
Postmasters will, therefore, please make the proper correction and be governed 
accordingly. 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARANTINE 
ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period January 1 
to March 31, 1941, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper authorities 
for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempt- 
ing to smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were im- 
posed by the United States customs officials at the following ports : 
Name 
II. M. Yoder 
Ignacio Gonzalez 
Cesario Hernandez 
Marie Castillo 
Rosa Castaneda 
Maria Jirninez Garza 
Juan Zuniga.. 
Matilda E. Garcia 
Dimanthia Gonzales 
Mrs. Maria Jesus de Coleman 
Mrs. Ramona Armendariz Moneida. 
Felipe Galvis 
Herminia I'ena de Gutierrez 
Petra Delgado de Macias 
Ascencio Mendez . 
Tomas Vasquez... 
Juana Cavazes 
Port 
Brownsville, Tex. 
do 
do 
Del Rio, Tex 
do. 
Eagle Pass, Tex.. 
do 
....do 
....do 
El Paso, Tex. 
.--do 
do 
....do 
do 
Hidalgo, Tex. 
-..do 
...do 
Contraband 
1 orange 
2 oranges 
6 avocados with seed 
4 avocados 
1 orange 
1 apple and 1 orange 
2 oranges and 4 nodes sugarcane 
14 plants.. 
2 avocados 
2 guavas 
4 ounces acorns 
2 plants In soil 
1 plant in soil and 1 plant cutting 
17 gladiolus conns, 6 ounces tree 
seed, and 6 Mexican oranges. 
5 plants 
1 avocado 
do 
Penalty 
$1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.40 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
