S. R. A— B. E. P. Q. No. 149 Issued March 1942 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1941 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 87 
Announcements relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (No. 71) 87 
Instructions to postmasters 87 
Administrative instructions modifying the restrictions of the Dutch elm disease quarantine 
by authorizing the reshipment from points within the regulated area of elm plants received 
from nonregulated area and reshipped during the dormant period of the insect vectors of 
the disease (B. E. P. Q. 517) 88 
Instructions to postmasters 88 
Announcements relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (Xo. 45) 88 
Gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine regulations modified (B. E. P. Q. 386, sixth 
revision) 88 
Instructions to postmasters 89 
Announcement relating to Puerto Rican fruit and vegetable quarantine (So. 58) 90 
Treatment prescribed for certain Puerto Rican vegetables (B. E. P. Q. 518) 90 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 90 
Arizona State plant quarantines (revision of notice dated August 7, 1939) 90 
Instructions to postmasters— Plant quarantine and terminal inspection regulations appli- 
cable to fruits and other plant products sent to military camps 94 
Miscellaneous items 94 
Bishopp and Spencer to be assistant chiefs in Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
(press notice) -94 
Curhing name head of Entomology and Plant Quarantine division (press notice) 95 
Rohwer in charge of Entomology and Plant Quarantine regulatory work, Popham new 
assistant chief (press notice) , 95 
United States Department of Agriculture discontinues European corn borer certification 
(press notice) 95 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Uruguay (B. E. P. Q. 382, revised, supple- 
ment No. 2) 96 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Malta (B. E. P. Q. 406, revised, 
supplement No. 3) 96 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Argentina (B. E. P. Q. 426, supplement 
No. 6) « 97 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Cuba (B. E. P. Q. 519, supersedes P. Q. 
C. A. 283, revised, and all supplements) ... 97 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 103 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 104 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO DUTCH ELM DISEASE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 71) 
instructions to postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, October 10, 1941. 
Postmaster: 
My Dear Sir: Your attention is invited to the inclosed copy of a revision of 
plant quarantine Order No. 71 of the United States Department of Agriculture 
on account of the Dutch elm disease, by which you will please be governed. 
This revision, effective October 1, 1941, removes from the regulated area the town 
of Huntington in Suffolk County, N. Y., but extends the regulated area to include 
parts of nine Pennsylvania counties and additional sections in Connecticut, 
New Jersey, and New York where the Dutch elm disease has been located. See 
paragraph 1, section 595, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster GeneraL 
442712—42 1 
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