88 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
B. E. P. Q. 517 Effective November 10, 1941 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III — Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
PART 301 DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES 
DUTCH ELM DISEASE 
§301.71-4a 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 NONREGU- 
LATED AREA AND RESHIPPED DURING THE DORMANT PERIOD OF THE INSECT 
VECTORS OF THE DISEASE 
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of Ento- 
mology and Plant Quarantine by the fourth proviso of § 301.71, Chapter III, 
Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations [Notice of Quarantine No. 71 on account 
of the Dutch elm disease]. § 301.71-4 is hereby modified, effective November 10, 
1941, by providing that elm plants originating in nonregulated area and received 
within the regulated area during the period from November 1 to March 31, 
inclusive, of any 12-month period may be reshipped interstate to nonregulated 
area during the period specified above when such plants have been handled under 
conditions of sanitation and segregation as prescribed by the inspector to prevent 
attack or infestation by insect vectors of the Dutch elm disease or accidental or 
natural infection by the fungus causing the disease. Such shipments of elm 
plants shall bear an identifying tag issued by the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine showing compliance with these conditions. (7 C. F. R., 
§ 301.71; sec. 8, 39 Stat, 1165, 44 Stat. 250; 7 U. S. C. 161.) 
Done at Washington, D. C, this 8th day of November 1941. 
P. N. Annand, 
Chief. 
[Filed with the Division of the Federal Register November 14, 1941, 11:35 a. m.; 6 F. R. 5799.] 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, December 80, 1941. 
Postmaster: 
My Dear Sir: Your attention is invited to the inclosed circular relating to the 
modification of the restrictions of Plant Quarantine No. 71 of the United States 
Department of Agriculture on account of the Dutch elm disease. 
The modification permits the acceptance of reshipment from points within the 
regulated area of parcels containing elm plants received from the nonregulated 
area provided the reshipped parcels are accompanied with a certificate or identi- 
fication tag of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine showing the 
plants have been handled under conditions of sanitation and segregation as pre- 
scribed by the Inspector. You should be governed accordingly. See paragraph 
1, section 595, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL 
MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
B. E. P. Q. 386 (6th revision) Effective October 10, 1941 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III— Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
PART 301 DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES 
GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH QUARANTINE REGULATIONS MODIFIED 
Introductory note. — This revision of circular B. E. P. Q. 386 adds to the list of 
articles exempted from certification requirements, box shooks, when newly 
manufactured; cuttings and branches (for ornamental use) of boxwood, of Cali- 
