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PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION 
PLANT QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS OF MEXICO 
P. Q. C. A.— 284, Supplement No. 6. February 1, 1932. 
The Collection and Exportation of Cactus Plants, Fruits, and Seeds 
Regulated 
Under date of June 28, 1930, the executive power of Mexico promulgated regu- 
lations prescribing that — 
1. Cacti intended for exportation from Mexico may be collected only from 
January 1 to July 31 of each year. 
2. The collection of any kind of cactus fruits and seeds for exportation to for- 
eign countries is prohibited. 
3. All exporters of cactus plants from Mexico must transmit to the Botanic 
Garden of Chapultepec, District Federal, five specimens of the less common 
plants from each consignment to a foreign country. 
This supplement should be attached to your copy of Circular P. Q. C. A. — 284. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief of Administration. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARAN- 
TINE ACT 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PLANT REGULATIONS 
In the case of the United States v. the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., in 
the delivery of a carload of nursery stock, consisting of evergreen trees, Amer- 
ican elm, and azaleas, to a consignee in the District of Columbia without 
authorization by an inspector of the Plant Quarantine and Control Administra- 
tion, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $10. (Plant Quarantine Case 
No. 467.) 
EUROPEAN CORN-BORER QUARANTINE (FOREIGN) 
In the case of the United States v. Rafael Segoviano and Hermenejildo Villa- 
lobos, in attempting to smuggle in through the port of Presidio, Tex., 215 
pounds of corn, the defendants pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to 60 
days in jail. (Plant Quarantine Cases No. 469 and No. 470.) 
PINK BOLLWORM OF COTTON QUARANTINE (FOREIGN) 
Iii the case of the United States v. Serafin Zainz and Alberto Nichols, alias 
Alberto Flores, in attempting to smuggle in through the port of Presidio, Tex., 
279 pounds of seed cotton, the defendants pleaded guilty and were each sen- 
tenced to 30 days in jail. 
SWEETPOTATO AND YAM QUARANTINE (DOMESTIC) 
In the case of the United States v. Salvatore Crivelli, in attempting to smuggle 
in through the port of New York, N. Y., 50 cases of yams and 3 cases of 
banana leaves from Puerto Rico, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $50. 
WHITE-PINE BLISTER-RUST QUARANTINE 
In the case of the United States v. George W. Strand, doing business as 
Strand's Nursery, Taylors Falls, Minn., in the interstate shipment of currant 
and gooseberry plants in violation of the regulations, the defendant pleaded 
guilty and was fined $15. (Plant Quarantine Case No. 462.) 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States v. the persons listed below, for attempting to 
smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were imposed by 
the United States customs officials at the following ports: 
Name 
Port 
Contraband 
Penalty 
S.IW. Bryant.... 
Jose Martinez 
Pablo Martinez.. 
Antonio Moreno. 
Lilia Vargas 
Willnot Nevins.. 
Nogales, Ariz 
Eagle Pass, Tex. 
Laredo. Tex 
do 
do... 
Mercedes, Tex.. 
112 Mexican oranges... 
20 plants 
9 oranges and 5 pieces sugarcane. 
3 avocados — 
2 plants 
1 orange 
