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BUKEAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
[July-Sept. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE ACT 
AVOCADO ORDER 
In the case of the United States v. Abundio Martinez and Manuel Valdez, in 
attempting to smuggle 152 avocados into the United States from Mexico over 
the International Bridge at Hidalgo, Tex., on July 9, 1927, the defendants, who 
had been held in the Hidalgo County jail from July 9, 1927, to December 7, 
1927, pleaded guilty on the latter date. Abundio Martinez was fined $25, and 
Manuel Valdez was sentenced for the period already spent in jail (approximately 
five months). 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER QUARANTINE (DOMESTIC) 
In the case of the United States v. the New York Central Railroad Co., in the 
interstate transportation of two bags containing 3 bushels of pop corn on the 
cob to a point outside of the regulated area, the defendant pleaded guilty and 
was fined $50. (Plant Quarantine Case No. 421.) 
JAPANESE-BEETLE QUARANTINE 
In the case of the United States v. The Railway Express Agency (Inc.), in the 
interstate transportation of two crates, each containing a boxwood plant in soil, 
from a point in the regulated area to a point outside thereof, without inspection 
and certification, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $10. 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN AND CANADIAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus 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 
ToDy Castros. . - .. .. 
San Ysidro, Calif 
Brownsville, Tex 
....do. 
3 mangoes 
5 avocados with seed.. _ 
$5.00 
Elegio Ramiraz 
5.00 
Julio Resendes 
9 mangoes 
5.00 
Robin Pate.. .. 
. do ... . 
6 mangoes . . . 
5.00 
Antonio Cantu 
do 
do .. 
5 mangoes and 6 avocados with seed 
2 pounds fresh figs .. . 
5.00 
5.00 
do .. 
5.00 
A. Garza . . . . 
do 
...do 
2 guavas 
5.00 
Santos C. Ramos. . 
do 
5.00 
Zorobabel Martinez 
...do 
1 mango and 1 quince 
5.00 
Corado Gutirrez 
...do 
4 mangoes 
5.00 
Pablo Cortez 
do ... . 
6 avocados with seed and § mangoes... 
6 avocados with seed, 3 pears and 3 man- 
goes. 
5.00 
P. P. Sanchez... 
do 
10.00 
do .. 
5.00 
Ra jino Por tales 
Eagle Pass, Tex 
do 
4 avocados with seed . 
.60 
1.00 
Anastacio Estrada.. 
do 
5 avocados with seed 
.25 
F. J. Rhea 
Hidalgo, Tex 
3 avocados 
5.00 
Mrs. Ada Randolph de Mata... 
do 
3 peaches 
5.00 
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson 
Blaine, Wash .. 
Plants.. 
5.00 
Mrs. 0. A. Omhalt 
do 
1 lobelia, 1 hydrangea, and 2 perennials . 
5.00 
