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BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
[Apr.-June 
Art. 3. In do case shall any importer use or suffer to be used any such hay, 
straw, ( half, or husks for repacking the same goods or for packing any other 
goods. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED OF OATS, BARLEY, MAIZE, HAY, STRAW, CHAFF, PLANTS 
OR PORTIONS OF PLANTS, FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND ALL GRAIN AND 
FARM PRODUCE FROM CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON 
Art. 4. The importation from the United States of America into western 
Samoa, either direct or by way of any other country, of the following goods is 
absolutely prohibited : Oats, barley, maize, hay, straw, chaff, plants or portions 
of plants, all fresh fruits and vegetables, and all grain and farm produce: 
Provided, That in the case of all goods the importation of which is prohibited 
under this article, and not grown in any of the States of California, Oregon, 
and Washington, or directly handled or exposed within any of those States, 
otherwise than is necessary for through transportation to western Samoa, 
importation shall be permitted if the goods are accompanied by a certificate 
signed by a person appointed in that behalf by the government of the State 
concerned and countersigned by a responsible officer of the Federal Department 
of Agriculture certifying: 
(a) The name of the State in which grown; 
(b) That such State is, and has been for not less than 12 months, free from 
foot-and-mouth disease; and 
(c) That the goods under certificate have not been directly handled or 
exposed within any of the States of California, Oregon, and Washington 
otherwise than is necessary for through transportation into western Samoa. 
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REQUIRED WITH HAY, STRAW, CHAFF, OR HUSKS IMPORTED 
FROM THE UNITED STATES AS PACKING MATERIAL 
Art. 5. The importation from the United States is also prohibited of all 
hay, straw, chaff, or husks used as packing material for goods of any kind 
unless accompanied by a certificate signed and countersigned as specified in 
article 4, certifying such material to be the produce of a State other than the 
States of California, Oregon, and Washington, and that it has not been 
directly handled or exposed within any of these States otherwise than is 
necessary for through transportation to western Samoa. 
Abt. 6. The importation into western Samoa, either direct or by way of 
any other country, is prohibited of all oats, barley, maize, hay, straw, and 
chaff from Queensland and Western Australia ; and, save with the prior con- 
sent of the Director of Agriculture, of all the aforesaid articles from any other 
State in the Commonwealth of Australia, other than Queensland and Western 
Australia. 
Proclamation of the Administrator, September 9, 1933 
certification or fumigation of imported plant material required 
Article 1. The importation is prohibited of any soil, plant matter, fruit, bags, 
native matting, tapa, or any similar article made from or the produce of the 
soil which is not accompanied by a certificate issued by a competent authority 
of the place of export affirming that it is free from pest or disease or that it 
has been fumigated immediately prior to export unless such article or thing 
shall first be fumigated at the fumigation station hereunder appointed. 
Art. 2. Likewise prohibited is the importation of any soil, plant matter, 
fruit, bags, native matting, tapa, or any similar article made from or the pro- 
duce of the soil, whether accompanied by a certificate as aforesaid or not, 
which has passed in transit through any place where in the opinion of the 
administrator it may be subject to infection by pest or disease, unless it shall 
first be fumigated at the fumigation station hereunder appointed. 
Art. 3. Describes the building in Apia appointed as a fumigation station 
for the purposes of this proclamation. 
Art. 4. Fixes the charges for fumigation. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
