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tion, the shipment has been found unobjectionable by the research institute, 
which assents to the entry, the withdrawn sample being returned, and until 
the importer shows that he has paid the expenses and fees pertaining to the 
phytopathological examination. 
Art. 10. The official of the research institute will make a written report of 
the results of the inspection, which will be completed by the customs official 
and in all cases by the consignee. 
Art. 11. The official of the research institute will note on the customs docu- 
ments and on the waybill the result of the inspection : " No objection is made 
to customs entry " or " Entry may not be made, because ", 
adducing the reasons and affixing his signature and the stamp (seal) of the 
institute. 
Art. 12. The customs office will immediately transmit the report to the 
Ministry of Agriculture; the inspector will present a carbon copy of the report 
to the research institute. 
Transit of fruit permitted without inspection 
Art. 13. The transit of fruit is permitted without phytopathological inspec- 
tion on condition that the shipment is transported in an undamaged and well- 
closed car or in uninjured and tight containers. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period July 1 to 
September 30, 1934, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper Federal 
authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
JAPANESE BEETLE 
In the case of the United 8tates v. John H. Gibbas, Shadyside, Ohio, in the 
interstate transportation of approximately 7 bushels of peaches from a point 
in the regulated area to a point outside thereof, without inspection and 
certification, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $5. (Plant quarantine 
case no. 482.) 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN AND CANADIAN 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 
Weldon J. Bailey 
Pedro Murillo 
Mrs. I. E. Rodriquez 
Matilde Jimenez.... 
Viola Duval 
J. A. Castillo 
Antonia de la Cruz 
Raul Cavazos 
Francis Hernandez 
Anita Champion 
Antonia Rodriquez. 
Louis Montes 
Bonifacio Rodriquez 
Candalario Samarripa... 
Ramona Morales 
A. C. Rodgers 
Esteban Vasquez. 
Carmen Salinas 
Antonio Alonso 
Inez Lopez 
Jose Nayola 
Consuelo Flores 
Herlinda Calderon 
Port 
Brownsville, Tex. 
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Eagle Pass, Tex.. 
do 
do 
Contraband 
4 mangoes 
1 mango 
do 
3 mangoes... 
1 mango 
do 
2 mangoes 
3 mangoes 
3 mangoes and 2 pomegranates... 
2 mangoes.. 
1 avocado with seed _ 
14 mangoes 
6 avocados with seed 
2 mangoes 
3 plants 
3 oranges 
1 avocado with seed and 1 pomegranate. 
2 apples 
3 mangoes and 3 tuna fruits 
1 avocado seed 
1 avocado and 3 avocado seeds 
5 plants 
4 avocados with seed and 3 pears 
Penalty 
