50 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Regulation 11. Cancelation of Certificates 
Certificates issued under these regulations may be withdrawn or canceled 
by the inspector and further certification refused, either for any failure of 
compliance with the conditions of these regulations or violation of them, or 
whenever in the judgment of the inspector the further use of such certificates 
might result in the dissemination of infestation. 
Regulation 12. Inspection in Transit 
Any car, vehicle, basket, box, or other container moved interstate or offered 
to a common carrier for shipment interstate, which contains or which the 
inspector has probable cause to believe contains either infested articles or 
articles the movement of which is prohibited or restricted by these regulations, 
shall be subject to inspection by an inspector at any time or place. 
Regulation 13. Thorough Cleaning Required of Trucks, Wagons, Oars, 
Boats, and Other Vehicles and Containers Before Moving Interstate 
Trucks, wagons, cars, boats, and other vehicles and containers which have 
been used in transporting any article covered by these regulations within the 
regulated areas shall not thereafter be moved or allowed to be moved inter- 
state until they have been thoroughly swept and cleaned by the carrier at the 
point of unloading or destination. 
Regulation 14. Shipments by the United States Department of Agriculture 
Articles subject to restriction in these regulations may be moved interstate 
by the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific 
purposes, on such conditions and under such safeguards as may be prescribed 
by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. The container of articles 
so moved shall bear, securely attached to the outside thereof, an identifying 
tag from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine showing compliance 
with such conditions. 
These revised rules and regulations shall be effective on and after April 11, 
1938, and shall supersede the rules and regulations promulgated March 1, 
1937, as amended effective May 10, 1937. 
Done at the city of Washington this 6th day of April 1938. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. 
[seal] H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
APPENDIX 
PENALTIES 
The Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amended, 
provides that no person shall ship or offer for shipment to any common carrier, 
nor shall any common carrier receive for transportation or transport, nor shall 
any person carry or transport, from any quarantined State or Territory or 
District of the United States, or from any quarantined portion thereof, into or 
through any other State or Territory or District, any class of nursery stock or 
any other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds * * * or any 
other article * * * specified in the notice of quarantine * * * in manner 
or method or under conditions other than those prescribed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture. It also provides that any person who shall violate any of the 
provisions of this act, or who shall forge, counterfeit, alter, deface, or destroy 
any certificate provided for in this act or in the regulations of the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment not 
exceeding 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the 
court. 
