1939] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS I37 
out, under a signed agreement, any and all conditions, treatments, precautions, 
and sanitary measures which may be specified therein. 
Regulation 6. Certification a Condition of Interstate Movement 
Unless exempted by administrative instructions issued by the Chief of the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, every container of restricted 
articles moved interstate from any regulated area shall have securely attached 
to the outside thereof a certificate or permit issued in compliance with these 
regulations, except that the certificate or permit issued (1) for lot shipments 
by freight shall be attached to one of the containers and a duplicate thereof 
shall be attached to the waybill, (2) for shipments by road vehicle shall accom- 
pany the vehicle. (3) for bulk carload shipments by freight shall accompany the 
waybill or conductor's manifest. 
Regulation 7. Assembly of Restricted Articles for Inspection 
Persons intending to move restricted articles interstate shall make application 
for certification as far as possible in advance of the probable date of shipment. 
Applications must show the nature and quantity of articles to be moved, together 
with their exact location, and if practicable, the contemplated date of shipment. 
Applicants for inspection may be required to assemble or indicate the articles 
to be shipped so that they may readily be examined by the inspector. 
The United States Department of Agriculture will not be responsible for any 
cost incident to inspection or treatment other than the services of the inspector. 
Regulation 8. Cancelation of Permits 
Certificates or permits issued under these regulations may be withdrawn or 
canceled and further certification refused whenever, in the judgment of the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, the further use of such certificates 
or permits might result in the dissemination of infestation. 
Regulation 9. Shipments for Experimental and Scientific Purposes 
Articles subject to restrictions may be moved interstate for experimental or 
scientific purposes, on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Chief of the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. The container of articles so 
moved shall bear an identifying tag from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine. 
These regulations shall be effective on and after January 15. 1939. 
Done at the city of Washington this 14th clay of December 193S. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[seal] H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[The foregoing quarantine was sent to all common carriers doing business in or through 
the Quarantined area.] 
Notice to the General Public Through Newspapers 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
Washington, D. C, December U h 1938. 
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture, under authority 
conferred on him by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1!>12 (37 Stat. 315), 
as amended, has, by Notice of Quarantine No. 72, effective on and after January 
15, 1939, quarantined the States of Alabama. Florida. Louisiana, and Mississippi, 
to prevent the spread of the white-fringed beetle. Under the provisions of this 
quarantine the interstate movement from the regulated areas in the States 
named, of the following products and articles is prohibited, except as provided 
in the regulations: 
Throughout the year: (1) Soil, earth, sand. day. peat, compost, and manure 
either with or without plants or other products; (2) potatoes and sweet- 
potatoes. 
Part of the year: (1) Sweet potato vinos, draws, and cuttings; (2) nursery 
stock and other plants; <;-5) peas, beans, and peanuts in shells, or the shells 
of these products ; (4) seed cotton, cottonseed, baled lint and linters ; (5) hay, 
