4 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
Sec. 301.48— NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 48 (TWELFTH REVISION) 
[Approved March 1, 1937 ; effective March 1, 1937] 
I, H. A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, have deter miued that it is neces- 
sary to quarantine the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Mas- 
sachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to 
prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle {PopiUia japonica Newm.), a dan- 
gerous insect new to and not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed within 
and throughout the United States. 
Now, therefore, under authority conferred by section 8 of the Plant Quar- 
antine Act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amended by the act of Con- 
gress approved March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), and having duly given the 
public hearing required thereby, I do quarantine the said States of Connecticut, 
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Vir- 
ginia, and the District of Columbia, effective on and after March 1, 1937. 
Hereafter, under the authority of said act of August 20, 1912, amended as 
aforesaid (1) fruits and vegetables; (2) nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse 
stock, and other plants; and (3) sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure 
shall not be shipped, offered for shipment to a common carrier, received for 
transportation or transported by a common carrier, or carried, transported, 
moved or allowed to be moved from any of said quarantined States or District 
into or through any other State or Territory or District of the United States 
in manner or method or under conditions other than those prescribed in the 
rules and regulations hereinafter made and amendments thereto: Provided, 
That the restrictions of this quarantine and of the rules and regulations sup- 
plemental thereto may be limited to the areas in a quarantined State now, or 
which may hereafter be, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as regu- 
lated areas when, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, the en- 
forcement of the aforesaid rules and regulations as to such regulated areas 
shall be adequate to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle : Provided fur- 
ther, That such limitations shall be conditioned upon the said State providing 
for and enforcing such control measures with respect to such regulated areas 
as, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be deemed ade- 
quate to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle therefrom to other parts 
of the State: And provided further, That certain articles classed as restricted 
herein may, because of the nature of their growth or production or their 
manufactured or processed condition, be exempted by administrative instruc- 
tions issued by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
when, in his judgment, such articles are considered innocuous as carriers of 
infestation. 1 
Done at the city of Washington this 1st day of March 1937. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
H. A. Wallace, 
[seal] Secretary of Agriculture. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS (SEVENTEENTH REVISION), SUPPLEMENTAL TO 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 48 
[Approved February 16, 1939 ; effective February 20, 1939] 
Regulation 1 
Sec. 301.48-1. Definitions. — For the purpose of these regulations the following 
words, names, and terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean : 
(a) Japanese deetle. — The insect known as the Japanese beetle (PopiUia 
japonica Newm.), in any stage of development. 
(6) Infested, infestation. — The terms "infested," "infestation," and the like, 
relate to infestation with the Japanese beetle. 
(c) Quarantined area. — Any State or District quarantined by the Secretary 
of Agriculture to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle. 
iSecs. 301.48 to 301.48-14 issued under authority of sec. 8, 37 Stat. -318; 39 Stat. 
1165 ; 44 Stat. 250 ; 7 U. S. C. 161. 
