14 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
state, which contains or which the inspector has probable cause to believe 
contains either infestations, infested article, 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. 6 
Regulation 13 
Sec. 301.48-13. Thorough cleaning required of trucks, wagons, cars, boats, 
and other vehicles and containers before moving interstate. — Trucks, wagons, 
cars, boats, and other vehicles and containers which have been used in trans- 
porting any article covered by these regulations within the regulated areas 
shall not thereafter be moved or allowed to be moved interstate until they have 
been thoroughly swept and cleaned by the carrier at a point within the regulated 
area. 9 
Regulation 14 
Sec. 301.48-14. Shipments for experimental and scientific purposes. — Articles 
subject to restriction in these regulations may be moved interstate for experi- 
mental 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 Quaran- 
tine showing compliance with such conditions. 8 
These revised rules and regulations shall be effective on and after February 
20, 1939, and shall supersede the rules and regulations promulgated April 6, 1938. 
Done at the city of Washington this 16th day of February 1939. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[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 Dis- 
trict 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 con- 
viction 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. 
STATE AND FEDERAL INSPECTION 
Certain of the quarantined States have promulgated or are about to promul- 
gate quarantine regulations restricting intrastate movement supplemental to 
the Federal quarantine. These State regulations are enforced in cooperation 
with the Federal authorities. Copies of either the Federal or State quarantine 
orders may be obtained by addressing the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. 266 Glenwood Avenue, Bloomfield, N. J. 
Subsidiary offices are maintained at the following locations : 
Connecticut: Agricultural Experiment Station. 123 Huntington Street, New 
Haven. 
Delaware: Room 210, New Post Office Building, Dover. 
See footnote 1, p. 4. 
