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of Japanese beetle to uninfested localities, measures to eliminate infestation may 
be required as a condition of further transportation or delivery. 
Cleaning of Vehicles 
§301.48-13. Thorough cleaning required of truck*, ivagons, cars, 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 interstate until they have been thoroughly swept and 
cleaned by the carrier at a point within the regulated area. Refrigerator cars 
originating in the area designated in § 301.48-5 into which fruits or vegetables 
are to be loaded for interstate movement from any regulated area shall be 
thoroughly swept or cleaned or fumigated prior to loading as may be required 
by the inspector. 
Articles for Experimental and Scientific Purposes 
§301.48-14. Shipments for experimental and scientific purposes. — Articles sub- 
ject to restriction in these regulations may be moved interstate 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. 
Done at Washington, D. C, this 20th day of March 1942. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[seal] Claude R. Wickard, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Appendix 
penalties 
The Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 161), 
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. 
state and federal inspection 
Certain of the quarantined States have promulgated or are about to promulgate 
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 Agriculture, 266 
Glenwood Avenue, Bloomfield, N. J. 
Subsidiary offices are maintained at the following locations: 
Connecticut: Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, New 
Haven, Conn. 
Delaware: Room 210, New Post Office Building, Dover, Del. 
Maryland : 
2 Sherwood Avenue, Pikesville, Md. 
Washington County Annex Building, Hagerstown, Md. 
Room 205, New Post Office Building, Main Street, Salisbury, Md. 
