1942] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
25 
Revision Agreed Upon January 25, 1926 
PARCEL- POST SHIPMENTS 
Article 1. All shipments of seeds, cuttings, shoots, buds, grafts, bulbs, etc., except 
cottonseed, cotton bolls, and raw cotton, coming from foreign countries in small 
quantities by mail are exempt from the official certification requirement. How- 
ever, the foreign shipper of such products must send with each shipment a cer- 
tificate in which he testifies as to the healthy condition of the material. 
Art. 2. Postmasters are required to send copies of such certificates to the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Art. 3. If such certified plant material is found in bad condition, diseased, or 
infested with insects by the addressee, he shall notify the Department of Agricul- 
ture immediately. In case further examination by Department inspectors con- 
firms his report, the result of the inspection will be published in the Official Bulle- 
tin of the Department. 
Art. 4. In the event that parcel-post packages containing seeds, plants, etc., 
arrive without health certificates of any kind, the postal authorities must advise 
the Department of Agriculture, or the nearest plant inspector, by telegraph, giving 
necessary details of the shipment and hold same for disposition by the plant- 
inspection authorities. 
Art. 5. Consular visa required by previous decrees in connection with official 
certificates will be supplied free of charge. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARANTINE 
ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period Fanuary 1 f o 
March 31. 1942. penalties have recently been imposed by the proper authorities 
for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows: 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempting 
to smuggle in contraband plant material the penalties indicated were imposed by 
the United States customs officials at the following ports: 
Name 
Port 
Pedro Aguilar . 
Elena Acpvos Lavios 
Miguel Escobar. 
Jose Ancel Guiterrez 
Jose Villareal 
Castrimira Rangel 
Jose Rosado 
Inoeente Villanueva 
Luis Castorena 
Donaciano Arauza 
Juan Charon 
Andrea Fuentes 
I.uz Mnldonado 
Bessie Jefferson 
Abdias Gomez , 
Romana Zamora de Paloma 
Regino Camocho 
Juan Gay ado 
Marcella Munoz 
L. Ruebeck 
Rosa Torres 
Cruz Rodriguez 
Francisco Luna 
Angelo Ranoldo. 
Benigno Martinez. _ 
Paula Hernandez... 
Juliana Garcia 
Paula Garcia 
Concepcion Saldina. 
Xasaria Garza 
Doroteo Martinez... 
Hipolito Suarez 
Brownsville, Tex. 
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Del Rio, Tex 
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Eaele Pass. Tex . 
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ITidalco, Tex 
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ContraMnd 
8 avocados 
1 cherimoya 
1 raaneo 
2 oranges 
5 potatoes 
2 oranees 
4 oranges 
3 oran?es 
6 avocados 
2 orangos 
9 guavas 
2 oranees 
2 mangoes 
1 oranee 
6 avocados 
1 orange, and 4 ounces tree seed.. 
1 orange 
1 cutting (ornamental vine) 
5 plants 
14 oranges 
2 avocados 
2 plants 
7 oranges 
19 nodes sugarcane. 3 sapotes, 4 
avocados, 101 coffee berries, 1 
pound tree seed, and 1 pound 
tree seed in pulp. 
8 nodes sugarcane and 1 orange 
5 avocados 
12 tree seed... 
1 plant 
1 avocado 
1 orange 
3 avocados 
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