1942J 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Cleaning of Vehicles 
§ 301.72-8. Thorough cleaning required of freight cars, trucks, and other vehicles 
before moving interstate. — Freight cars, trucks, and other vehicles which have been 
used in transporting within the regulated areas any restricted articles, shall not 
thereafter be moved interstate from the regulated areas until they have been 
thoroughly cleaned by the carrier or owner at a point within the regulated area. 
Shipments for Experimental or Scientific Purposes 
§ 301.72-9. (a) Articles for experimental or scientific purposes. — Articles sub- 
ject to restrictions may be moved interstate for experimental or scientific pur- 
poses, 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. 
(b) Beetles for experimental or scientific purposes. — Live white-fringed beetles, 
in any stage of development, may be moved interstate for scientific purposes only 
under conditions prescribed by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine. The container of white-fringed beetles so moved shall bear 
an identifying tag issued by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
Done at the city of Washington this 8th day of May 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 other plant products, or 
any class of stone or quarry products, or any other article of any character what- 
soever, capable of carrying any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, 
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 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 at the office 
of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Room 6, Gates-Cook Build- 
ing (Telephone 1591), P. O. Box 989, Gulfport, Miss., or through a White-fringed 
Beetle Inspector at one of the following subsidiary offices: 
Alabama: 
Florala: Hughes Building (Telephone 64), P. O. Box 187. 
Mobile: 111 Federal Building (Telephone Belmont 3781, Ext. 214), P. O. 
Box 670. 
Monroeville: City Hall (Telephone 90), P. O. Box 169. 
Florida: 
Pensacola: 18 Federal Building (Telephone 5652), P. O. Box 343. 
Louisiana: 
New Orleans: 4425 Bienville Ave. (Telephone Audubon 3860), P. O. Box 
7086, Sta. G. 
Mississippi: 
Hattiesburg: 110 Evans Street (Telephone 2686), P. O. Box 988. 
Laurel: Civic Center, P. O. Box 546. 
