1935] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 103 
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS 
Rules and regulations prohibiting the movement of cotton and cottonseed from 
Mexico into the United States, and governing the entry into the United States of 
railway cars and other vehicles, freight, express, baggage, or other materials from 
Mexico at border points. — These rules and regulations, promulgated June 23, 
1917, and amended effective January 29, 1920, pursuant to authority given in 
the appropriation act for the United States Department of Agriculture for 
the fiscal year 1918, and since repeated annually, are designed to prevent the 
entry of the pink bollworm of cotton which is known to exist widely in Mexico. 
They provide for the examination of passengers' baggage, for the disinfection 
of railway cars, freight, express, and other shipments, and for the cleaning of 
domestic cars handling Mexican freight. All fees collected for cleaning and 
disinfecting railway cars are deposited in the United States Treasury as mis- 
cellaneous receipts. 
The inspectors concerned in the enforcement of these regulations at border 
points are charged also with enforcement of restrictions on the entry of plants 
and plant products under various foreign plant quarantines. 
Inspection and certification regulations to meet foreign sanitary requirements. — 
These regulations, revised effective August 1, 1931, were promulgated pursuant 
to authority given in the appropriation act for the United States Department 
of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1927. They provide for the inspection and 
certification of fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, and other plants and plant 
products intended for export to countries requiring such certification. All 
fees collected for this service are deposited in the United States Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
