140 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [January-March, 
Regulation 3. Issuance of Permits 
On approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of such application a permit 
will be issued in quadruplicate. 4 
For broomcorn and brooms or similar articles made of broomcorn, permits 
will be issued Cor the ports of Boston and New York and such other ports as 
may from time to time be designated by the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
For shelled corn and for seeds of the other plants listed in this quarantine 
permits will be issued for ports where the Bureau of Plant Quarantine main- 
tains an inspection service, and for such other ports as may be designated by 
the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
For corn on the cob. green or mature, covered by regulation 1, B (2), permits 
will be issued for ports where the Bureau of Plant Quarantine maintains an 
inspection Bervice and for such other ports as may be designated by the Bureau 
of Plant Quarantine. 
Regulation 4. Notice of Arrival by Permittee 
Immediately upon arrival of the importation at the port of arrival the 
permittee shall submit in duplicate notice to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
through the collector of customs, on forms provided for that purpose, stating 
the number of the permit, date of entry, name of ship or vessel, railroad, or 
other carrier, the country and locality where grown, name of the foreign 
shipper, quantity or number of bales or other containers, and marks and 
numbers on containers, the port of arrival, and the name of the importer or 
broker at the port of arrival. 
Regulation 5. Conditions of Entry 
The entry of the articles covered by regulation 1 is conditioned on their 
freedom from the European corn borer and other injurious insects and plant 
diseases, and upon their freedom from contamination with plant materials pro- 
hibited entry under other quarantines. 5 All shipments of these articles shall be 
subject to inspection at the port of arrival by an inspector of the Bureau of 
Plant Quarantine, in order to determine their freedom from such insects and 
diseases and from contaminating materials, and to such sterilization, grinding, 
or other necessary treatment as the inspector may prescribe. Should an 
importation be found on inspection to be so infested or infected or contaminated 
that, in the judgment of the inspector, it cannot be made safe by sterilization 
or other treatment, the entire shipment may be refused entry. 
When entry under sterilization or other treatment is permitted, the impor- 
tation will be released to the permittee, upon the filing with the collector of 
customs of a bond in the amount of $5,000 or in an amount equal to the invoice 
value, if such value be less than $5,000, with approved sureties, the conditions 
of which shall be that the importation shall be sterilized or otherwise treated 
under the supervision of the inspector ; that no bale or container thereof shall 
be broken, opened, or removed from the port of arrival unless and until a 
written notice is given to the collector by the inspector that the importation 
has been properly sterilized or treated ; and that the importation shall be rede- 
livered to the collector of customs within 30 days after its arrival. 
Should a shipment requiring sterilization or other treatment under the 
provisions of this regulation arrive at a port where facilities for such steriliza- 
tion or other treatment are not maintained, such shipment shall either be 
promptly shipped under safeguards and by routing prescribed by the inspector 
to an approved port where facilities for sterilization or other treatment are 
available, or it shall be refused entry. 
Other conditions of entry as applying to the certain classes of articles 
enumerated in regulation 1 are given in the following paragraphs : 
Broomcorn. — All importations of broomcorn shall be so baled as to prevent 
breakage and scattering in connection with the necessary handling and sterili- 
zation ; if in the judgment of the inspector they are not so baled, entry may 
* One copy of the permit will be furnished to the applicant, one copy will be mailed to 
the collector of customs, and one to the inspector of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine at 
the port of first arrival, and the fourth will be filed with the application. 
5 Of particular interest is the presence of cottonseed in shelled corn and the attendant 
risk of such seed carrying the pink bollworm of cotton. 
