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be refused. All importations of broomcorn shall be subject to such sterilization 
or other treatment as the inspector may require. 
Articles made of broomcorn. — Brooms or similar articles made of broomcorn 
shall be subject to sterilization unless their manufacture involves the substan- 
tial elimination of stems or such treatment of the included stems as in the 
judgment of the inspector shall preclude such articles from being the means 
of carriage of the European corn borer and of other injurious insects and plant 
diseases. 
Shelled corn and other seeds. — If shipments of shelled corn and seeds of 
the other plants from countries other than those named in regulation 1. P> (2), 
are found upon inspection at the port of arrival to be appreciably fouled with 
cobs or other portions of the plants the inspector may require sterilization or 
other treatment or may refuse entry. 
Corn from Canada. — Shipments of corn from Canada shall be accompanied 
by an original certificate issued by a duly authorized official of the Canadian 
Department of Agriculture stating that the material in question covered by 
the certificate was thoroughly inspected by him or under his direction at 
the time of shipment and was found, or is believed to be, free from infestation 
with the European corn borer and other insect pests and plant diseases and 
free from admixtures of cobs or other portions of the plant: Provided, That 
such certification may be waived as to Provinces or districts on the presentation 
of evidence satisfactory to the United States Department of Agriculture that 
such Provinces or districts have not been reached by the corn borer, such waiver 
to become effective at any authorized entry port (see regulation 3) upon the 
receipt of notification of such waiver from the Department of Agriculture 
by the customs collector of that port. 
Regulation 6. Importations by Mail 
In addition to entries by freight or express provided for in the preceding 
regulation, importations are permitted by mail of (1) mature corn on the cob 
from the countries specified in item 2, paragraph B, of regulation 1, and (2), 
clean shelled corn and clean seed of the other plants covered by this quarantine : 
Provided, That a permit has been issued for the importation: Provided further. 
That each shipment is accompanied from the foreign mailing point by a special 
mailing tag, which will direct the package to a Bureau of Plant Quarantine 
inspection station for inspection in accordance with regulation 5 before release 
to the mails for delivery to the importer. These special mailing tags will be 
furnished on request to the importer for transmission to his foreign shipper. 
The above rules and regulations are hereby adopted and shall be effective on 
and after February 20, 1933, and shall supersede on and after said date the rules 
and regulations issued February 10, 1927. under Notice of Quarantine No. 41 
(second revision), as amended July 5, 1927. 
Done at the city of Washington this 10th day of February, 1933. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[seal.] Arthur M. Hyde, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
Washington, B.C., March 30, 1933. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir : Your attention is invited to the enclosed copy of a revision of 
the Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations (quarantine order no. 48, 
United States Department of Agriculture), by which you will please be gov- 
erned. See paragraph 1, section 595, P. L. and R. 
Very truly yours, 
C. B. Eilenberger, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
