1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 151 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 55 (REVISED) 
(Approved Feb. 20, 1933 ; effective July 1, 1933) 
The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and notice is 
hereby given, (1) that injurious fungous diseases of rice, including downy 
mildew (Sclerospora macrocarpa) , leaf smut (Entyloma oryzae), blight (Oo- 
spora oryztorum), and glume blotch (Melanomma glumarum), as well as dan- 
gerous inspect pests, new to and not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed 
within and throughout the United States, exist, as to one or more of such 
diseases and pests, in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America, South America, 
and other foreign countries and localities, and may be introduced into this 
country through importations of seed or paddy rice, rice straw, and rice hulls, 
and (2) that the unrestricted importation of seed or paddy rice from the 
Republic of Mexico may result in the entry into the United States of the 
injurious plant diseases heretofore enumerated, as well as insect pests. 
Now, therefore, I, Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, under authority 
conferred by the act of Congress approved August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), do 
hereby declare that it is necessary, in order to prevent the introduction into the 
United States of the insect pests and plant diseases referred to, to forbid the 
importation into the United States of seed or paddy rice, rice straw, and rice 
hulls from the foreign countries and localities named, and from any other 
foreign country or locality: Provided, That seed or paddy rice may be im- 
ported from Mexico upon compliance with the provisions outlined in the rules 
and regulations supplemental hereto. 
On and after July 1, 1933, and until further notice, by virtue of the said act 
of Congress, approved August 20, 1912, the importation of seed or paddy rice, 
rice straw, and rice hulls into the United States from any foreign country or 
locality is prohibited, with the exception that the importation of seed or paddy 
rice into the United States from the Republic of Mexico may be permitted 
upon compliance with the rules and regulations supplemental hereto. 
Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of February 1933. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
[seal.] Arthur M. Hyde, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE 
NO. 55, GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION INTO THE UNITED STATES OF SEED 
OR PADDY RICE FROM MEXICO 
Regulation 1. Definitions 
(a) Seed or paddy rice. — Unhusked rice in the form commonly used for 
seed purposes; these regulations do not apply to husked or polished rice 
imported for food purposes. 
(b) Port of first arrival. — The first port within the United States where 
the shipment is (1) offered for consumption entry or (2) offered for entry 
for immediate transportation in bond. 
(c) Inspector. — An inspector of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine of the 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
A. IMPORTATIONS OTHERWISE THAN BY MAIL 
Regulation 2. Applications for Permits for Importation of Seed or Paddy 
Rice 
Persons contemplating the importation of seed or paddy rice from Mexico 
shall first make application to the Bureau of Plant Quarantine for a permit, 
stating in the application the locality where grown, the port of first arrival, 
and the name and address of the importer in the United States to whom the 
permit should be sent. 
Applications for permits should be made in advance of the proposed ship- 
ments; but if, through no fault of the importer, a shipment should arrive 
before a permit is received, the importation will be held in customs custody 
at the port of first arrival at the risk and expense of the importer for a period 
not exceeding 20 days, pending the receipt of the permit. 
Application may be made by telegraph, in which case the information required 
above must be given. 
A separate permit must be secured for each shipment. 
