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PERMITS POTATO IMPORTS FROM SPAIN 
i Press notice) 
January 26, 1933. 
Spain, including the Canary Islands, has been added to the list; of countries 
from which potatoes may be shipped to the United States, the United States 
Department of Agriculture has announced. The Bureau of Plant Quarantine 
finds that Spain lias met all the conditions of regulation 2 of the Regulations 
Governing the Importation of Potatoes into the United States. Spain has also 
presented evidence that Spain and the Canary Islands are free from potato 
wart and other injurious potato diseases and insect posts which are new to the 
United States or not widely prevalent in this country. In consequence the 
bureau will issue, after February 1, permits for the entry of potatoes grown 
in Spain or in the Canary Islands. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE ACT 
According to reports received by the bureau during the period January 1 to 
March 31, 1933, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper Federal 
authorities for violations of the plant quarantine act, as follows: 
JAPANESE-BEETLE QUARANTINE 
In the case of the United States v. the Merchant* and Miners Transportation 
Co., in the interstate transportation of 3 lots of apples from points in the regu- 
lated area to points outside thereof, without inspection and certification, the 
defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $25 on each of 3 counts, and costs. 
In the case of the United States v. Robert J. Gibbons, Mount Holly. N.J.. 
doing business as The Wren's Nest, Pemberton, N.J., in the interstate shipment 
of nursery stock from a point in the regulated area to a point outside thereof, 
without inspection and certification, the defendant pleaded guilty and was 
placed on probation for 6 months. 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempt- 
ing to smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were im- 
posed by the United States customs officials at the following ports: 
Name 
Port 
Contraband 
Penalty 
Mr. Longmire.-- . 
Brownville, Tex 
$5 
Evaristo Yanez.. 
El Paso, Tex 
1 
Mrs. R. D. Martinez 
Laredo, Tex... 
