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Knowledtre of rontiiis: and distribution of sliipiiieiits. not only in the vicinity 
of the terminal worked but also at the transfer points over the main eonnectinji 
lines, is required of transit inspectors. Such wide familiarity with transporta- 
tion details on the part of the Cincinnati inspector proved Invaluable to thi^ 
pnblc welfare in the 1937 flood disasters, when his services were recpiested by 
the local relief agencies, and he was assigned to direct the routing of emergency 
food shipments into the city and to assist the health authorities in determining 
the contents of some 900 railway cars caught in the yards, and to assemble the 
135 cars of perishables for inspection and disposition. 
Table 22 gives data pertaining to shipments intercepted at transit insiiection 
ix)ints. 
Table 22. — SJtipments of nur.senj .stock and other articles intercepted in viola- 
tion of Federal plant quarantines at transit inspection points, fiscal pear 
1937 
Shipments intercepted in apparent violation of quarantines 
relating to— 
Station 
Black 
stem 
rust 
Gypsy 
moth 
and 
brown- 
tail 
moth 
Japan- 
ese 
beetle 
Pink 
boll- 
worm 
Thur- 
beria 
weevil 
White- 
pine 
blister 
rust 
Mexi- 
can 
fruit- 
worm 
Dutch 
elm 
disease 
Total 
Atlanta . 
5 
2 
Boston 
68 
82 
2 
1 
153 
Chicago 
6 
100 
400 
3 
2 
26 
94 
631 
Cincinnatti - 
2 
18 
3 
9 
32 
Detroit 
23 
13 
1 
37 
Indianapolis.. ... . 
3 
7 
4 
14 
2 
77 
79 
Kansas Citv . .- 
3 
52 
1 
8 
29 
93 
292 
352 
13 
3 
1 
661 
Omaha and Council Bluffs 
2 
11 
28 
131 
7 
4 
155 
Philadelphia.. - 
220 
2 
4 
19 
273 
Pittsburgh 
5 
3 
182 
31 
15 
236 
St. Louis_.- - ... --- 
1 
26 
57 
84 
St. Paul and Minneapolis 
3 
22 
1 
16 
29 
71 
Springfield. Mass. 
138 
13 
151 

1 
1 
Total.. 
.3 
678 
1,600 
2 
110 
267 
1 
1 2, 678 
I The total number of violations represents 2,611 shipments, of which 57 were in violation of 2 quarantines 
And 5 were in violation of 3 quarantines. 
TERMINAL INSPECTION OF MAIL SHIPMENTS 
The States of California, Montana, and Mississippi availed themselves, 
during the year, of the provisions of Act No. 643, of June 4, 1936, amending 
the law relating to the terminal inspection of parcel-post shipments of plants 
and plant products. These States have established the procedure, through 
Federal channels, of turning back parcel-po.st shipments found to be in viola- 
tion of certain State plant quarantines. 
The terminal in.><i)ection procedure which has been in effect for several 
years, and which provides for turning back or disinfecting infested shipments, 
continues to be maintained in Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, 
Florida, Hawaii. Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana. Oklahoma, Oregon. 
Puerto Rico, Utah, and Washington. 
CONVICTIONS AND PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE 
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT 
The following convictions and penalties imposed for violations of rhe Plant 
Quarantine Act were reported to the Hureau during the year: 
Gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine : One conviction, with tine of $2.">. 
Japanese beetle quarantine: Two convictions, with tines aggregating $7"). 
