anni'al iu:poin> or dkpaktmext of agricultcbe, 1940 
to uonregulated territory require certification. The amendment also 
removed the regulated portion of Steuben County, N. Y.. other than 
the town of Hornellsville, from its previous status as an isolated 
area t<» which the movement of certain quarantined articles could be 
made only under cert ilical ion. 
Termination of the restrictions on the interstate movement of 
fruit- and vegetables was advanced from October 16 to September 
•jo fur the year L939, in accordance with administrative instructions 
dated September 19, 1930. 
A further amendment to the regulations was issued, effective April 
r>. L940, extending the regulated areas in Maryland. New York, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Cony and Brie, Pa., and Charles- 
ton. W. Ya.. were placed under regulation n> isolated points. The 
amendment further provided that the special area from which the 
movement of fruits and vegetables by motortruck or refrigerator car 
is regulated be extended to New York City and surrounding area, 
including one town in Connecticut, as wed a- additional areas in 
Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. 
Effective May 27, 1940. regulations under the Japanese-beetle quar- 
antine on the movement of fruits and vegetables were modified t«> 
limit the restrictions to such articles moving from the area of heavy 
adult flight via refrigerator car or motortruck. Under this amend- 
ment restrictions were lifted on the movement of small, noncom- 
mercial shipments of fruits and vegetables by passenger vehicle, pan el 
p<»t. freight, and express. 
Administrative instructions were issued on June 'J<». r.>4<>. to re- 
move from the heavily infested area the tidewater Virginia area 
surrounding Norfolk and Portsmouth. 
Revised intrastate quarantines were issued by Missouri. New York, 
Ohio, and West Virginia. Missouri and Wesl Virginia extended 
their regulated areas. 
HIGHWAY INSPECTION SERVICE 
To cope with the increased trafficking in quarantined products 
during July. 7 stations were added to those that had been in operation 
at the end of the previous fiscal year. On July Bl there were 26 
regular and 8 floater stations in operation in Ohio. Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, and West Virginia. Thirteen regular stations and 2 tl< ater 
-tat ion- were in Virginia; 2 regular and 4 floater in West Virginia; 
10 regular and '2 floater in Ohio; and 1 regular station in Pennsyl- 
vania. During the summer the maximum number of road inspectors 
employed for operation of the posts was 7u. 
Closing of the regular stations began on September ( -'. and by tin 1 
end of October only two regular stations were in operation, both 
in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Ya. One of these was discon- 
tinued on November L2 and the other on November 1 1. 
Road-patrol activities in the spring of 1940 began during the third 
w eek of April with the opening of five road stations to inspect south* 
hound traffic from the Virginia regulated zone. In West Virginia 
one station was opened on ipril IT: and in Ohio seven stations were 
set up between April 26 and 28, most of them with two inspectors 
each, operal ing L6 hours a day. 
