RULES AND REGULATIONS (FOURTEENTH REVISION) SUPPLE- 
MENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 48 
(Approved Mar. 7, 1936 ; effective Mar. 16, 1936) 
Regulation 1. Definitions 
For the purpose of these regulations the following words, names, and terms 
shall be construed, respectively, to mean : 
(a) Japanese beetle. — The insect known as the Japanese beetle (Popillia 
japonica Newm.), in any stage of development. 
(&) The terms "infested", 'infestation", and the like, relate to infestation 
with the Japanese beetle. 
(c) Quarantined area. — Any State or District quarantined by the Secretary 
of Agriculture to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle. 
(d) Regulated area. — Any area in a quarantined State or District which is 
now, or which may hereafter be, designated as such by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture in accordance with the provisos to Notice of Quarantine No. 48, as 
revised. 
(e) Fruits and vegetables. — For the list of restricted fruits and vegetables 
see regulation 5. 
(f) Nursery and ornamental stock. — Nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse 
stock, and all other plants, plant roots, cut flowers, or other portions of plants. 
(g) Sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure. — Sand, soil, earth, peat, 
compost, or manure of any kind and as to either bulk movement or in connection 
with farm products or nursery and ornamental stock. 
(h) Certified sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure. — Sand, soil, earth, 
peat, compost, or manure determined by the inspector as uninfested and so 
certified. 
(i) Certified greenhouse. — A greenhouse or similar establishment which 
has complied to the satisfaction of the inspector with the conditions imposed 
in regulation 6. This term may apply also to potting beds, heeling-in areas, 
hotbeds, coldframes, or similar plots or to storage houses, packing sheds, or 
stores treated or otherwise safeguarded in manner and method satisfactory 
to the inspector. 
(/) Inspector. — An inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
(k) Moved or allowed to be moved interstate. — Shipped, offered for shipment 
to a common carrier, received for transportation or transported by a common 
carrier, or carried, transported, moved, or allowed to be moved from one State 
or Territory or District of the United States into or through any other State 
or Territory or District. 
Regulation 2. Limitation of Restrictions to Regulated Areas 
Conditioned upon the compliance on the part of the State concerned with 
the provisos to Notice of Quarantine No. 48 (eleventh revision), the restric- 
tions provided in these regulations on the interstate movement of plants and 
plant products and other articles enumerated in said notice of quarantine 
will be limited to such movement from the areas in such State now or here- 
after designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as regulated areas. 
Regulation 3. Regulated Areas 
In accordance with the provisos to Notice of Quarantine No. 48 (eleventh 
revision), the Secretary of Agriculture designates as regulated areas for the 
purpose of these regulations the States, District, counties, townships, towns, 
cities, election districts, and magisterial districts listed below, including all 
cities, towns, boroughs, or other political subdivisions within their limits : 
Connecticut. — The entire State. 
Delaware. — The entire State. 
District of Columbia. — The entire District. 
Maine. — County of York; towns of Auburn and Lewiston, in Androscoggin 
County, towns of Cape Elizabeth, Gorham, Gray, New Gloucester, Raymond, 
Scarboro, Standish, and the cities of Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, 
and Windham, in Cumberland County; and the city of Waterville, in Kenne- 
bec County. 
