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 SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch. 308. 1912. 317 poets, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products not included by the term nursery stock" as deined m section six of this Act may result in the eng mto the United States or any of its Territories or Districts of mlurious plant or msect pests, he shall promulgate his deter- I°°°°°‘°'°°" mrnation, sgzcifyuzi the class ogg ants and plant products the im r- tation of w ch sh be restric and the country and locality wliioere they are grown, and thereafter, and  such romulgation is withdrawn, such_plants and plant products   or offered for im rt mto the United States or any of its Territorim or Districts shallm be subject to all the provisions of the foregoinlg sections of this Act: Ifromdcd, That_ before the Secretary of Agric ture shall promulgate {gow- tc hrs_determmation that the unrestricted importation of an plants, m°°'° ' fruits v¥etables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant procfircts not mcluded y the_term "nursery stock" as defined m section six of this Act may result m the_entry mto the United States or any of its Territories or Districts of m]ur1ous plant diseases or insect pests he shall, after due notice, give a public earing, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, at yvhrch hearing any interested party may appear and be heard, either m person or y attorney. __ _ __ mq. 6. That for the purpose of this act the term ‘nursery stock" D ‘,‘§’°,§‘,,,,_ shall include all_field-grown f:lor1sts’ stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttmgs, grafts, scrons, uds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and £lant roducts for pro ation, except field, vegetable, an flower,  plants, d"“i. an 0 er herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots. Sec._7. That whenever, m order to fpaevent the introduction into u,,2‘2‘f,,;‘l,*§?,‘§.‘,_$,${,_""‘* the United States of any tree, plant, or `t disease or of any injurious ulylfgurgghgugug; msect, new to or not theretofore widely prevalent or distributed within or- roeamy. and throughout the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture shall determme that it is necessary to forbid the 1mport.ation mto the United States of any class of nursery stock or of any other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other planltnproducts m a country or locality where such disease or insect estation exists, he shall promulgate such determination, specifying the country and locality and the c ass of nursery stock or other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products which, in his opmion, should be excluded. Following the promulgation of m{,'{°,g’§'E,'f°,E.°§m,§,’§‘I such determination  the Secretary of Agriculture, and_unt1.l the {,*;'§1f*¤ °‘ °°°"'¤*¤*‘ withdrawal of the sal promulglation by him the importation of the class of nursery stock or of 0 er class of plants fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant lproducts specified in the sa1d£ro— mulgation from the country and ocality therein named, regar ess of the use for which the same is intended, is hereby prohibited; and until the withdrawal of the said plromulgption by the Secretary of A€iculture, and notwithstanding t at suc class of nursery stock, or o er class of plants, fruits, v stables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products be accompa.ni§ by a certificate of inspection from the country of importation, no person shall import or o er for entry into the United States from any country or locality specified m suc promulgation, any of the class of nursery stock or o other class of plants fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant_products named therein, re ardless of the use for which the same is intended: Pmdnn Provided, That before the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate uwmgmm. his determination that it is necessary to orbid the importation mto the United States of the articles named in this section e shall, after due notice to interested arties, 've a public hearing, under such rules and regulations aslhe shallglprescribe, at which hearing any 1¤'f»8¤'BSt€d  ma a pear and e heard, either IH person 0I` by Qgaygngigg mms 8-*»t0§¤6y¤ roivuled iirrtxgr, That the uarantine provisions of this dum! °‘°°“'°- section, as applying to the white-pine (blister rust, potato wart, and