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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179. 1917. 1165 veys and inspections of cotton fields in the vicinity of such mills and S°°°P"*“°° "**¤ ports of entry m order to detect any instances of local infestation; and mm ’ to determine and conduct such control measures in cooperation with the State of Texas or other States concerned as may be necessary to stamp out such infestation, including rent outside of the District of Columbia, emlployment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and a other necessary expenses, $50,000, available immediately and until expended; In all, for Fgeneral expenses, $104,500. Total for ederal Horticultural Board, $125,000. That section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the im- mzi°°t’ m' °"“"* portation of nursery stock and other plants and lant products; to ‘g&Bd37· P· 318. enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and) maintain uaran- am ` tme districts for plant diseases and insect pests; to permit anlil regulate the movement of fruitsixplants, and vegetables therefrom, and for other purposes," aipprov August twentieth, nineteen hundred pnlil twelve, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as o owe: "S1w. 8. That the Secret of Agriculture is authorized and di- ,,,“‘"""°°° °*“°'“" rected to quarantine any Sthltie, Temtory, or District of the United States, or any portion thereof, when he shall determine that such °°'°m°""°‘ quarantine is necessary to prevent the spread of a dangerous plant isease or insect infestation, new to or not theretofore widely preva· _ lent or distributed within and throughout the United States; and the P°"“°'“’“°°· . Secretary of Agriculture is directed to give notice of the establishment of such quarantine to common carriers doing business in or thro h such quarantined area, and shall publish in such news a rs in ltie quarantined area as he shall select notice of the estalblgifhment of Sb ts I quarantine. That no person shall ship or offer for shipment to any sax ipanrilamei Sig; common carrier, nor shall any common carrier receive for transporta» §,,“’{,Q',g§‘§_°" ‘°°‘"“°° tion or transgort, nor shall any person carry or transport from any uarantmed tate or Territory or District of the United States, or _ fiom any quarantined portion thereof, into or through any other State or Territo or District, any class of nursery stock or any other class of plantsffliuits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant prod- Sm. _,c__ wm, ucts, or any class o stone or quarry products, or any other article of ¤¤¢¤·¤i•&- any character whatsoever, capab_le o carrying any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, specified in the notice of quarantine ex- Mmmem 0, mrMd_ ce t as hereinafter provided. That it shall be unlawful to move, or a.¤_m¤»iym¤x,m., allidw to be moved, any class of nursery stock or any other class of ’“"’°°"‘°°°”‘““°'“· plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products, · or any class of stone or quarry products or any other artic e of any character whatsoever, capable of carrying any dangerous  disease or insect infestation, specified in the notice o quarantine _ reinbefore provided, and regardless of the use for which the same is intended, rom any quarantined State or Territory or District of the United States or quarantined portion thereof, into or through any other State ophTer1i1itoryh or Districtieigbmarlygnegcgr metho;1ll¥<;_u\pld'er conriilgicgng Rules w for mg oertanoserescri te re o IC ure. a1s.·°é·. L shall be the dilfliy of theySecretarymd¥ Agriculture, when the ublic interests wi permit, to niake and promulgate rules and reguliations which shall permit and govern the mspection,_ disinfection, certification, and method and manner of delivery and shipment of the class of nursery stock or of any other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs seeds, or other plant products, or any class of stone or qua products, or any other article of any character whatsoeyer, capslble of carrying any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, specified in the notice of quarantine hereinbeforqdprovided, and re- mumwm gardless of the use for which the same is intend, from a quarantined State or Territory or District of the United States, or quaran· _ tined portion thereof, into or through any other State or Territory or