Public Law 74–495

That the third

Plant quarantine.

Vol. 38, p. 1113.

sentence of the second paragraph under the subheading “Enforcement of the Plant Quarantine Act” under the heading “Miscellaneous” of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the

Shipments of plants by mail; inspection by State officials.

Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen”, approved March 4, 1915, is amended to read as follows: “If the plants or plant products

Disposition of plants, etc., found free of injurious pests.

(including seed) are found upon inspection to be free from injurious pests and not in violation of a plantquarantine law or plantquarantine regulation of the United States Department of Agriculture or of the State of destination pertaining to such injurious pests, or if infected shall be disinfected by said official, they shall upon payment of postage therefor be returned to the postmaster at the place of inspection to be forward ¹¹ So in original. to the person to whom they are addressed; but if found to be infected with injurious pests and incapable of

Disposition of infected plants.

satisfactory disinfection or in violation of a plantquarantine law or plantquarantine regulation of the United States Department of Agriculture or of the State of destination pertaining to such injurious pests, the State inspector shall so notify the postmaster at the place of inspection who shall promptly notify the sender of said plants or plant products that they will be returned to him upon his request and at his expense, or in default of such request that they will be turned over to the State authorities for destruction.”