Plant Quarantine Decisions No

Author : United States Department Of Agriculture
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260629920
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Rules and Regulations for Carrying Out the Plant Quarantine ACT written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rules and Regulations for Carrying Out the Plant Quarantine Act: Letter of Transmittal, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1912 Sec. 9. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act. Sec. 10. That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or who shall forge, counterfeit, alter, deface, or destroy any certificate provided for in this act or in the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That no common carrier shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of any of the foregoing sections of this act on proof that such carrier did not knowingly receive for transportation or transport nursery stock or other plants or plant products as such from one State, Territory, or District of the United States into or through any other State, Territory, or District; and it shall be the duty of the United States attorneys diligently to prosecute any violations of this act which are brought to their attention by the Secretary of Agri culture or which come to their notice by other means. Sec. 11. That the word person as used in this act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations companies, societies, and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.