Plant Pests, Control and Eradication: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Research and Extension of ..., 85-1 on H.R. 3476 ... H.R. 6019, March 18, 1957

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Page 7 - Move" means ship, deposit for transmission in the mail, otherwise offer for shipment, offer for entry, import, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport or move, or allow to be moved, by mail or otherwise. "Moved" and "movement" shall be construed accordingly.
Page 7 - If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 11 - ... Secretary of Agriculture issued or promulgated pursuant thereto, shall have power to stop and, without warrant, to inspect, search, and examine such person, vehicle, receptacle, boat, ship, or vessel, and to seize, destroy or otherwise dispose of, such nursery stock, plants, plant products, or other articles found to be moving or to have been moved in interstate commerce or to have been brought into the United States in violation of this Act or of such quarantine or order.
Page 7 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, within the discretion of the court.
Page 7 - ... or article of any character whatsoever, or means of conveyance, which is moving into or through the United States, or interstate, and which he has reason to believe is infested or infected by or contains any such plant pest...
Page 5 - Plant pest" means any living stage of: Any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any Infectious substances, which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any processed, manufactured, or other products of plants.
Page 7 - The owner of any product, article, means of conveyance, or plant pest destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary under this section, may bring an action against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, within one year after such destruction or disposal, and recover just compensation for such destruction or disposal of such product, article, means of conveyance, or...
Page 7 - As used in this Act, except where the context otherwise requires: (a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any other person to whom authority may be delegated to act in his stead. (b) "Authorized inspector" means any employee of the Department of Agriculture, or any employee of any...
Page 41 - We certify, that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted...
Page 3 - ... be safeguarded. The permits may be issued in a prescribed form or in letter form, or a combination thereof. A permit without conditions may be issued orally. §330.204 Denial or cancellation of permits; reconsiderations. (a) The...

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