1997 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 8 - NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS
Sec. 157 - Marking packages, etc., for entry
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 8 - NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS Sec. 157 - Marking packages, etc., for entry |
| Contains | section 157 |
| Date | 1997 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 20, 1912, ch. 308, §3, 37 Stat. 316. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 37 Stat. 316 |
§157. Marking packages, etc., for entry
No person shall import or offer for entry into the United States any nursery stock unless the case, box, package, crate, bale, or bundle thereof shall be plainly and correctly marked to show the general nature and quantity of the contents, the country and locality where the same was grown, the name and address of the shipper, owner, or person shipping or forwarding the same, and the name and address of the consignee.
(Aug. 20, 1912, ch. 308, §3, 37 Stat. 316.)
Cross ReferencesPlants, etc., other than nursery stock as subject to provisions of this section, see section 159 of this title.
Prohibition against mailing packages into a state maintaining terminal inspection without marking the contents on the outside, see section 166 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 159 of this title.
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