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1997 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 8 - NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS
Sec. 158 - Marking packages, etc., for interstate shipment; inspection

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 8 - NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS
Sec. 158 - Marking packages, etc., for interstate shipment; inspection
Containssection 158
Date1997
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 26, 1998
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 20, 1912, ch. 308, §4, 37 Stat. 316.
Statutes at Large Reference37 Stat. 316


§158. Marking packages, etc., for interstate shipment; inspection

No person shall ship or deliver for shipment from one State or Territory or District of the United States into any other State or Territory or District any such imported nursery stock the case, box, package, crate, bale, or bundle whereof is not plainly marked so as to show the general nature and quantity of the contents, the name and address of the consignee, and the country and locality where such stock was grown, unless and until such imported stock has been inspected by the proper official of a State, Territory, or District of the United States.

(Aug. 20, 1912, ch. 308, §4, 37 Stat. 316.)

Cross References

Plants, 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 Sections

This section is referred to in section 159 of this title.

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