Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 2.djvu/365

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SIXTY—NIN TH CONGRESS. Suse. I. Cns. 185, 186. 1926. 325 “Terms of the district court shall be held at Scranton on the 0 °‘°•‘·"·, I, second Monday in March and the third Monday in October; at wmnm Harrisburg on the first Monde. s, in May and Decxsmber; at Lewis- burg on the third Mcnda in and at on the mm W, atl", first Monday in June. The clerk of e court for the mi dle district bm- ' " shall maintain an office, in charge of himself or _a depgty, at Lewisburg; the civil suits instituted at that place shall .·tried there, if either party resides nearest that place of holding court, unlaeiss by consent of parties they are removed to another p ace,for tri . Approved, April 26, 1926. CHAP. 188.-An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate foreign Atl ` . commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adul- lP¤bHc. Nc.161.] terated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes," approved August 24, 1912, " as amended, and for otherpurposes. Be it enacted b the Senate and Home 0 Representatives 0 the . United States 0f ggmerzbc in Uongreas assevftbled, That sectionfl of mtiguwfm mm the Act entitled “An Act to regulate fore? commerce by prohibiting ,dY°‘·"·’·“°°•‘“°“°‘ the admission into the Unite States 0 certain adulteratedi in ,{:g·¤é°¤ mum and seeds unfit for seedin p)urposes," approved August 24, ‘191$2?ss eu:. °' amended, is amended (ag y striking out the words "red top " wherever such words appear in such section and (b) by inserting, Hmmm mlm, after the word " flax ” in the secondproviso of such section, a comma fortune mmé, muse. and the words " broomcorn millet, early fortune millet ". Sno. 2. Such Act of August 24, 191.., as amended, is amended by t°§1_',-,’f:*°,§j¤,d. adding at the end thereof the following new sectionsi , ‘ V •¤· " Sno. 5. (a) On and after the effective date of this subdivision the importation into the United States of seeds of alfalfa or red clover, ggg*';{°*•d ¤¤l°•¤ °°" or any mixture of seed containing 10 per centum or more or ' ` seeds of alfalfa and/or red clover, is rohibited, unless such seeds are colored in such manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe andztwhen practicable, the color used shall indicate the coimtry or region of orggin. . ‘ , ‘ "(b) Whenever the Secretary of Agric A ture, after publichearing, ,0{°“,E’£f,“,§i§‘§°‘§{,,,’§,?‘,L determines that seeds of alfa fa~ or red clover from any foreign **1*** *1*- country or region are not adapted for neral agricultural m Im the united sans he umu pub1i¤1m¤eh,d§;rm1¤st;¤¤. On me sas ,,,d,°°"*“°¤ ***9***** the expiration of ¤i¤e¢y‘ days after the date of such publication and until such determination is revoked the importation into the United States of any of such seeds, or of any mixture of seeds containing 10 per centum or more of such seeds of alfalfa and/or red clover, B is prohibited, unless at least 10 per centum of the seeds an each mpxg '°°°", f" container is stained a red color, in accordance witlisuch regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe. ’ R "(c) The Secretary of the Treasur and the Secretary of Agri- ¤4;§'L$’ °°°"°°b°”°' culture shallijointly prescribe such ruhes and rplgulations as may _be *·— necessary to prevent the importation into the nitcd States of any seeds the im ortation of which i vprohibited. ·r ; ‘· ~ . A. · "(d) Subdivision (a) of this section shall become effective upon m°°""°**°°*‘”'· the expiration of thirty days after the date of the passage of this “"?·°§d°‘%"(t°i: an t can .1 ii fi t ’ M ¤—·-·»s s g no. . a o erson s rans pg e ver or ranspo ion, _' , · sell, or offer for salg in interstate ecoignierce, any seed which is `mis- i<i¤9bi<l!<li:E” · ` ‘· branded within the meaningof this sectionyexcept thatthis section shall not a ply to any common carrier in respect of any seed tra1is— rted or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course=of its bgsiness as a common carrier.