Chapter 382. To regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes
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CHAP. 382.— An Act To regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes.August 24, 1912.[[H. R. 22340](/us/bill/62/hr/22340).][[Public, No. 329](/us/pl/62/329).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Grain and seeds.Importing adulterated, for seeding, prohibited. That from and after six months after the passage of this Act the importation into the United States of seeds of alfalfa, barley, Canadian blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, awnless brome grass, buckwheat, clover, field corn, Kafir corn, meadow fescue, flax, millet, oats, orchard grass, rape, redtop, rye, sorghum, timothy, and wheat, or mixtures of seeds containing any of such seeds as one of the principal component parts, which are adulterated or unfit for seeding purposes under the terms of this Regulations to prevent.Act, is hereby prohibited; and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, jointly or severally, make such rules and regulations as will prevent the importation of such seeds *Provisos*.Delivery in bond.into the United States: *Provided, however*, That such seed may be delivered to the owner or consignee thereof under bond, to be recleaned in accordance with and subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and when cleaned to the standard of purity specified in this Act for admission into Release after cleaning.the United States such seed may be released to the owner or consignee thereof after the screenings and other refuse removed from such seed shall have been disposed of in a manner prescribed by the Shipments in transit, etc., excepted.Secretary of Agriculture: *Provided further*, That this Act shall not apply to the importation of barley, buckwheat, field corn, Kafir corn, sorghum, flax, oats, rye, or wheat not intended for seeding purposes, when shipped in bond through the United States or imported for the507purpose of manufacture, but such shipment shall be subject to provisions of the Act of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine.
Sec. 2. That seed shall be considered adulterated within the meaningAdulterations. of this Act— First. When seed of red clover contains more than three per centumRed clover by weight of seed of yellow trefoil, or any other seed of similar appearance to and of lower market value than seed of red clover. Second. When seed of alfalfa contains more than three per centumAlfalfa. by weight of seed of yellow trefoil, burr clover and sweet clover, singly or combined. Third. When any kind or variety of the seeds, or any mixtureOther seeds. described in section one of this Act, contains more than five per centum by weight of seed of another kind or variety of lower market value and of similar appearance: *Provided*, That the mixture of the seed of*Proviso*.Clover, etc. white and alsike clover, red and alsike clover, or alsike clover and timothy, shall not he deemed an adulteration under this section.
Sec. 3. That seed shall be considered unfit for seeding purposesUnfit for seeding. within the meaning of this Act— First. When any kind or variety of clover or alfalfa seed containsClover and alfalfa. more than one seed of dodder to five grams of clover or alfalfa seed, respectively. Second. When any kind or variety of the seeds or any mixtureOther seeds. described in section one of this Act contains more than three per centum by weight of seeds of weeds. Sec. 4. That any person or persons who shall knowingly violate the Penalty.provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than two hundred dollars: *Provided*, That any person or persons who shall*Proviso*.Seeds imported for manufacture. knowingly sell for seeding purposes seeds or grain which were imported under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of manufacture shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act.
Approved, August 24, 1912.