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 P.. A. I. Order 315 
 
 Issued January 25, 1929 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture 
 
 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
 
 ORDER GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF GARBAGE 
 FROM REGIONS IN WHICH RINDERPEST OR FOOT-AND- 
 MOUTH DISEASE EXISTS 
 
 (Effective on January 25, 1929) 
 
 It having been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that there exists 
 in most of the countries throughout the world the contagious and infectious 
 diseases of animals known as rinderpest and foot-and-mouth diseases, and to 
 prevent the introduction of the contagion of such diseases into the United States, 
 it is ordered, under authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by 
 section 2 of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1003 (32 Stat. 71)1), that 
 on and after January 25, 11)29, no garbage derived from fresh or frozen meat 
 which has originated in any region in which either of the said diseases exists 
 shall be unloaded from any vessel upon the mainland of or within the 3-mile 
 limit in the navigable waters of any port of entry of the United States: Pro- 
 vided, however, That such garbage, when contained in tight receptacles, may be 
 s<» unloaded for the purpose only of being incinerated or to be transported beyond 
 said 3-mile limit for the purpose of dumping. This order, for the purpose of 
 identification, is designated as B. A. I. Order 315. 
 
 Done at Washington this 23d day of January, 1920. 
 
 Witness my hand and seal of the Department of Agriculture. 
 
 [SEAL.] AV. M. JARDINE, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
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