REPOET OF THE SOLICITOR. 



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1 By typographical error, last year's report showed 11,787 instead of 1,787 acres purchased. 



2 Includes Shenandoah area in West Virginia. 



3 Acreage reported last year reduced under actual survey. 



THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (34 STAT., 768). 



Seven hundred and sixty-seven cases were transmitted to the De- 

 partment of Justice, in 276 of which criminal proceedings and in 

 491 of which seizures were recommended. The 276 criminal cases 

 embraced 335 alleged violations of the food and drugs act. 



At the close of the fiscal year 1914, 626 cases were pending, of 

 which 465 were criminal prosecutions and 161 were seizures. 



Four hundred and ninety-two cases pending at the close of the 

 fiscal year 1914 and 466 reported during the fiscal year 1915, in all 

 958, were terminated in 1915. Of those terminated 501 were criminal 

 and 457 were civil. Three hundred and sixty-eight of the 501 crimi- 

 nal cases terminated were pending at tlie close of the fiscal year 1914 

 and represent 426 violations. 



In 220 of the 501 criminal cases fines were imposed ; sentence was 

 suspended in 2; in 3, the informations were placed on file; in 3, 

 no fines were imposed; in 3, the judgments of conviction of the lower 

 court were aflimed; in 1, the judgment of conviction of the lower 

 court was reversed ; in 1, the information was quashed ; in 2, demurrers 

 to the informations were sustained ; in 1, there was acquittal ; in 98, 

 there were nolle prosequies; and 167 were withdrawn, dismissed, or 

 barred by the statute of limitations. In a majority of the cases in 

 which fines were imposed, pleas of guilty, nolo contendere, or non 

 vult w^ere entered. In 5, pleas of not guilty were entered, and the 

 defendants were convicted after trial. 



In the criminal cases in which convictions were obtained, the fines 

 were as follows: 



1 In this case there were four counts to the information. 



2 In one of these cases three iuformations were filed, and in the other one prior conviction was alleged. 

 ' In this cr>se there were two counts to the information. 



4 This number represents 220 cases reported to the Department of Justice, some of which were consolidated 

 by the United States attorneys for trial. 



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