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ANNUAL, REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICITLTTIRH, 



THE INSECTICIDE ACT OF 1910 (36 Stat. 331). 



Fifty-one cases were reported to the Attorney General during the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, in 45 of which, involving 49 viola- 

 tions, criminal proceedings were recommended, and in 6 of which 

 seizures were recommended. At the close of the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1922, 111 cases were pending, 106 of which were criminal 

 prosecutions and 5 of which were civil, or seizure, cases. 



Fifty-six cases pending at the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1922, and 21 cases reported during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923, 

 in all 77 cases, were terminated during the year. Of the cases termi- 

 nated, 69 were criminal and 8 were civil cases. Of the 69 criminal 

 cases, 2 were ordered placed "on file," without fines, after pleas of 

 nolo contendere, fines were imposed in 55, and 12 were dropped or 

 dismissed. Pleas of "guilty" were entered in 42 cases, pleas of nolo 

 contendere were entered in 14 cases, and a jury verdict of "guilty" 

 was rendered in 1 case. 



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

 were as follows: 



Court costs were assessed in the greater number of cases in which 

 convictions were obtained. Decrees of condemnation and forfeiture 

 were entered in 8 civil or seizure cases, in 4 of which the goods were 

 released under bond, in 3 the goods were destroyed, and in 1 the goods 

 were ordered to be sold by the United States marshal. There were 

 100 notices of judgment prepared and published under section 4 of 

 the act. 



MEAT INSPECTION ACT (34 Stat. 1260). 



Thirty-six cases were reported to the Attorney General for prosecu- 

 tion under this act. Of these, 13 were terminated by fines, as follows: 

 One, $100; three, $50 each; three, $30 each; one, $25; three, $10 each; 

 and two, $1 each. Four cases were dismissed. 



Of the cases pending at the close of the fiscal year 1922, 15 were 

 terminated by fines, as follows: One, $250; one, $150; two, $100 each; 

 two, $50 each; one, $37.50; three, $25 each; three, $20 each; and two, 

 $10 each. Thirteen cases were nolle pressed. One case was termi- 

 nated by judgment against defendant for the payment of costs, $82.05. 

 Fines aggregating $1,289.50 were imposed in the 28 cases, as follows: 



