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ANNUAL, REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ACTS RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK 

 FROM QUARANTINED DISTRICTS, PROHIBITI»fG THE INTERSTATE 

 MOVEMENT OF DISEASED LIVESTOCK, AND PROHIBITING THE 

 IMPORTATION OF DISEASED LIVESTOCK (23 Stat. 31; 26 Stat. 414; 32 

 Stat. 791; 33 Stat. 1264). 



Five cases involving violations of the act of May 29, 1884 (23 

 Stat. 31), were reported to the Attorney General for prosecution. 

 Of these, 1 was terminated by a fine of SlOO, and 1 by a fine of SlOO 

 and costs. In one case the defendant was found guilty and sen- 

 tenced to one day in the custody of the United States marshal. Of 

 the cases pending at the close of the fiscal year 1922, 1 was terminated 

 by a fine of $400, 4 by a fine of .$300 each, 7 by a fine of $200 each, 

 2 by a fine of $100 and costs each, 11 b}' a fine of $100 each, and 1 by 

 a fine of $10; 8 cases were dismissed and 1 was nolle prossed. 



Forty-seven cases were reported to the Attorney General for 

 prosecution under the act of February 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 791) , of which 

 six were terminated by a fine of $100 and costs and four by fines 

 of $100, $50, $25, and $10, respectively. Two cases were dismissed, 

 and in each of two cases reported for prosecution by indictment 

 the grand jury returned a verdict of '"no true bill." Of the cases 

 pending at the close of the fiscal year 1922, 13 were terminated by 

 a fine of $100 and costs each, 27 by a fine of $100 each, and 1 by a 

 fine of $200; 1 case was nolle prossed, 4 were dismissed, and in each 

 of 6 cases reported for prosecution by indictment the grand jury 

 returned a verdict of "no true bill." 



IVenty-eight cases were reported to the Attorney General charging 

 a violation of the act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1264), of which 

 five were terminated by a fine of $100 each and four by fines of $200, 

 $200 and costs, $100 and costs, and $1, respectively. In each of 

 three cases reported for prosecution by indictment, the grand jury 

 returned a verdict of "no true bill." Of the cases pending at the 

 close of the fiscal year 1922, 18 were terminated by a fine of $100 

 each, 9 by a fine of $100 and costs each, 1 by a fine of $150 and costs, 

 and 1 by a fine of $50; 1 case was terminated by a verdict of "not 

 guilty," 4 were dismissed, 2 were nolle prossed, and the prosecution 

 of 1 was barred by the statute of limitations. 



In all, 80 cases under the animal quarantine laws were reported 

 to the Department of Justice. 



In each of the cases reported to the Attorney General for prosecu- 

 tion under the acts of May 29, 1884, February 2, 1903, and March 3, 

 1905, a suggested form of indictment or criminal information was 

 prepared and submitted therewith for use by the United States 

 attorneys. 



