584 ANNUAL REE>ORTS OF DKPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURK. 



Industry advised with reference to the proper action to take on the 

 char<;es. 



Seven thousand three hundred and fifty-three viohitions of statutes 

 entrusted to the (k>pai"tnuMit for enforcement were i-e})orted. 5,555 to 

 the Attorney General and 1,798 to the Director General of Railroads, 

 pursuant to the a<j:reement betAveen the Attorney General, the Direc- 

 tor General, and this department, for report to the Director General 

 of violations of the 'iS-houf law occurring' after the Government 

 assumed control of the railroads. The foHowin^:^ table shows the 

 several statutes under which these violations were reported and the 

 amounts of fines and recoveries in cases settled with and without 

 litigation. 



Viohitiotm of statntes covsideved. 



Law invoked. 



Laws for the protection of national (crests 



Food and druiis act 



28-hour law 



.'Vniinal ciuarantine acts 



Meat inspection act 



Lacey .Vet 



Bird reservation trespass law 



Migratory bird treaty act 



Game violations occurring in — 



Nat ional forests 



Pisgah Game Preserve 



Virus act 



Insecticide act 



Plant ciuarantine act 



United States grain standards act 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



Under authority of section 4 of the food and diirgs act and section 

 4 of the insecticide act 1,430 notices of judgment were prepared for 

 publication. In addition to the criminal prosecutions above tabu- 

 lated, 1,456 decrees of condemnation and forfeiture were entered 

 under the food and drugs act and 19 under the insecticide act. 



Consideration was also given to many cases that were not reported 

 to the Department of Justice because of the absence of proof or ma- 

 terial facts. 



Many memoranda and briefs on legal questions were furnished on 

 cases reported to the Department of Justice for prosecution, and in 

 some assistance was given in taking depositions and statements of 

 witnesses and in the trials. Among the important cases in which this 

 office assisted, either in the preparation of briefs or in the trials, or 

 both, were United States v. Northern Pacific Railroad Co., United 

 States V. Kern River Co., United States v. South River Lumber Co., 

 United States v. Cowart, and United States v. George D. Moore and 

 Whiting Manufacturing Co., United States v. Raine- Andrews Lum- 

 ber Co., all involving alleged rights to lands or the use of lands in 

 the National Forests; United States v. Monsanto Chemical Co., 

 L^nited States v. NeAvton Tea and Spice Co., United States v. 4 Dozen 

 Bottles Pildores Urisepticas, United States v. 2,967 Cases Tomatoes, 

 Ignited States v. 50 Barrels Vinegar. United States v. Gingerole Co., 

 Ignited States v. Kar-ru Chemical Co., United States v. .141 Bottles 

 Texas Wonder, United States v. St. Louis Dairy Co., and United 



