OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 589 



PLANT QUARANTINE ACT. 



(37 Stat., 315.) 



Nine cases were reported to the Attorney General, all under section 

 8 (domestic quarantines) of the act as amended by the act of March 

 4, 1017 (39 Stat., 1134, 1165). 



At the close of the fiscal year 1919 there were 15 cases pendin*^. 

 One case was closed prior to the beginnin*^ of the year 1920, but not 

 reported until too late to include it in the annual report for the pre- 

 vious 3'ear. Of the 24 cases pending, 9 were closed during the year, 

 6 by fines amounting, collectively, to $90 and $20.95 costs, and 3 

 were dismissed. 



Fourteen cases are noAv pending. 



A number of proposed orders of the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 establish, and of regulations to enforce, quarantines under the law 

 were examined as to their legal form and sufficiency. 



FEDERAL AID ROAD ACT. 



(39 Stat., 355.) 



Project statements for 1,718 projects were reviewed during the 

 year to determine whether the projects were eligible for Federal aid 

 under the provisions of the act. Of these, 1,717 were approved and 

 1 Avas disapproved. The 1,717 projects which were approved in- 

 volved a total estimated expenditure of $251,083,518.86, Federal aid 

 in the amount of $109,077,546.12, and 16,529 miles of road. 



During the fiscal year project agreements and certificates of ap- 

 proval of plans, specifications, and estimates, prepared by the Bu- 

 reau of Public Roads, for 1,219 projects were reviewed as to their 

 legal form and sufficiency before being transmitted to the State high- 

 way departments for execution. Of the project agreements and cer- 

 tificates so examined durino; the fiscal A^ear, together with a number 

 of those so examined during the previous fiscal year, 1,287 were sub- 

 sequently examined as to the sufficiency of their execution by the 

 State highway departments and were submitted to the Secretary 

 and executed by liini. The agreements so executed involve a total 

 estimated expenditure of $197,623,054.06, Federal aid aggregating 

 $85,945,432.71, and 9,402 miles of road. 



Drafts of modifications of agreements and certificates, prepared 

 l)y the Bureau of Public Roads, were similarly reviewed in 263 cases. 

 Of tlie drafts of modifications of agreements and certificates so re- 

 viewed, together with a number which were similarly reviewed dur- 

 ing the previous fiscal year, 266 were subsequently examined as to 

 whetlier tliey were properly executed by tlie State liigliway depart- 

 ments and were submitted to and executed l)y the Secretary. 



Statutes of five States amending former highway statutes were re- 

 viewed to determine whether they met the requirements of the Fed- 

 vvi\] iiid road act. 



Propo.sed slan(hir<l j)lan.s, specifications, and notice to bidders, and 

 contract and bond forms for use in carrying out the coo[)erati()n con- 

 teni]ihited and authorized by the act, which were submitted for con- 

 sid<'r:ition l>y tlio State highway depnrdnents of six States, were re- 

 viewed as to their legal form and .sulliciency. 



