794 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



placed on a sound, businesslike basis. Later, the oflice force in the 

 city of Washington was also reorganized and assembled under one 

 roof. 



As stated in the Annual Keport for the fiscal year 1909, 928 cases 

 were reported to the Attorney-General for action in the courts during 

 that period; in the fiscal year 1910, 1,738 cases, or nearly double the 

 number similarly reported in the same period last 3^ear, were trans- 

 mitted to the Attorney-General. Of these cases, 990 were apparent 

 violations of the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 768), 

 of which 766 were apparent violations of section 2, reported as a 

 basis for criminal prosecution, and 224 formed the basis for seizure 

 proceedings under section 10 of the same act. ])uring the fiscal year 

 1909, 494 cases were reported to the Attorney-General for appropriate 

 action under this statute. Fines were collected during the fiscal year 

 1910 in the sum of $11,049.31, as compared with $5,412 similarly col- 

 lected in the preceding year; 175 seizure proceedings terminated in 

 favor of the United States in 1910, as compared with 98 similar cases 

 in 1909. In all, 15 cases (9 criminal cases and 6 seizures) termi- 

 nated in favor of the defendants during 1910, as compared with 5 

 cases (2 criminal cases and 3 seizures) in 1909. In 6 cases leave to 

 file information was denied, and in 3 cases the grand jury failed to 

 return indictments. At the close of the fiscal year 1910, 470 cases 

 (404 criminal cases and 66 seizures) were pending in the courts or in 

 the hands of United States attorneys; at the close of the fiscal year 

 1909, 116 cases under the same statute were pending, 74 being crimi- 

 nal cases and 42 seizures. 



The Oflice reported 438 violations of the twenty-eight hour law 

 (act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat., 607) in the fiscal year 1910, as com- 

 pared with 208 cases similarly reported in 1909. Penalties aggre- 

 gating $16,500 were recovered and costs in the sum of $2,919.35 were 

 paid in 1910; in 1909, penalties in the sum of $73,490 and costs in 

 the sum of $11,539.85 were assessed. One hundred and thirty-nine 

 cases were disposed of during 1910, as compared with 617 cases 

 during 1909; the greater number of cases tried in 1909 than 1910 

 will explain the fact that a larger amount in penalties was collected 

 in 1909 than in 1910. In 1909, 33 cases out of 650 tried resulted 

 adversely to the United States; in 1910, 19 cases out of 158 tried 

 terminated in favor of the defendants. Three hundred and five 

 cases were pending at the close of June 30, 1909, as compared with 

 559 pending at the close of June 30, 1910. 



One hundred and forty-eight apparent violations of the live stock 

 quarantine laws were reported to the Attorney-General during 1910, 

 as compared with 169 cases during 1909. Of these, 140 were apparent 

 violations of the act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1264), and 8 were 

 apparent violations of the act of May 29, 1884 (23 Stat., 31 ). In all, 

 fines amounting to $2,970 were collected in the 20 cases disposed of 

 under these statutes during 1910, as compared with $3,400 collected 

 in fines in the 30 cases disposed of during 1909. In one case, involv- 

 ing 5 alleged violations of the act of March 3, 1905, a verdict of 

 guilty was returned and fines aggregating $1,000 and costs were 

 imposed. On writ of error this case was argued before the circuit 

 court of appeals for the eighth circuit, which has not yet handed 

 down a decision. 



Fifty-two violations of the meat-inspection amendment (act of June 

 30, 1906, 34 Stat., 674) were reported to the Attorney-General in 1910, 



