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ANNUAL REPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



municablo diseases of live stock, and declaring rules and regulations 

 governing the interstate movement of live stock from such areas, 

 were examined and approved ; and also four orders of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture prescribing regulations under the act of August 30, 

 1890 (26 Stat., 414), regulating the importation of cattle, sheep, and 

 swine, and the act of February 2, 1903 (32 Stat., 791), "An act to 

 enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and 

 prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, 

 and for other purposes." 



The Office is always ready and prompt to respond to requests for 

 assistance or suggestion in the prosecution of cases which have been 

 reported to the Attorney-General and referred to the various United 

 States attorneys, and correspondence of this nature, and the pre- 

 paration of frequent briefs in support of the Government's conten- 

 tions, is worthy of mention as no small item of time and work in 

 the enforcement of the live-stock quarantine laws during the fiscal 



year. 



MEAT INSPECTION AMENDMENT. 



There were 52 violations of the meat inspection amendment of 

 June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 674), reported to the Attorney-General dur- 

 ing the fiscal year 1910, while during the fiscal year 1909, 44 appar- 

 ent violations of the same statute were similarly reported, thus making 

 an increase in 1910 of 8 violations. Of the 52 cases reported during 

 the year, 18 resulted in convictions, 8 were dismissed for lack of 

 evidence as to the interstate shipment, and the remaining 26 are 

 pending in the courts. Of the 44 cases reported during the fiscal 

 year 1909, 15 resulted in convictions, 7 were dismissed for lack of 

 evidence of interstate shipment or because service could not be 

 obtained upon the defendant, and 22 were pending in the courts at 

 the close of June 30, 1909. The following table embodies a statement 

 of the 26 cases terminated during the fiscal year 1910: 



Cases under meat inspection amendment of June 30, 1906, reported for prosecution during 



the fiscal year 1910. 



M.I. 

 case No. 



70 

 71 

 74 



77 

 79 



80 

 81 

 82 

 83 



Defendant. 



M. D.Tilley 



Frank Ignazi 



Joseph Rosen 



George H.Cady. 



John C. Gordon. 

 H.C.DerbvCo. 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Guisseppa Scozzari . 



Judicial district. 



Vermont. 



Pennsylvania, east- 

 ern district. 



Michigan, western 

 district. 



New York, northern 

 district. 



Maine. 



New Jersey. 



do 



do 



... do 



New York, southern 

 district. 



Nature of offense charged. 



Shipment of immature 

 veal from Vermont to 

 Massachusetts. 



Transportation of unin- 

 spected meat from Penn- 

 sylvania to New Jersey. 



Shipment of immature 

 veal from Michigan to 

 New York. 



Shipment of uninspected 

 meat from New York 

 through Pennsylvania 

 to New York City. 



Shipment of unsound 

 meat from Maine to 

 Massachusetts. 



Transportation of unin- 

 spected meat from New 

 Jersey to New York. 



do 



do 



do 



Shipment of uninspected 

 meat from New York to 

 New Jersey. 



Disposition of case. 



Indicted; convicted; 



sentenced to jail for 



six months. 

 Indicted ; pleaded 



guilty; fined $25. 



Indicted; convicted 

 and imprisoned. 



Indicted; pleaded 

 guilty; fined $.50. 



Indicted ; 



guilty. 



pleaded 



Indicted; nolle 

 qui entered. 



prose- 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Indicted ; pleaded 

 guilty; fined $10. 



