878 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The work of this Office does jiot end with the reference of a case to 

 the Attorney-General. Very often the most important work has then 

 just begun. During the period covered by tliis report the district 

 law officer, in each district, cooperated freely ^Aith the United States 

 attorneys, frequently appearing in court and assisting in the trials. 

 Numerous briefs on argument have been prepared, submitted to, and 

 filed by the United States attorne3^s, and not infrequently the district 

 law officers have prepared, in whole or in part, pleadings wliicli were 

 filed in the case. The cooperation between this Office and the 

 United States attorneys has been most cordial and effective. 



The two appended tables are designed to show briefly the cases 

 reported to the Attorney-General for civil or criminal action since 

 January 15, 1910, the date on which all the legal work of the Forest 

 Service was transferred to the Solicitor; the disposition of cases 

 during that period; and those pending on June 30, 1910, the close of 

 the fiscal year. A column has been inserted to indicate in wliich one 

 of the Department's six districts the case arose. 



Cases reported to the Attorney-General for institution of civil suits disposed of during the 

 last Jive and one-half months of the fiscal year 1910, or pending at its close. 



