894 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



matters arising in connection with acts of Congress with which this Department is 

 concerned, except with the approval of the Solicitor, obtained in advance. 



3. Bureau of Plant Industry. — The legal work of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 including the drafting of agreements and all other matters on which legal advice is 

 necessary, shall be referred to the Solicitor. 



4. Forest Service. — The legal work of the Forest Service shall be conducted in 

 accordance with General Order No. 138, dated January 15, 1910, subject to the follow- 

 ing change: On and after July 1, 1910, the positions of law officer, first assistant law 

 officer, and assistant law officer, in Washington, will be discontinued, and the law 

 work of the Forest Service, in Washington, will be performed under the immediate 

 direction of the Solicitor. 



5. Bureau of Chemistry. — The legal work of the Bureau of Chemistry, including 

 the drafting of agreements and all other matters on which legal advice is necessary, 

 Bhall be refeiTed to the Solicitor. In accordance with section 4 of the food and drugs 

 act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stats., 768), the examination of foods and drugs, in connec- 

 tion with the enforcement of the act, shall be made in the Bureau of Chemistry. 

 After such examinations, all the evidence iu all ca.ses, with such summaries to be 

 prepared by the Bureau of Chemistry as the Solicitor shall prescribe, shall be referred 

 to the Solicitor to determine whether a prima facie case has been made and to recom- 

 mend to the Secretaiy whether citation to a hearing shall issue. In all cases where 

 citations issue the Solicitor will prescribe the form and manner of issuing and the 

 parties to whom citations shall issue. Hearings will be held by or under the super- 

 vision of the Board of Food and Drug Inspection, as heretofore. In every instance, 

 after a hearing has been held or an opportunity for a hearing afforded, the case, includ- 

 ing all papers in reference thereto, together with such summaries as the Bureau of 

 Chemistry shall prepare at the direction of the Solicitor, shall be submitted to the 

 Solicitor for recommendation to the Secretary as to whether the case shall be reported 

 to the Department of Justice for prosecution. The Board of Food and Drug Inspec- 

 tion will submit to the Solicitor, for recommendation to the Secretary, all proposed 

 seizures to be effected under section 10 of the food and drugs act. The Board shall 

 also submit to the Solicitor all the evidence in its possession at the time seizures are 

 proposed, and shall report to him promptly all facts which may develop subse- 

 quently in regard thereto. The Solicitor will continue, as heretofore, to prepare 

 the notices of judgment authorized under section 4 of the statute, and will have 

 general supervision of the preparation of all Food Inspection Decisions issued from 

 time to time. No recommendation relative to the legal side of any case arising 

 under the food and drugs act shall be made to any officer of the Department of Justice, 

 nor shall communications, oral or written, be addressed to any officer of the Executive 

 Departments regarding matters arising in connection with acts of Congress wdth 

 which this Department is concerned, except with the approval of the Solicitor, 

 obtained in advance. 



6. Bureau of Soils, Bureau of Entomology, Bureau of Biological Sur- 

 vey. — The legal work of these bureaus, including the drafting of agreements and 

 all other matters on which legal advice is necessary, shall be referred to the Solicitor. 



7. Division of Accounts. — The legal work of the Division of Accounts, including 

 all matters on which legal ad\dce is necessary, shall be referred to the Solicitor, includ- 

 ing the preparation of requests for the signature of the Chief of the Division of Accounts 

 upon the Comptroller of the Treasury, for his opinion. 



8. Division of Publications, Bureau of Statistics, Library, Office op 

 Experiment Stations, and Office op Public Roads. — The legal work of these 

 bureaus and offices, including the drafting of agreements and all matters on which 

 legal advice is necessary, shall be referred to the Solicitor. 



Compilations of laws in which the Department is interested will be prepared under 

 the direction of the Solicitor, when requested by a chief of bureau and ordered by 

 the Secretary. All requests for authorization of any Department officers or em- 

 ployees to travel for the purpose of attending court proceedings as witnesses, or to 

 confer with officers of the Department of Justice concerning the preparation of cases 

 for trial, as well as accounts rendered for expenses incurred under such authoriza- 

 tions, shall be submitted to the Solicitor for his approval. Arrangements for the 

 employment of necessary witnesses not connected with the Department shall also 

 be made with his approval. 



This order shall take effect July 1, 1910. It supplements General Order No. 85, 

 dated June 17, 1905, which is continued in full force and effect. 



James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



