OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



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of the prosecution. Twenty-six cases were pending at the close of the 

 year. Fines were imposed as follows: 



Fines imposed under the Lacey Act. 



In addition to the fines and the jail sentences, defendants were 

 compelled to pay substantial costs. 



BIRD RESERVES TRESPASS LAW. 



[35 Stat, 1104.] 



Twenty-seven cases were reported to the Department of Justice. 

 Of the 27 cases reported during the year, 7 were closed by convic- 

 tions and the imposition of fines. Twenty-one cases, including 1 

 coming over from the preceding year, were pending at the close of 

 the year. 



Fines imposed under the bird reserves trespass law. 



UNITED STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT. 



[39 Stat., 476.] 



Assistance was given the Bureau of Markets in the consideration 

 of 146 disputes under the act, involving 6,895 bales of cotton, the 

 total costs assessed amounting to $2,202.30. One amendment to the 

 regulations was prepared. Consideration was given to the establish- 

 ment and promulgation of standards for grades of American, Egyp- 

 tian, and sea island cotton, and for length of staple, together with 

 revision of the charges made for practical forms of existing 

 standards. 



Various opinions relating to the statute, distributed through the 

 Bureau of Markets, were prepared or reviewed. 



UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT. 



[39 Stat., 482.1 



Assistance was given the Bureau of Markets in drafting tentative 

 standards for oats and in the revision of the standards for shelled 

 corn and wheat and of the regulations under the act. 



The records in 1.458 appeals and 12 disputes, involving the grading 

 of shelled corn and wheat under the act, were reviewed. Examina- 

 tion was made of 155 forms of inspection certificates submitted by 

 licensed inspectors, together with incidental correspondence. Con- 



