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INSECTICIDE ACT OF 1910. 



The insecticide act of 1910 was approved April 26, 1910, and became 

 effective January 1, 1911 (36 Stat., 331). It deals with insecticides, 

 fungicides, lead arsenates, and paris greens which are adulterated 

 or misbranded and which are shipped in interstate commerce. By 

 its provisions the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor are authorized 

 to make uniform rules and regulations for its enforcement. On 

 December 9, 1910, the three Secretaries promulgated rules and regu- 

 lations, which are issued as Circular 34 of the Ollice of the Secretary. 

 The appropriation for the enforcement of the act during the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1911, was not made until March 4, 1911. 



Several formal and informal opinions on the construction of the 

 sections of the statute have been rendered. The general guaranties 

 filed under section 9 of the act have been examined, and there has 

 been much correspondence with wholesalers, jobbers, and dealers i^ 

 regard to the various provisions of the act. 



LEGAL WORK FOR THE FOREST SERVICE. 



In the previous annual report of this office an outline of the duties 

 of the Solicitor in respect to the Forest Service legal work is very fully 

 stated. At the time that that report Avas submitted the Solicitor had 

 had immediate supervision of the legal work of the Forest Service but 

 six months, a time sufficiently long, however, to admit of a complete 

 reorganization of the office for the effective discharge of the duties 

 incident to this work. By the end of the preceding fiscal year the 

 work, both in Washington and in the six districts, was progressing 

 smoothly and expeditiously. 



The work of tne office for the Forest Service comprehends several 

 sharply defined and distinct divisions, each in itself imposing upon 

 the office a very considerable volume of business. These divisions 

 are opinions, contracts, claims, regulations, trespass, general litiga- 

 tion, and hydroelectric power permits. The subject trespass naturally 

 resolves itself into four distinct subdivisions, namely, grazing, timber, 

 fire, and occupancy, which latter very generally comprehends all tres- 

 passes not included in the first three heads. A general view of the 

 duties of this office in respect to each one of the above-stated divisions 

 of its work was given in the last annual report, and will not be repeated. 



The report for this branch of the work of the office will be arranged 

 under the proper heading, as above indicated. 



OPINIONS. 



The Sohcitor has been called upon during the present fiscal year 

 for 56 opinions, which required, in much the larger number of them, 

 extended consideration and research. These opinions were given 

 in Avritten memoranda or letters to the Forester. In addition to 

 these practically daily oral advice has been given the Forester and 

 his assistants. The district assistants to the Solicitor have rendered 

 to the respective district foresters and district fiscal agents 86 formal 

 opinions, in which the subjects therein treated were exhaustively 

 examined. These opinions were subsequently forwarded to the 

 Solicitor for review and proper action. They also rendered 857 



