386 



ANNUAL EEPOKTS OF DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTUEE, 



litigation, and the amount of fines and recoveries in cases terminated 

 and reported to this office during the year were as follows : 



' $96,288.02 outstanding. 



In addition, 411 decrees of condemnation and forfeiture were en- 

 tered under the food and drugs act and 3 under the insecticide act. 



This office investigated numerous other cases which were not re- 

 ported to the Department of Justice for action because of the ab- 

 sence of proof of material facts or on account of other infirmities. 



Evidence submitted to the office by the various bureaus of the de- 

 partment which disclosed apparent violations of the postal laws and 

 regulations were referred to the Postmaster General for action. 



Many memoranda on legal questions were furnished on cases re- 

 ported to the Department of Justice for prosecution, and in some 

 assistance was given in taking depositions and statements of wit- 

 nesses and in the trials. Among the important cases in which this 

 office either assisted in the preparation of briefs or in the trials, or 

 both, were United States v. Grand Canyon Cattle Co. (on appeal, 

 unreported) ; Cameron v. Bass (on appeal, unreported) ; United 

 States V. Great Northern By. Co. e-t al. (unreported) ; United States 

 V. Swanson Bros, (unreported) ; United States v. Elk Mountain 

 Mercantile Co. (pending decision) ; United States v. Northern Pa^iftc 

 By. Co. (pending decision) ; Zhiited States v. Utah Light cfi Traction 

 Co. (pending decision) ; Emigh v. Mattheivs (pending decision) ; 

 Dorsett v. Beichel (unpublished) ; St. Louis Independent Packing 

 Co. v. Houston et al. (on appeal, unreported) ; Blanton Manufactur- 

 ing Co. V. Houston et al. (on appeal, unreported) ; United States v. 

 Union Dairy Co. (Notice of Judgment No. 5561) ; United States v. 

 Tvasper Grocery Co. (Notice of Judgment No. 5543) ; United States 

 V. 6 Barrels of Ground Pepper (Notice of Judgment No. 5547) ; 

 United States v. Bowers (Notice of Judgment No. 5519) ; United 

 States V. Certain Cases of Pork and Beans (F. and D. Nos. 7330, 7337, 

 7340, and 7341). ... 



Tabulated statements showing, in detail, the facts and status of the 

 principal prosecutions originating in the department, in which 

 United States attorneys have commenced procedings, and of the 

 claims and other cases affecting the administration of the National 

 Forests in which this office is concerned, are submitted for your infor- 

 mation. It is recommended that these be filed for reference. 



One additional law clerk was added during the last half of the 

 fiscal year. No increase was made in the number of title attornej'^s. 

 The work of the office was current at the end of the year. 



