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SIX cases reported during 1917 and 5 pending at the close of 1916, 

 in all 31 were terminated. Twenty-eight resulted in convictions 

 upon which .fines aggregating $3,175 were imposed; 2 were dismissed 

 and 1 was determined adversely to the Government; at the close of 

 1917, 10 cases were pending and sentence stood suspended in 1. 



One hundred and sixty-seven apparent violations of the act of 

 March 3, IDO.") (33 Stat. 12()4), were reported to the Attorney Gen- 

 eral. At the close of the fiscal year 1916, 38 cases were pending. 

 One in which the grand jury had refused to indict, and which had 

 C()nse(iuently been reported closed in 1915, was again presented to the 

 grand jury during the fiscal year 1917, and a true bill was found. 

 Seventeen cases pending at the end of the fiscal year 1916, the case 

 which was reopened during 1917, and 18 cases reported during 1917, 

 in all 36 cases were terminated. Twenty-eight cases were terminated 

 by convictions. In 2 the defendants could not be located and the 

 cases were dropped; in 2 the defendants were discharged by the 

 United States commissioner; 1 was dismissed at cost of defendant; 

 and 3 were dismissed. In 1 case against 2 defendants a fine of $100 

 Avas imposed against one and the case is pending as to the other. 

 Fines aggregating $3,110 were imposed in 29 cases. At the close of 

 1917, 170 cases were pending. 



In each of the 208 cases reported to the Attorney General under 

 the acts of February 2, 1903, and March 3, 1905, a suggested form of 

 criminal information was prepared and submitted therewith for use 

 by the United States attorney in instituting the prosecution. 



The fines imposed in cases under the animal quarantine laws were: 



Several amendments of Bureau of Animal Industry Order 209, 

 governing the inspection and quarantine of live stock imported into 

 the United States under the act of August 30, 1890, were prepared, 

 and a large number of permits for the importation of animals and 

 correspondence in connection therewith have been considered and 

 passed on by this office. 



Under the act of February 2, 1903, regulations issued jointly by 

 this department and the Treasury Department governing the certifi- 

 cation and disinfection of hides and other animal by-products, hay, 

 straAv, forage, or similar material otfered for entry into the United 

 States, were prepared by this oflice in collaboration with the officials 

 of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Several amendments of these 

 regulations have since been prepared by this office. A large corre- 

 spondence in connection with these regulations has received con- 

 sideration by this office, and numerous conferences in reference 

 thereto have been had with bureau officials. 



Several orders of the Secretary of Agriculture establishing, modi- 

 fying, and removing quarantines under section 1 of the act of 1005 



