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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



There has been continued growth of the practice, mentioned in the 

 last annual report of this office, of informal conferences with the ad- 

 ministrative officials of the department respecting legal questions 

 arising in their work and of examinations of letters and of manu- 

 scripts for publication prepared in other subdivisions of the depart- 

 ment. 



A conference was held at Denver with ail the district assistants to 

 the Solicitor for the purpose of discussing problems arising in the 

 legal work of the department, especially as it affects the adminis- 

 tration of the National Forests. 



Violations of statutes intrusted to the department for enforcement 

 upon which reports were made and prosecutions recommended to 

 the Attorney General, or upon which settlements were effected with- 

 out litigation, and the amounts of fines and recoveries in cases termi- 

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



i $2,208.04 outstanding. 



In addition, 543 decrees of condemnation and forfeiture were 

 entered under the food and drugs act and 10 under the insecticide act. 



This office examined all the evidence gathered by department in- 

 spectors and communicated to it under these several regulatory 

 statutes, and advised that prosecutions could not be maintained in a 

 considerable number of cases. 



Reports coming to the office from various sources which disclosed 

 apparent violations of the postal laws and regulations, as heretofore, 

 were referred to the Postmaster General for investigation. 



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 the trials. Among the important cases in 

 which this office assisted in the preparation of briefs were Cameron v. 

 Weedin and Birdno (226 Fed., 44) ; United States v. Utah Power & 

 Light Co. (230 Fed., 328) ; United States v. Utah Light & Traction 

 Co. (230 Fed., 343) ; United States v. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs of 

 Coca Cola (241 U. S., 265) ; Hubbard, et al., v. Lowe (226 Fed., 135) ; 

 Weld, et al., v. Lowe (unreported) ; United States v. Great Northern 

 Railway Co., still pending; United States v. Colorado Power 

 Co., still pending; United States v. Cameron, et al. (2 cases), 

 still pending; United States v. John Miolin, et al. (unreported) ; 

 United States v. Hohennadel (F. and D. No. 7243) ; United States v. 

 25 Bags of Nuts (F. and D. No. 5462, Notice of Judgment No. 4329) ; 

 United States v. 7 Cases Buffalo Lithia Water (44 D. C. App., 162) ; 

 United States v. 11 Gross Packages Dr. Williams Pink Pills (F. and 

 D. No. 6384) ; United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. (I. and F. No. 

 140) ; St. Louis Independent Packing Co. v. David F. Houston, et al. 



