360 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sentence of imprisonment, amounting to 30 days, was imposed in 

 one case; in another, the defendant was committed to jail pending 

 payment of his fine; while in 4 other cases, consolidated into one, 

 sentence was suspended upon payment of costs by defendant. 



Fines aggregating $3,250 were imposed in 133 cases, as follows: 



1 2 cases were consolidated into one, and fines of S5 imposed in each instance. 



* 2 cas»s were consolidated into one, and fines of $20 imposed in each instance. 



* 50 cases were consolidated into two, and two fines of $2.5 each were imposed. 

 4 4 cases were consolidated into two, and fines of $50 imposed in each instance. 



* 5 cases were consolidated into one, and fines of $100 imposed in each instance. 

 8 31 cases were consolidated into two, and two fines of S200 each were imposed. 



At the close of the year 92 cases were pending. 



Cases of Interest. 



In St. Louis Independent Packing Co. v. Houston et al. (231 Fed., 

 779) the district court sustained a regulation of the department 

 under the meat inspection act prescribing the maximum cereal, water, 

 and ice content in sausage. The case is pending in the Circuit Court 

 of Appeals for the eighth circuit on the company's appeal. 



In Pittsburgh Melting Co. v. B. & O. R. E. and Totten (232 Fed., 

 694) the Circuit Court of Appeals for the third circuit reversed the 

 decision of the district court and held that " oleo oil " packed in con- 

 tainers stenciled or labeled " Inedible," and accompanied by a certi- 

 fiscate stating that it was not intended for food purposes, was a meat 

 food product within the meaning of the meat inspection act. 



THE TWENTY-EIGHT HOUR LAW (34 STAT., 607). 



Four hundred and sixty-five cases were reported to the Attorney 

 General. 



At the close of the fiscal year 1915, 1,117 cases were pending. 



Of the cases reported during the fiscal year 1916, 78, and of those 

 pending at the close of the fiscal year 1915, 419, in all 497, were 

 terminated during 1916. 



Penalties aggregating $52,450 were recovered in 383 cases. Eighty- 

 three cases were dismissed and 31 were determined adversely to the 

 Government. 



The following is a detailed list of the number of cases prosecuted 

 and amounts of penalties assessed : 



