680 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



It will be observed that under this appropriation act a new division 

 will be established in the Department, namely, the Division of Agros- 

 tology, which will conduct field and laboratory investigations relating 

 to the natural history, geographical distribution, and uses of the various 

 grasses and forage plants and their adaptability to special soils and 

 climates ; and that the Division of Agricultural Soils, which has hitherto 

 been connected with the Weather Bureau, will be an independent divi- 

 sion. The Division of Eecords and Editing has added to its other 

 duties the general charge of illustrations and the publication and distri- 

 bution of farmers' bulletins. It will hereafter be designated as the 

 Division of Publications. 



The provisions of the act of Congress of March 3, 1S91, relative to 

 meat inspection have been amended so as to read as follows : 



"Sec. 2. That tho Secretary of Agriculture shall also cause to be made a careful 

 insj)ection of all live cattle the meat of which — fresh, salted, canued, corned, packed, 

 cured, or otherwise prepared — is iutended for exportation to any foreigu country, 

 at such times aud places, and in such manner as he may think proper, with a view 

 to ascertain whether said cattle are free from disease, and their meat sound and 

 wholesome, and may aiipoiut inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official 

 certificate clearly stating the condition in which such cattle and meat are found, 

 and no clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any fresh, salted, 

 canned, corned, or packed beef being the meat of cattle killed after the passage of 

 this act for exportation to and sale in a foreign country from any port in the United 

 States until the owner or shipper shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the 

 provisions of this act a certificate that said cattle were free from disease and that 

 their meat is sound and wholesome. 



"Sec. 4. That said examination shall be made in the manner provided by rules and 

 regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and after said exam- 

 ination the carcasses and products of all cattle, sheep, and swine found to be free of 

 disease and wholesome, sound, and fit for human food shall be marked, stamped, or 

 labeled for identification, as may be provided by said rules and regulations of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, imitate, 

 falsely represent, or use without authority, or knowingly and wrongfully alter, deface, 

 or destroy any of the marks, stamps, or other devices provided for in the regulations 

 of the Secretary of Agriculture, of any such carcasses or their products, or who shall 

 forge, counterfeit, simulate, imitate, falsely represent, or use without authority, or 

 knowingly and wrongfully alter, deface, or destroy any certificate or stnmp provided 

 in said regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 

 thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprison- 

 ment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the 

 court." 



The Secretary of Agriculture is also authorized ''to make such rules 

 aud regulations as he may decide to be necessary to prevent the trans- 

 portation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into 

 any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any for- 

 eign country, of the "condemned carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, 

 sheep, and swine which have been inspected in accordance with the 

 provisions of this act." 



