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or employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, or 

 uses any dangerous or deadly weapon in resisting 

 him in the execution of his duties, with intent to 

 commit a bodily injury upon him, or to deter or 

 prevent him from discharging his duties, or on 

 account of the performance of his duties, shall, 

 upon conviction, be imprisoned at hard labor for 

 a term not more than five years, or fined not to 

 exceed one thousand dollars." (The words "or 

 both fine and imprisonment" should have been 

 added to this paragraph.) 



In this connection it is necessary to remember 

 that there may be two or more distinct criminal 

 acts involved in a single physical deed. The sec- 

 tion of law quoted above related not to a resistance 

 offered to, nor to an assault upon, a man, but upon 

 an officer or employee of the bureau ; and with rela- 

 tion to his work under the authority of that 

 bureau. For this the offender would be tried be- 

 fore a United States Court; but he would also be 

 subject to trial under the laws, and before the 

 courts of the state in which the act was committed 

 for his opposition to, or attack upon the man. 

 His influence in state politics might sometimes 

 give an intending obstructor a degree of confi- 

 dence, but the strength of the nation may not be 

 lightly put aside. 



132. Liability of the Department. The Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture does not assume any liability 

 as to loss of stock in treatment. It is the duty of 

 shippers to see that their animals are free from 

 infectious disease before they are offered for ship- 

 ment. Shippers of animals infected with disease 



