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formerly conferred upon the Secretary of the 

 Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture. 



The Act of March 3, 1905,^'^ enables the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to establish quarantine dis- 

 tricts for different diseases, and to regulate the 

 movements of animals therefrom, and more fully to 

 control the spread of infectious diseases of ani- 

 mals. 



The Acts of June 29, 1906,^^ and of March 4, 

 1913,^^* are for the prevention of cruelty to ani- 

 mals during shipment, and for the regulation of 

 transportation. 



The Act of appropriation, of March 4, 1911,^^ 

 provides under certain conditions, for the impor- 

 tation of tick infested cattle from Mexico into that 

 part of Texas below the southern cattle quarantine 

 line. 



152. Meat Inspection. The Act of August 30, 

 1890,3^ provides for the inspection of meats for 

 exportation, and prohibits the importation of 

 adulterated articles of food or drink.^^ 



The Acts of June 30, 1906,3^ and March 4, 1907,3" 



30 33 Stat. 1264. S. W. 441), or coloring to dis- 



31 34 Stat. 260. tilled vinegar, so that it will 

 3ia37 Stat. 831. represent cider vinegar (People 



32 Public, No. 478. v. William Henning Co., 260 



33 26 Stat. 414. 111. 554, 103 N. E. 530), or the 



34 Cove oysters are adulter- coloring of oleomargarine to 

 ated when they contain an ex- represent butter (People v. 

 cessive amount of water. Food Arensberg, 105 N. Y. 123 ; Pub- 

 and Drugs act, judgments 2583, Lie Health, 465). Milk, oys- 

 2584. Misleading addition of ters, and other articles of food 

 col'^ring matter may be pro- are frequently condemned as 

 hibited, such as the addition of adulterated on account of the 

 annatto to milk (St. Louis v. presence of bacteria. 

 Polinsky, 190 Mo. 516; St. 3s 34 Stat. 674. 



Louis V. Jud, 236 Mo. 1, 139 36 34 Stat. 1200. 



