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Operations under the Weeks forest rtf law from the beginning to Jute SO, 1919. 



* Tart of this acquisition authorized as being in Unalca area. 

 THE PLANT QUARANTINE ACT. 



[37 Stat., 315.] 



Four cases were reported to the Attorney General, all under sec- 

 tion 8 (domestic quarantines) of tlie act as amended by the appro- 

 priation act of March 4, 1917 (39 Stat., 1134, 1165). At tfie close of 

 the fiscal year 1918 there were 14 cases pending. Three cases which 

 were closed prior to the beginning of the fiscal year 1918 were not 

 reported to this office until too late for their inclusion in the annual 

 report. Of the 4 new cases, 1 was withdrawn upon the request of 

 the Federal Horticultural Board; 1 other case was nol-prossed. 

 There are now 15 cases pending. A number of proposed orders of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture to establish, and of regulations to 

 enforce, quarantines under the law were examined as to their legal 

 form and sufficienc3\ 



FEDERAL AID ROAD ACT. 



[39 Stat., 355.] 



Projects statements for 800 projects were review^ed during the year 

 to determine whether the projects were eligible for Federal aid under 

 the provisions of the act. Of these, 761 were approved, involving a 

 total estimated expenditure of $91,495,797.99, and Federal aid in the 



