194 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Treasui-y may deliver to the consignee such goods pending examina- 

 tion and decision in the matter on execution of a penal bond for the 

 amount of the full invoice value of such goods, together with the 

 duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods for any cause to 

 the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded, for 

 the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other 

 purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond: 

 And provided further^ That all charges for storage, cartage, and 

 labor on goods which arc refused admission or delivery shall be paid 

 by the owner or consignee, and in default of such payment shall con- 

 stitute a lien against any future importation made by such owner or 

 consignee. 



Act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, s. 11. 34 Stat 772. 



Previous provisions somewhat similar to those of this section accom- 

 panied appropriations for the Bureau of Chemistry in the annual agri- 

 cultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1907 and previous fiscal 

 years, but are omittetl from the acts for subsequent years. The pro- 

 visions of the act for the fiscal year 1907, act June 30, 190G, c. 3913, are 

 set forth on p. 185, ante. 



Term "Territory" in act to include insular possessions; construction of word 

 "person" in act; liability of corporations, etc., for acts, omissions, etc., of 

 officers, agents, employees, etc. 



Sec. 12. That the term " Territory " as used in this Act shall in- 

 clude the insular possessions of the United States, The word " per- 

 son " as used in this Act shall be construed to import both the plural 

 and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations, 

 companies, societies and associations. AVhen construing and enforc- 

 ing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any 

 officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corpora- 

 tion, compan}',. society, or association, within the scope of his em- 

 ployment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, 

 omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or asso- 

 ciation as well as that of the person. 



Act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, s. 12. 34 Stat. 772. 

 Time of taking effect of act. 



Sec. 13. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after 

 the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. 



Act June 30, 190G. c. 3915. s. 13, 34 Stat. 772. 



Annual ai>proi»riations for all exjjenses necessary to carry into effect 

 the provisions of this act arc madp in the ajiricultural appropriation acts 

 for the fiscal year 1SX)S and thereafter. The provision of the act for the 

 fiscal year 1913 Is set forth on p. 196, post. 



ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.) 



Report to Congress of payments to State, county, or municipal ofllicers, etc. 



* * * That hereafter any sum used for compensation of or pay- 

 ment of exi^enses to any oHicor or otlier person employed by any State, 

 county, or municipal government, shall he reported to Congress in 

 detail, on the first Monday of December of each year. 



Act May 23, 190S. c. 192, 35 Stat. 261. 



This is a i>roviso annexed to :ii>I>roi)ria1i()ns fur "(Jeneral expenses, 

 Bureau of Chemistry," in the asrieultural api)ropriation act. for the 

 fiscal year 1909, cited above. A similar proviso, without the word 

 "hereafter," accompanied the appropriations for the purposes mentioned 

 in thf similar appropriation act for the preceding fiscal year. 



