36 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



said section two, remainin"^ unexpended July first, nineteen hundred 

 and thirteen, shall continue available until the end of the fiscal year 

 nineteen hundred and fifteen for the purpose for which it was appro- 

 priated. 



Act March 4, 1913, c. 14;-., 37 Stat. 855. 



These ;ire further provisions, under the heading " Miscellaneous." in 

 the ajnicultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1914, cited above. 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. 



(See "Laws Applicable to the United States Department of Agriculture," 1912, 



pp. 184-196.) 



ACT MARCH 3, 1913, c. 117. An act to amend section eight of an act entitled 

 "An act for j.reventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulter- 

 ated or misbrandod or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, nie<licines, and 

 liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes," approved 

 .Tune thirtieth, nineteen huii<lr(Hl and six. (37 Stat. 732.) 



Amendment of act June 30, 1906, c. 3915; inconspicuous marking of contents of 

 package: regulations permitting reasonable variations, etc. 



That section ei^ht of an Act entitled ''An Act for preventino: the 

 manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or 

 poisonous or deleterious foods, druo:s, medicines, and liquors, and for 

 remilatiiiij: traffic therein, and for other purposes," approved June 

 thirtieth, uineteen hundred and six. be, and the same is hereby, 

 amended by .strikinc; out the words " Third. If in package form, and 

 the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not 

 plaiuly and correctly stated on the outside of the package." and in- 

 sertinc: in lien thereof the following: 



"Third. If in j^ackage form, the quantity of the contents be not 

 plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package 

 m terms of weight, measure, or numerical count: Pi^ovided^ however. 

 That reasonable variations shall be ]:>ermitted. and tolerances and also 

 exemptions as to small packages shall be established by rules and 

 regulations made in accordance with the provisions of Section three 

 of this Act. 



Act March 3, 1913, c. 117, s. 1, 37 Stat. 732. 



Time of taking effect of act; enforcement of penalty, etc.. or confiscation, de- 

 ferred. 



Si:f. 2. That this Act shall take etfect and be in force from and 

 after its jiassage : /*rotuded, lioiccrer. That no penalty of fine, imjiris- 

 ment, or confiscation shall be enforced for any violation of its pro- 

 visions as to domestic ju-oducts jiropared or foreign products imported 

 prioi- to eighteen months after its passage. 



A. I .March 3, 191.3, c. 117. s. 2. 37 Stat. 732. 



Section S, act .Tune 30. 19()(», c. 3915, ns amended by act of August 23. 

 1912. c. :i.'>2, 27 Stat. \M\ is .«jet forth in " Ijiws ApplicaMe to the United 

 Slates T>ei)art incut of .Vgriculture." 1912. p. IW. 



ACT MARCH 4, 1913. c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.) 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. 



Sai.aimk.s, Rure.mi or Chemistry: One chemist, who .shall be 

 chief of bureau, $r>,000: one chief clerk. $2,000; one supervising 



