COOPERATIVE RELATIONS 5 I 



Legislature is the assigning of those activities which are 

 essentially related to the work already being done by two or 

 more departments. Suppose it is decided that all importa- 

 tions of food shall be rigidly examined before they are per- 

 mitted to enter the channels of domestic trade. Should the 

 administration of a law, designed to accomplish this end, be 

 assigned to the Treasury Department, which already has 

 inspectors situated at the ports of entr}% but has no facilities 

 for the analyzing of foods ; should it be assigned to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, which has splendid facilities for the 

 testing of foods, but has no agents at the ports ; or should an 

 entirely new organization be created? Generally, the solu- 

 tion in such a situation has been to charge one department 

 with the enforcement of the law in question, and to impose 

 upon other departments or officials the duty of giving such 

 information or assistance as their facilities or position espe- 

 cially qualify them to give. The proper administration of 

 this type of laws requires various kinds of cooperative ar- 

 rangements between the departments or other units con- 

 cerned. The form which this cooperation shall take is 

 largely determined by the nature of the task to be performed 

 under the law. It will be the purpose of the next few para- 

 graphs to show, by giving some typical examples, how the 

 expert knowledge and facilities of the Department of Agri- 

 culture are utilized in the administration of these coopera- 

 tive measures. 



In order to encourage the introduction of improved breeds 

 of domestic animals into this country, paragraph three hun- 

 dred and ninety-seven of the tariff of October 13, 1913. pro- 

 vides for the free entry of certain animals imported for 

 breeding purposes. Under the further provisions of this 

 paragraph, customs officials must obtain for the free entry 

 of such animals, certificates issued by the Department of 

 Agriculture stating that the aninials are pure bred, of a 

 recognized breed, and duly registered in the foreign book of 

 record established for that breed. Upon the arrival of the 

 animals at the port of entry, notice is sent to the Secretary 



