August 10, 1906.] 



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of the probable external form of this animal. 

 In this connection Dr. R. Broom, of Victoria 

 College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, writes, 

 under date of July 3 : " An interesting point 

 to remember is the horizon of Mesosaurus in 

 South Africa. It is in the very lowest of the 

 Permian beds — beds which the geologists are 

 inclined to regard as Carboniferous, though I 

 hold it is Permian. It is 5,000-6,000 feet be- 

 low the Upper Permian beds, and perhaps the 

 oldest true reptile known. Mesosaurus has 

 nothing to do with the Plesiosauria." 



H. F. O. 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York, July 30, 1906. 



THE PURE FOOD BILL} 



An Act preventing the manufacture, sale or 

 transportation of adulterated or mishranded 

 or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medi- 

 cines and liquors, and for regulating the foods, 

 drugs, medicines and liquors, and for regu- 

 lating traffic therein, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted ~by the Senate and House of 

 Representatives of the United States of Amer- 

 ica in Congress assembled: 



[Public— No. 384.] 



Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for any 

 person to manufacture within any territory or 

 the District of Columbia any article of food 

 or drug which is adulterated or mishranded, 

 within the meaning of this act; and any per- 

 son who shall violate any of the provisions of 

 this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and for each offense shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, be fined not to exceed $500 or shall be 

 sentenced to one year's imprisonment, or both 

 such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion 

 of the court, and for each subsequent offense 

 and conviction thereof shall be fined not less 

 than $1,000 or sentenced to one year's im- 

 prisonment, or both such fine and imprison- 

 ment, in the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 2. That the introduction into any state 

 or territory or the District of Columbia from 

 any other state or territory or the District of 

 Columbia, or from any foreign country, or 

 shipment to any foreign country of any article 



^Text of the bill adopted at the last session of 

 the congress, approved br the president on June 30. 



of food or drug which is adulterated or mis- 

 branded, within the meaning of this act, is 

 hereby prohibited; and any person who shall 

 ship or deliver for shipment from any state or 

 territory or the District of Columbia to any 

 other state or territory or the District of 

 Columbia, or to a foreign country, or who shall 

 receive in any state or territory or the District 

 of Columbia from any other state or territory 

 or the District of Columbia, or foreign coun- 

 try, and having so received, shall deliver, in 

 original unbroken packages, for pay or other- 

 wise, or offer to deliver to any other person, 

 any such article so adulterated or mishranded 

 within the meaning of this act, or any person 

 who shall sell or offer for sale in the District 

 of Columbia or the territories of the United 

 States any such adulterated or mishranded 

 foods or drugs, or export or offer to export the 

 same to any foreign country, shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and for such offense be 

 fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for 

 the first offense, and upon conviction for each 

 subsequent offense not exceeding three hun- 

 dred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding 

 one year, or both, in the discretion of the 

 court: Provided, That no article shall be 

 deemed mishranded or adulterated within the 

 provisions of this act when intended for ex- 

 port to any foreign country and prepared or 

 packed according to the specifications or direc- 

 tion of the foreign purchaser when no sub- 

 stance is used in the preparation or packing 

 thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign 

 country, but this proviso shall not exempt said 

 article from the operation of any of the other 

 provisions of this act* 



Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secre- 

 tary of Commerce and Labor shall make uni- 

 form rules and regulations for carrying out 

 the provisions of this act, including the col- 

 lection and examination of specimens of foods 

 and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in 

 the District of Columbia, or in any territory 

 of the United States, or which shall be offered 

 for sale in unbroken packages in any state 

 other than that in which they shall have been 

 respectively manufactured or produced, or 

 which shall be received from any foreign 



