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governmental body, cannot grant that which the 
grantor does not possess. In other words, the 
officer has no greater range of authority than the 
body which he represents. Under appropriate 
legislation, therefore, a city inspector, a state 
inspector, and an inspector connected with the 
Bureau of Animal Industry in the national De- 
partment of Agriculture would have very different 
powers in the same case. Suppose that they met 
upon a dairy farm which sent its products to a 
neighboring city in the same state. The national 
representative would have no authority in the 
matter until the dairyman attempted to send his 
products out of the state, though he discovered 
that there was typhoid fever upon the farm, and 
that insufficient care was taken to prevent con- 
tagion. The city inspector would have no direct 
authority in the case, but he could suggest certain 
changes in operation, and in case his suggestions 
were not accepted and acted upon he could order 
the exclusion of the products of the farm from 
his city. This would still leave the farmer at lib- 
erty to sell to other communities. The state offi- 
cial would have the authority to order such 
changes in operation as reason and law dictated, 
and in the absence of complete obedience he might 
put a quarantine upon the farm. 
In the case above supposed, the city inspector 
has no authority because the farm is outside of 
his jurisdiction, though it is necessary for him 
to go beyond his territorial jurisdiction to make 
his inspections. His authoritative jurisdiction is 
limited to the city boundaries. The authority of 
the nation is found in its power to regulate inter- 
