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or employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of 
the United States Department of Agriculture, or 
uses any dangerous or deadly weapon in resisting 
him in the execution of his duties, with intent to 
commit a bodily injury upon him, or to deter or 
prevent him from discharging his duties, or on 
account of the performance of his duties, shall, 
upon conviction, be imprisoned at hard labor for 
a term not more than five years, or fined not to 
exceed one thousand dollars.’’ (The words ‘‘or 
both fine and imprisonment’’ should have been 
added to this paragraph.) 
In this connection it is necessary to remember 
that there may be two or more distinct criminal 
acts involved in a single physical deed. The sec- 
tion of law quoted above related not to a resistance 
offered to, nor to an assault upon, a man, but upon 
an officer or employee of the bureau; and with rela- 
tion to his work under the authority of that 
bureau. For this the offender would be tried be- 
fore a United States Court; but he would also be 
subject to trial under the laws, and before the 
courts of the state in which the act was committed 
for his opposition to, or attack upon the man. 
His influence in state politics might sometimes 
give an intending obstructor a degree of confi- 
dence, but the strength of the nation may not be 
lightly put aside. 
132. Liability of the Department. The Depart- 
ment of Agriculture does not assume any liability 
as to loss of stock in treatment. It is the duty of 
shippers to see that their animals are free from 
infectious disease before they are offered for ship- 
ment. Shippers of animals infected witk disease 
