GOVERNMENTAL INSPECTION 197 
formerly conferred upon the Secretary of the 
Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
The Act of March 3, 1905,®° enables the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture to establish quarantine dis- 
tricts for different diseases, and to regulate the 
movements of animals therefrom, and more fully to 
control the spread of infectious diseases of ani- 
mals. 
The Acts of June 29, 1906,?1 and of March 4, 
1913,4* are for the prevention of cruelty to ani- 
mals during shipment, and for the regulation of 
transportation. 
The Act of appropriation, of March 4, 1911,?? 
provides under certain conditions, for the impor- 
tation of tick infested cattle from Mexico into that 
part of Texas below the southern cattle quarantine 
line. 
152. Meat Inspection. The Act of August 30, 
1890,?* provides for the inspection of meats for 
exportation, and prohibits the importation of 
adulterated articles of food or drink.** 
The Acts of June 30, 1906,?° and March 4, 1907,°° 
S. W. 441), or coloring to dis- 
tilled vinegar, so that it will 
30 33 Stat. 1264. 
3134 Stat. 260. 
31a 37 Stat. 831. 
32 Public, No. 478. 
33 26 Stat. 414. 
34 Cove oysters are adulter- 
ated when they contain an ex- 
cessive amount of water. Food 
and Drugs act, judgments 2583, 
2584, Misleading addition of 
coloring matter may be pro- 
hibited, such as the addition of 
annatto to milk (St. Louis v. 
Polinsky, 190 Mo. 516; St. 
Louis v. Jud, 236 Mo. 1, 139 
represent cider vinegar (People 
v. William Henning Co., 260 
Ml. 554, 103 N. E. 530), or the 
coloring of oleomargarine to 
represent butter (People v. 
Arensberg, 105 N. Y. 123; Pus- 
Lic HeALTH, 465). Milk, oys- 
ters, and other articles of food 
are frequently condemned as 
adulterated on account of the 
presence of bacteria. 
35 34 Stat. 674. 
36 34 Stat. 1200. 
