Am.  Jour.  Pharro.  1 
September,  1906.  ) 
Pure  Food  Bill. 
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Sec.  II.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  deliver  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  Agriculture,  upon  his  request  from  time  to  time,  samples 
of  foods  and  drugs  which  are  being  imported  into  the  United  States 
or  offered  for  import,  giving  notice  thereof  to  the  owner  or  consignee, 
who  may  appear  before  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and  have  the 
right  to  introduce  testimony,  and  if  it  appear  from  the  examination  of 
such  samples  that  any  article  of  food  or  drug  offered  to  be  imported 
into  the  United  States  is  adulterated  or  misbranded  within  the  mean- 
ing of  this  Act,  or  is  otherwise  dangerous  to  the  people  of  the  United 
States,  or  is  of  a  kind  forbidden  entry  into,  or  forbidden  to  be  sold  or 
restricted  in  sale  in  the  country  in  which  it  is  made  or  from  which 
it  is  exported,  or  is  otherwise  falsely  labeled  in  any  respect,  the 
said  article  shall  be  refused  admission,  and  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  shall  refuse  delivery  to  the  consignee  and  shall  cause  the 
destruction  of  any  goods  refused  delivery  which  shall  not  be  exported 
by  the  consignee  within  three  months  from  the  date  of  notice  of 
such  refusal  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
may  prescribe :  Provided,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may 
deliver  to  the  consignee  such  goods  pending  examination  and 
decision  in  the  matter  on  execution  of  a  penal  bond  for  the  amount 
of  the  full  invoice  value  of  such  goods,  together  with  the  duty 
thereon,  and  on  refusal  to  return  such  goods  for  any  cause  to  the 
custody  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  when  demanded,  for  the 
purpose  of  excluding  them  from  the  country,  or  for  any  other  pur- 
pose, said  consignee  shall  forfeit  the  full  amount  of  the  bond :  And 
provided  further y  That  all  charges  for  storage,  cartage,  and  labor  on 
goods  which  are  refused  admission  or  delivery  shall  be  paid  by  the 
owner  or  consignee,  and  in  default  of  such  payment  shall  constitute 
a  lien  against  any  future  importation  made  by  such  owner  or  con- 
signee. 
Sec.  12.  That  the  term  "Territory,"  as  used  in  this  Act,  shall 
include  the  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States.  The  word 
"  person,"  as  in  this  Act,  shall  be  construed  to  import  both  the 
plural  and  the  singular,  as  the  case  demands,  and  shall  include  cor- 
porations, companies,  societies  and  associations.  When  construing 
and  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the  act,  omission,  or  failure 
of  any  officer,  agent,  or  other  person  acting  for  or  employed  by  any 
corporation,  company,  society,  or  association,  within  the  scope  of 
his  employment  or  office,  shall  in  every  case  be  also  deemed  to  be 
