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That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed and required to select, classify, and segregate, as soon as practicable, all lands within the boundaries of national forests that may be opened to settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the national forests, and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid.

For the expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture for survey and listing of lands within forest reserves chiefly valuable for agriculture and describing the same by metes and bounds, or otherwise, as required by the Act of June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, and the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, however, That any such survey and the plat and field 'notes thereof paid for out of this appropriation shall be made by an employee of the Forest Service under the direction of the United States surveyor general,

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A clause, here omitted, of the last proviso set forth, providing that no land listed under act June 11, 1906, c. 3074, shall pass from the forest until patent issues, is set forth on p. 139, ante.

A proviso, here omitted, authorizing the sale to homestead settlers and farmers of mature, dead, and down timber in national forests, is set forth on p. 92, ante.

For fighting forest fires and for other unforeseen emergencies, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;

For the purchase and maintenance of necessary field, office, and laboratory supplies, instruments and equipment, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars;

For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the preservative treatment of timber, for timber testing and the testing of such woods as may require test to ascertain if they be suitable for making paper, and for other investigations and experiments to promote economy in the use of forest products, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall investigate the best methods of distillation of Douglas fir and other northwestern species of fir and timber, and ascertain the yields of distillates of various species, and the refining and commercial use of the distillates;

For experiments and investigations of range conditions within national forests, and of methods for improving the range by reseeding, regulation of grazing, and other means, twenty thousand one hundred and eighty dollars;

For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seeding and tree planting within national forests, and for experiments and investigations necessary for such seeding and tree planting, one hundred and sixty-five thousand six hundred and forty dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may procure such seed, cones, and nursery stock by open purchase without advertisements for proposals, whenever in his discretion such method is most economical and in the public interest, and when the cost thereof will not exceed five hundred dollars;

For silvicultural, dendrological, and other experiments and investigations independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, with States and with individuals, to determine the best methods for the conservative management of forests and forest lands, eighty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars;

For market and other miscellaneous forest investigations, and for collating, digesting, recording, illustrating, and distributing the results of the experiments and investigations herein provided for, thirty-one thousand three hundred and sixty dollars;

For the construction and maintenance of roads, trails, bridges, fire lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and development of the national forests, four hundred thousand dollars;

Provided, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected with the Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and objects specified and authorized in and by this appropriation: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be paid or used for the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation or publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this shall not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimination, including newspaper and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts or official information of value to the public.

That an additional ten per centum of all moneys received from the national forests during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of highways of which such roads may be made a part.

In all, for general expenses, three million one hundred and seven thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars.

Not to exceed fifteen per centum of the total of all sums appropriated under "General expenses, Forest Service," may be used in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture as provided above under general expenses for Forest Service for all expenses necessary for the general administration of the Forest Service.

Total for Forest Service, five million three hundred and fortythree thousand and forty-five dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 279.

FIGHTING AND PREVENTING FOREST FIRES IN EMERGENCY: For fighting and preventing forest fires in cases of extraordinary emergency, two hundred thousand dollars, or so much therof as may be necessary. Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 300.

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These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

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A provision, here omitted, appropriating and making available until expended so much of the maximum sums mentioned in act March 1, 1911, c. 186, s. 3, for the fiscal years 1912 to 1915, inclusive, as shall remain unexpended at the close of each of said fiscal years, is set forth on p. 102, ante.

BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY.

ACT JUNE 3, 1902, c. 985. (32 Stat. 286.)

Establishment of bureau.

All existing statutes relating to the Division of Chemistry, reorganized into the Bureau of Chemistry, not otherwise repealed, are continued in effect as applying to said bureau, by a proviso annexed to the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1903, cited above, set forth on p. 11, ante.

ACT MARCH 2, 1901, c. 805. (31 Stat. 922.)

Chief of bureau.

* One chemist, who shall be chief of bureau,

Act March 2, 1901, c. 805, 31 Stat. 930.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902, cited above. Provisions in the same words are contained in the similar acts for subsequent fiscal years. The provision in the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth on p. 195, post. Previous to the reorganization of the Division of Chemistry into the Bureau of Chemistry, by a provision of act June 3, 1902, c. 985, set forth on p. 11, ante, the agricultural appropriation acts, for the fiscal years 1896 to 1901, inclusive, contained provisions for "One chemist, who shall be chief of division."

ACT AUGUST 30, 1890, c. 839. (26 Stat. 414.)

Importation of adulterated food, drugs, or liquors prohibited; penalty.

SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful to import into the United States any adulterated or unwholesome food or drug or any vinous, spirituous or malt liquors, adulterated or mixed with any poisonous or noxious chemical drug or other ingredient injurious to health. Any person who shall knowingly import into the United States any such adulterated food or drug, or drink, knowing or having reasons to believe the same to be adulterated, being the owner or the agent of the owner, or the consignor or consignee of the owner, or in privity with them, assisting in such unlawful act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to prosecution therefor in the district court of the United States for the district into which such property is imported; and, on conviction, such person shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for each separate shipment, and may be imprisoned by the court for a term not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Act August 30, 1890, c. 839, s. 2, 26 Stat. 415.

Forfeiture of imported adulterated food, drugs, or liquors; proceedings; destruction or exportation of imported goods; inspection of imported articles. SEC. 3. That any article designed for consumption as human food or drink, and any other article of the classes or description mentioned in this act, which shall be imported into the United States contrary to its provisions, shall be forfeited to the United States, and shall be proceeded against under the provisions of chapter eighteen of title thirteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and such imported property so declared forfeited may be destroyed or returned to the importer for exportation from the United States after the payment of all costs and expenses, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and the Secretary of the Treasury may cause such imported articles to be inspected or examined in

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order to ascertain whether the same have been so unlawfully imported.

Act August 30, 1890, c. 839, s. 3, 26 Stat. 415.

Provisions for the inspection of samples of imported foods, drugs, liquors, etc., and the disposition of adulterated or misbranded articles, contained in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1907, act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, and in act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, s. 11, are set forth below.

Suspension of importation of adulterated articles.

SEC. 4. That whenever the President is satisfied that there is a good reason to believe that any importation is being made, or is about to be made, into the United States, from any foreign country, of any article used for human food or drink that is adulterated to an extent dangerous to the health or welfare of the people of the United States, or any of them, he may issue his proclamation suspending the importation of such articles from such country for such period of time as he may think necessary to prevent such importation; and during such period it shall be unlawful to import into the United States from the countries designated in the proclamation of the President any of the articles importation of which is so suspended.

Act August 30, 1890, c. 839, s. 4, 26 Stat. 415.

Suspension of importation from countries making unjust discriminations.

SEC. 5. That whenever the President shall be satisfied that unjust discriminations are made by or under the authority of any foreign state against the importation to or sale in such foreign state of any product of the United States, he may direct that such products of such foreign state so discriminating against any product of the United States as he may deem proper shall be excluded from importation to the United States; and in such case he shall make proclamation of his direction in the premises, and therein name the time when such direction against importation shall take effect, and after such date the importation of the articles named in such proclamation shall be unlawful. The President may at any time revoke, modify, terminate, or renew any such direction as, in his opinion, the public interest may require.

Act August 30. 1890, c. 839, s. 5, 26 Stat. 415.

These are sections of "An act providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food and drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes," cited above. Section 1 of this act, relating to the inspection and certification of salted pork and bacon for exportation, and sections 6-10, relating to the importation, quaran tine, and inspection of diseased or infected cattle, etc., are set forth above, under Bureau of Animal Industry."

Provisions prohibiting the introduction into any State, etc., of dairy or food products misbranded as to State, etc., of production, etc., and providing a penalty for violation thereof, are contained in act July 1, 1902, c. 1357, set forth below.

More comprehensive provisions for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation, as well as the importation, of adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs, etc., are contained in act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3913. (34 Stat. 669.)

Importation of adulterated food, drugs, and liquors; inspection and analysis of specimens.

* to investigate the composition, adulteration, false labeling, or false branding of foods, drugs, beverages, condiments, and in

gredients of such articles, when deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable, * * And the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he has reason to believe that any articles are being imported from foreign countries which are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or which shall be falsely labeled or branded either as to their contents or as to the place of their manufacture or production, shall make a request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples from original packages of such articles for inspection and analysis, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to open such original packages and deliver specimens to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose mentioned, giving notice to the owner or consignee of the sampling of such articles, who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony before the Secretary of Agriculture, or his representative, either in person or by agent, concerning the suitability of such articles for entry; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the consignee of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to him have been inspected and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health or falsely labeled or branded, either as to their contents or as to the place of their manufacture or production, or which are forbidden entry or to be sold, or are restricted in sale in the countries in which they are made or from which they are exported.

Act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 685.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, cited above. Similar provisions are contained in the similar appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902 and are repeated with minor changes in the acts for intervening fiscal years.

Previous provisions for the inspection of imported foods, drugs, or liquors, and the forfeiture of adulterated or misbranded articles, are contained in act August 30, 1890, c. 839, s. 1, set forth above. Subsequent provisions for the examination of samples of imported foods and drugs, and the disposition of adulterated or misbranded articles, are contained in act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, set forth below, with other comprehensive provisions of said act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation, as well as the importation, of adulterated or misbranded foods, drugs, etc.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1357. An act to prevent a false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the State or Territory in which they are made or produced. (32 Stat. 632.)

Introduction into any State or Territory, etc., from any other State or Territory, etc., of dairy or food products falsely labeled or branded as to State or Territory in which they are made, produced, or grown, forbidden. That no person or persons, company or corporation, shall introduce into any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or sell in the District of Columbia or in any Territory any dairy or food products which shall be falsely labeled or branded as to the State or Territory in which they are made, produced, or grown, or cause or procure the same to be done by others.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1357, s. 1, 32 Stat. 632. Violation of act; penalty; jurisdiction of prosecutions.

SEC. 2. That if any person or persons violate the provisions of this Act, either in person or through another, he shall be guilty of a

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