RES. MAY 19, 1902, No. 23. Joint resolution providing for the printing annually of franks required for sending out seed. (32 Stat. 741.)

That the Public Printer shall furnish to the Department of Agriculture such franks as the Secretary of Agriculture may require for sending out seeds on Congressional orders, the franks to have printed thereon the facsimile signatures of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, also the names of their respective States or Territories, and the words "United States Department of Agriculture, Congressional Seed Distribution ", or such other printed matter as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct; the franks to be of such size and style as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; the expense of printing the said franks to be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for the two Houses of Congress.

Res. May 19, 1902, No. 23, 32 Stat. 741.

ACT APRIL 28, 1904, c. 1486. (33 Stat. 276.)

Tests of seeds of grass, etc., for adulterations.

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to obtain in the open market samples of seeds of grass, clover, or alfalfa, test the same, and if any such seeds are found to be adulterated or misbranded, or any seeds of Canada blue grass (Poa compressa) are obtained under any other name than Canada blue grass or Poa compressa, to publish the results of the tests, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale.

Act April 28, 1904, c. 1486, 33 Stat. 283.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1905. Provisions in the same words are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the subsequent fiscal years including 1909. Provisions for the same purpose are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1910 and thereafter, in the words of the provision of the act for the fiscal year 1913, set forth below.

ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.)

Tests of seeds of grasses, etc., for adulterations.

For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa secured in the open market, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale, *

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 276.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above. Provisions in the same words are contained in similar appropriation acts for the three preceding fiscal years. Provisions for the same purpose, in the words of the provision in the act for the fiscal year 1905, set forth above, were contained in the acts for that and subsequent fiscal years.

ACT AUGUST 24, 1912, c. 382. An act to regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes. (37 Stat. 506.)

Importation of alfalfa, grass, and grain seeds adulterated or unfit for seeding purposes, prohibited; delivery under bond; seeds shipped in bond through United States or for manufacturing purposes.

That from and after six months after the passage of this Act the importation into the United States of seeds of alfalfa, barley, Cana

dian blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, awnless brome grass, buckwheat, clover, field corn, Kafir corn, meadow fescue, flax, millet, oats, orchard grass, rape, redtop, rye, sorghum, timothy, and wheat, or mixtures of seeds containing any of such seeds as one of the principal component parts, which are adulterated or unfit for seeding purposes under the terms of this Act, is hereby prohibited; and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, jointly or severally, make such rules and regulations as will prevent the importation of such seeds into the United States: Provided, however, That such seed may be delivered to the owner or consignee thereof under bond, to be recleaned in accordance with and subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and when cleaned to the standard of purity specified in this Act for admission into the United States such seed may be released to the owner or consignee thereof after the screenings and other refuse removed from such seed shall have been disposed of in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That this Act shall not apply to the importation of barley, buckwheat, field corn, Kafir corn, sorghum, flax, oats, rye, or wheat not intended for seeding purposes, when shipped in bond through the United States or imported for the purpose of manufacture, but such shipment shall be subject to provisions of the Act of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine.

Act August 24, 1912, c. 382, s. 1, 37 Stat. 506.

Adulteration; red clover; alfalfa; other seeds.

SEC. 2. That seed shall be considered adulterated within the meaning of this Act

First. When seed of red clover contains more than three per centum by weight of seed of yellow trefoil, or any other seed of similar appearance to and of lower market value than seed of red clover.

Second. When seed of alfalfa contains more than three per centum by weight of seed of yellow trefoil, burr clover and sweet clover, singly or combined.

Third. When any kind or variety of the seeds, or any mixture described in section one of this Act, contains more than five per centum by weight of seed of another kind or variety of lower market value and of similar appearance: Provided, That the mixture of the seed of white and alsike clover, red and alsike clover, or alsike clover and timothy, shall not be deemed an adulteration under this section.

Act August 24, 1912, c. 382, s. 2, 37 Stat. 507.

Unfit for seeding purposes; clover and alfalfa; other seeds.

SEC. 3. That seed shall be considered unfit for seeding purposes within the meaning of this Act

First. When any kind or variety of clover or alfalfa seed contains more than one seed of dodder to five grams of clover or alfalfa seed, respectively.

Second. When any kind or variety of the seeds or any mixture described in section one of this Act contains more than three per centum by weight of seeds of weeds.

Act August 24, 1912, c. 382, s. 3, 37 Stat. 507.

Violation of act; penalty; sale for seeding purposes of seeds imported for manufacturing purposes.

SEC. 4. That any person or persons who shall knowingly violate the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor

and shall pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than two hundred dollars: Provided, That any person or persons who shall knowingly sell for seeding purposes seeds or grain which were imported under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of manufacture shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act.

Act August 24, 1912, c. 382, s. 4, 37 Stat. 507.

ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.)

Establishing standards of grades of cotton.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a standard for the different grades of cotton, calling to his assistance for that purpose expert cotton classifiers, by fixing a standard of middling cotton and, using the same as a basis, establishing a standard of nine different grades to be designated middling fair, strict good middling, good middling, strict middling, middling, strict low middling, low midling, strict good ordinary, and good ordinary, which shall be the official standard of cotton classifications. And the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to prepare in practical form the standard of said grades and furnish the same upon request to any person, the cost thereof to be paid, when delivered, by the person requesting the same, and certified under the signature of the said Secretary and the seal of his department.

Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 256.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above.

Appropriations for investigating the handling, grading, etc., of cotton, and the establishment of standards for the different grades thereof and for carrying into effect the provisions of law relating thereto, are contained in the similar appropriation acts for subsequent fiscal years. The provision of the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth on p. 83, post. Examinations of and reporting on samples of seed or grain; fixing of grades; certificates of inspection.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain, at such points as he may deem expedient, laboratories for the purpose of examining and reporting upon the nature, quality, and condition of any sample, parcel, or consignment of seed or grain, including rent and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to report upon such samples, parcels, or consignments, from time to time, and the reports so made shall serve as a basis for the fixing of definite grades, and also for the issuance of certificates of inspection when requested by the consignor or consignee of any grain entering into foreign commerce.

Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 257.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. Provisions in the same words are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the two preceding fiscal years.

Appropriations for investigating the handling, grading, and transportation of grain and the fixing of definite grades thereof, are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the subsequent fiscal years. The appropriation in the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth on p. 83, post.

ACT AUGUST 3, 1912, c. 273. An act to establish a standard barrel and standard grades for apples when packed in barrels, and for other purposes. (37 Stat. 250.)

Standard barrel for apples; dimensions and capacity.

That the standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of

stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith.

Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 1, 37 Stat. 250.

Standard grades for apples shipped in interstate or foreign commerce; definition.

SEC. 2. That the standard grades for apples when packed in barrels which shall be shipped or delivered for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or which shall be sold or offered for sale within the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States shall be as follows: Apples of one variety, which are well-grown specimens, hand picked, of good color for the variety, normal shape, practically free from insect and fungous injury, bruises, and other defects, except such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing, or apples of one variety which are not more than ten per centum below the foregoing specifications shall be "Standard grade minimum size two and one-half inches," if the minimum size of the apples is two and one-half inches in transverse diameter; "Standard grade minimum size two and one-fourth inches," if the minimum size of the apples is two and one-fourth inches in transverse diameter; or Standard grade minimum size two inches," if the minimum size of the apples is two inches in transverse diameter.

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Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 2, 37 Stat. 250.

Branding of barrels.

SEC. 3. That the barrels in which apples are packed in accordance with the provision of this Act may be branded in accordance with section two of this Act.

Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 3, 37 Stat. 251.

Barrels deemed below standard if misbranded, as to capacity; style of marking barrels.

SEC. 4. That all barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be below standard if the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating that the barrel is a standard barrel of apples, as herein defined, and the capacity of the barrel is less than the capacity prescribed by section one of this Act, unless the barrel shall be plainly marked on end and side with words or figures showing the fractional relation which the actual capacity of the barrel bears to the capacity prescribed by section one of this Act. The marking required by this paragraph shall be in block letters of size not less than seventy-two point one-inch gothic.

Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 4, 37 Stat. 251.

Barrels deemed misbranded; contents below standard required; failure to state variety, locality, packer, etc.

SEC. 5. That barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be misbranded within the meaning of this Act

First. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating that the apples contained therein are "Standard" grade and the

apples when packed do not conform to the requirements prescribed by section two of this Act.

Second. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating that the apples contained therein are "Standard" grade and the barrel fails to bear also a statement of the name of the variety, the name of the locality where grown, and the name of the packer or the person by whose authority the apples were packed and the barrel marked.

Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 5, 37 Stat. 251.

Packing, etc., sale, etc., barrels in violation of act; penalty.

SEC. 6. That any person, firm or corporation, or association who shall knowingly pack or cause to be packed apples in barrels or who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale such barrels in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a penalty of one dollar and costs for each such barrel so sold or offered for sale, to be recovered at the suit of the United States in any court of the United States having jurisdiction.

Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 6, 37 Stat. 251.

Time of taking effect of act.

SEC. 7. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 7, 37 Stat. 251.

ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.)

SALARIES, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY: One plant physiologist and pathologist, who shall be chief of bureau, five thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one executive assistent in seed distribution, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one officer in charge of publications, two thousand dollars; one landscape gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one officer in charge of records, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of seed weighing and mailing, two thousand dollars; one executive clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two executive clerks, at one thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars each; three executive assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one assistant superintendent of seed warehouse, one thousand four hundred dollars; one seed inspector, one thousand dollars; six clerks, class four; eleven clerks, class three; two clerks or botanical translators, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; fifteen clerks, class two; thirtynine clerks, class one; one clerk, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; one clerk, one thousand and eighty dollars; three clerks, at one thousand and twenty dollars each; twenty-six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty-six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty-three clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; thirteen clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty-three inessengers, gardeners, or laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eleven messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; fifteen messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at six hundred dollars each; one artist, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars; one photographer, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; one photographer, one thousand and eighty dollars; one laboratory aid, one thousand four hundred and

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