FEDERAL STATUTES, ANNOTATED. APPENDIX Bringing the Acts of Congress down to January 1, 1906.. ADULTERATION. Adulteration of Seeds, see AGRICULTURE, post, p. 4. Adulteration of Foods, Liquors, etc., see FOODS AND DRUGS, post, p. 89. Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, I. Appointments, Promotions, and Changes in Salaries, 1. Experimental Grass Stations, 2. Form of Annual Financial Statement, 2. Employment of Assistants, Incurring of Expense, etc., 2. Index of Agricultural Literature, 2. 2. Sending Insect Pests by Mail Prohibited, 3. 3. Regulations for Shipment, 3. 4. Penalties for Violation of Act, 4. Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 4. 'Animal Quarantine Regulations, see ANIMALS, post, p. 35. Nutritive Investigations, see FOODS AND DRUGS, post, p. 89. Inspection of Adulterated Foods, Liquors, etc., see FOODS AND DRUGS, post, Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to make such appointments, promotions, and changes in salaries, to be paid out of the lump funds of the several bureaus, divisions and offices of the Department as may be for the best interests of the service: Provided, That the maximum salary of any classified scientific investigator in the city of Washington, or other employee engaged in scientific work, shall not exceed three thousand dollars per annum. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to pay the salary of each employee from the roll of the bureau, independent division, or office in which the employee is working, and no other: Provided, however, Thet details may be made from the office of the Secretary when necessary and the services of the person whom it is proposed to detail are not required in that office; and he is further authorized and directed to submit to Congress each year a statement covering all appointments, promotions, or other changes made in the salaries paid from lump funds, giving in each case the title, salary, and amount of such change or changes, together with reasons therefor. All classified laborers whose positions are transferred from the lump funds to the statutory rolls are hereby placed in the classified service without further examination in the grades and at the rates of compensation herein provided. [33 Stat. L. 883.] This is from the Agricultural Department Appropriation Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1405. [Experimental grass stations.] The provisions of the Act of March 2, 1901, ch. 805, set forth in vol. 1, p. 10, are repeated in the subsequent Acts of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, 32 Stat. L. 292; March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, [Form of annual financial statement.] The provision of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set forth in vol. 1, p. 11, is repeated in the Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, 32 32 Stat. L. 1154; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 284; March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. L. 869. Stat. L. 1164; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 [Employment of assistants, incurring of expense, etc.] The provision of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set forth in vol. 1, p. 11, is repeated in the Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, 32 [Index of agricultural literature.] The provision of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set forth in vol. 1, p. 11, is repeated in the Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, 32 Stat. L. 1164; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 1164; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 [Sale of products in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico.] The provisions of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set forth in vol. 1, p. 12, are repeated in the subsequent Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, 32 Stat. L. 1147; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 294; March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. L. 881. An Act To prohibit importation or interstate transportation of insect pests, and the use of the United States mails for that purpose. [Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1501, 33 Stat. L. 1269.] [SEC. 1.] Importation or interstate transportation of insect pests prohibited.] That no railroad, steamboat, express, stage, or other transportation company shall knowingly transport from one State or Territory into any other State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia into a State or Territory, or from a State or Territory into the District of Columbia, or from a foreign country into the United States, the gypsy moth, brown-tail moth, leopard moth, plum curculio, hop plant-louse, boll weevil, or any of them in a live state, or other insect in a live state which is notoriously injurious to cultivated crops, including vegetables, field crops, bush fruits, orchard trees, forest trees, or shade trees; or the eggs, pupæ, or larvæ of any insect injurious as aforesaid, except when shipped for scientific purposes under the regulations hereinafter provided for; nor shall any person remove from one State or Territory into another State or Territory, or from a foreign country into the United States, or from a State or Territory into the District of Columbia, or from the District of Columbia into any State or Territory, except for scientific purposes under the regulations hereinafter provided for, the gypsy moth, brown-tail moth, leopard meth, plum curculio, hop plant-louse, boll weevil, or any of them in a live state, or other insect in a live state which is notoriously injurious to cultivated crops, including vegetables, field crops, bush fruits, orchard trees, forest trees, or shade trees; or the eggs, pupæ, or larvæ of any insect injurious as aforesaid. [33 Stat. L. 1269.] SEC. 2. [Sending insect pests by mail prohibited.] That any letter, parcel, box, or other package containing the gypsy moth, brown-tail moth, leopard moth, plum curculio, hop plant-louse, boll weevil, or any of them in a live state, or other insect in a live state which is notoriously injurious to cultivated crops, including vegetables, field crops, bush fruits, orchard trees, forest trees, or shade trees, or any letter, parcel, box, or package which contains the eggs, pupæ, or larvae of any insect injurious as aforesaid, whether sealed as first-class matter or not, is hereby declared to be nonmailable matter, except when mailed for scientific purposes under the regulations hereinafter provided for, and shall not be conveyed in the mails, nor delivered from any post-office, nor by any letter carrier, except when mailed for scientific purposes under the regula tions hereinafter provided for; and any person who shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable matter, or cause the same to be taken from the mails for the purpose of retaining, circulating, or disposing of, or of aiding in the retention, circulation, or disposition of the same shall, for each and every offense, be fined, upon conviction thereof, not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall authorize any person to open any letter or sealed matter of the first-class not addressed to himself. [33 Stat. L. 1270.] SEC. 3. [Regulations for shipment.] That it shall be the duty of the Secre tary of Agriculture, and he is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and promulgate rules and regulations under which the insects covered by sections one and two of this Act may be mailed, shipped, transported, delivered, and removed, for scientific purposes, from one State or Territory into another State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia into a State or Territory, or from a State or Territory into the District of Columbia, and any insects covered by sections one and two of this Act may be so mailed, shipped, transported, delivered, and removed, for scientific purposes, under the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, in so far as they affect the method of mailing insects, shall be approved by the Postmaster-General, and nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any State from making and enforcing laws in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, prohibiting or regulating the admission into that State of insects from a foreign country. [33 Stat. L. 1270.] SEC. 4. [Penalties for violation of act.] That any person, company, or corporation who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section one of this Act shall, for each offense, be fined, upon conviction thereof, not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court. [33 Stat. L. 1270.] * * * [Tests of seeds 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. [33 Stat. L. 869.] This is from the Agricultural Department Appropriation Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1405. Identically similar provisions were contained in the Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, 32 * * * Stat. L. 1154; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 283. Somewhat similar provisions were contained in prior Acts. See vol. 1, p. 14. [Distribution of seeds, etc.- Congressional allotment.] The provisions of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set out in vol. 1, p. 14, are repeated in the subsequent Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. [Farmers' bulletins.] The provisions of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set forth in vol. 1, p. 15, are repeated in the subsequent Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. [Monthly crop report.] The provisions of the Act of June 3, 1902, ch. 985, set forth in vol. 1, p. 16, are repeated in the subsequent Acts of March 3, 1903, ch. 1008, 32 Stat. L. 1155; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 285; March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. L. 871. 1008, 32 Stat. L. 1161; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 291; March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. L. 878. 1008, 32 Stat. L. 1162; April 23, 1904, ch. 1486, 33 Stat. L. 292; March 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. L. 879. [Co-operation of experiment stations in irrigation and drainage investigations.] * * * IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS: * * * the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs and laws of the respective States and Territories as may be mutually agreed upon. [33 Stat. L. 882.] This is from the Agricultural Department Appropriation Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1405. The same provision has appeared for several years in the appropriation acts. Volume X. Act of March 2, 1903, ch. 978, 6. ALASKA. Sec. 1. Amends Alaska Civil Code, title 2, ch. 5, sec. 54, 6. 2. Amends title 2, ch. 5, sec. 469, 6. 3. Amends title 3, ch. 21, sec. 201, 6. 5. Amends title 3, by adding chapter 37, 9. Act of April 28, 1904, ch. 1778, 15. Sec. 1. Incorporation of Towns - Petition - Hearing and Order, 15. 3. Canvass of Votes - Oath of Officers-Annual Elections, 16. 4. Powers of Town Council, 16. 5. Powers, How Exercised - Indebtedness, 18. 6. Powers, Duties, etc., of Other Officers, 18. 7. Use of License Funds, 19. 8. Repeal, 19. Act of Jan. 27, 1905, ch. 277, 20. Sec. 1. License Fees to Constitute Alaska Fund' Division and Use of Fund, 20. 2. Board of Road Commissioners - Powers and Duties, 20. 3. Governor Made Superintendent of Public Instruction-Duties, 21. 4. School Districts Within Incorporated Towns - Officers, Powers, and Duties, 21. 5. School Districts Outside of Incorporated Towns - Establishment — Elections Officers, etc., 22. 6. Reports of School Board Clerks, 23. 7. Separation of Races, 23. 8. Insane Persons-Commitment and Care, 24. 9. Repeal, 24. Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1497, 25. Sec. 1. Fees to Be Paid Secretary- Amount, 25. 2. Alaska Historical Library and Museum to Have Fees, 25. 3. Bond of Secretary, 25. Act of March 3, 1903, ch. 1002, 25. Homestead Laws Extended to Alaska, 25. Indemnity, etc., Lands, 25. Maximum Entries, 25. Location on Water Banks, 26. Commutation, 26. Reservations on Navigable Waters, 26. Patent Requirements, 26. Maximum Entry Increased, 26. Location on Unsurveyed Lands, 26. Records to Be Filed- Contents, 26. Issue of Patent, 26. Mineral Lands Excepted, 27. Transfers Permitted, 27. Act of April 28, 1904, ch. 1772, 27. Sec. 1. Coal Land Entries-Location - Boundaries - Filing Notice, 27. 2. Application for and Issue of Patent - Payment, 27. 3. Adverse Claims, 28. 4. Continuance of Existing Laws, 28. |