a capacity of seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches shall be a standard barrel. The standard barrel for cranberries shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of staves, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, sixteen and one-fourth inches; distance between heads, twenty-five and one-fourth inches; circumference of bulge, fifty-eight and one-half inches, outside measurement; and the thickness of staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch. [38 Stat. L. 1186.]

Standard barrel for apples, see 1914 Supp. Fed. Stat. Annot. 3.

SEC. 2. [Penalties for violation of act-barrels when not below standard -barrels shipped to foreign country.] That it shall be unlawful to sell, offer, or expose for sale in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to ship from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia or to a foreign country, a barrel containing fruits or vegetables or any other dry commodity of less capacity than the standard barrels defined in the first section of this Act, or subdivisions thereof known as the third, half, and three-quarters barrel, and any person guilty of a willful violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to a fine not to exceed $500, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, in the court of the United States having jurisdiction: Provided, however, That no barrel shall be deemed below standard within the meaning of this Act when shipped to any foreign country and constructed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser if not constructed in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which the same is intended to be shipped. [38 Stat. L. 1186.]

SEC. 3. [Reasonable variations in barrels permitted-prosecutions for offenses how begun-act not applicable to certain barrels.] That reasonable variations shall be permitted and tolerance shall be established by rules and regulations made by the Director of the Bureau of Standards and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Prosecutions for offenses under this Act may be begun upon complaint of local sealers of weights and measures or other officers of the several States and Territories appointed to enforce the laws of the said States or Territories, respectively, relating to weights and measures: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall apply to barrels used in packing or shipping commodities sold exclusively by weight or numerical count. [38 Stat. L. 1187.]

SEC. 4. [Act when in force.] That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen. [38 Stat. L. 1187.]

An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

[Act of March 4, 1915, Ch. 144.]

[SEC. 1.] [Samples of sugars, etc., furnished state and municipal officers -price charged-disposition of receipts.] Hereafter the Secre

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[American food products shipped to foreign countries-inspection—issuance of certificate of results-cost of inspection-disposition of receipts.] That hereafter no certificate of results of any such inspection shall issue unless the owner or his agent shall first pay to the Secretary of Agriculture, at a price to be determined and established by the Secretary, the actual cost of the inspection, the money received to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. [38 Stat. L. 1102.]

"Such inspection" in the above paragraph relates to the right of owners or shippers of American food products shipped to foreign countries to have the same inspected by the Agricultural Department.

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[Books and periodicals of library-exchange authorized.] That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may exchange books and periodicals of the library not needed for permanent use for other books and periodicals. [38 Stat. L. 1107.]

[Card index of agricultural literature-copies furnished institutions or individuals.] * * * And the Secretary of Agriculture hereafter may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Department of Agriculture in connection with its administration of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page four hundred and forty), and the Act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page sixty-three), and the Acts amendatory of and supplementary thereto, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expenses involved in the preparation of these copies, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. [38 Stat. L. 1109.]

For Act of March 2, 1887, see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 9. For Act of March 16, 1906, see 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Annot. 3.

[Agricultural experiment stations—preparation of annual report-copies.] That hereafter there be prepared by the Department of Agriculture an annual report on the work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations established under the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page four hundred and forty), on the work and expenditures of the Department of Agriculture in connection therewith, and on the cooperative agricultural extension work and expenditures of the Department of Agriculture and of agricultural colleges under the Act of May eighth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Depart

ment of Agriculture;" and that there be printed annually eight thousand copies of said report, of which one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture. [38 Stat. L. 1110.]

For the Act of March 2, 1887, see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 9. For the Act of May 8, 1914, see post, p. 43.

[Plants and plant products—terminal inspection by state-packages of such products mailed to persons in state subject to inspection.] That hereafter when any State shall provide for terminal inspection of plants and plant products, and shall establish and maintain, at the sole expense of the State, such inspection at one or more places therein, the proper officials of said State may submit to the Secretary of Agriculture a list of plants and plant products and the plant pests transmitted thereby, that in the opinion of said officials should be subject to terminal inspection in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination in said State of pests injurious to agriculture. Upon his approval of said list, in whole or in part, the Secretary of Agriculture shall transmit the same to the Postmaster General, and thereafter all packages containing any plants or plant products named in said approved lists shall, upon payment of postage therefor, be forwarded by the postmaster at the destination of said package to the proper State official at the nearest place where inspection is maintained. If the plant or plant products are found upon inspection to be free from injurious pests, or if infected shall be disinfected by said official, they shall upon payment of postage therefor be returned to the postmaster at the place of inspection to be forwarded to the person to whom they are addressed; but if found to be infected with injurious pests and incapable of satisfactory disinfection the State inspector shall so notify the postmaster at the place of inspection, who shall promptly notify the sender of said plants or plant products that they will be returned to him upon his request and at his expense, or in default of such request that they will be turned over to the State authorities for destruction. [38 Stat. L. 1113.]

[Marking of packages required-penalty for violation.] On and after the passage and approval of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to deposit in the United States mails any package containing any plant or plant product addressed to any place within a State maintaining inspection thereof, as herein defined, without plainly marking the package so that its contents may be readily ascertained by an inspection of the outside thereof. Whoever shall fail to so mark said packages shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. [38 Stat. L. 1113.]

[Rules and regulations-Postmaster General to make.] The Postmaster General is hereby authorized and directed to make all needful rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes hereof. [38 Stat. L. 1113.]

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[Sale, etc., of live stock-disposition of moneys received.] Hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell in the open market or to exchange for other livestock such animals or animal products as cease to be needed in the work of the department, and all moneys received from the sale of such animals or animal products or as a bonus in the

exchange of the same shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. [38 Stat. L. 1114.]

ALASKA.

Act of March 12, 1914, Ch. 37, 7.

Sec. 1. Railroads - Construction and Operation by Government - Leases Telegraphs and Telephones-Disposal of Public Domain,

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2. Amount of Expenditures, 8.

3. Disposition of Moneys Derived from Sales, etc., of Public Property -Earnings of Railroads, Telegraphs and Telephones, 9.

4. Reports to President - Transmission to Congress, 9.

Act of July 18, 1914, Ch. 187, 9.

Sec. 1. Railroads - Tax on Gross Annual Income - Repeal of License Tax, 9.

Act of August 29, 1914, Ch. 292, 10.

Sec. 1. Power of Courts to Enforce Statutes — Legislative Power - Costs of Prosecutions, 10.

Act of October 20, 1914, Ch. 330, 10.

Sec. 1. Coal Lands-Surveys, 10.

2. Partial Reservation of Lands by Government, 10.

3. Unreserved Lands Leased, 11.

4. Lessees When Entitled to Additional Lands, 11.

5. Consolidation of Leases, 12.

6. Quantity of Land Covered by Lease - Forfeiture of Interests, 12. 7. Violations of Act-Punishment, 12.

8. Directors, etc., of Corporation — Punishment for Violations of Act, 12.

8a. Restraint of Trade - Forfeiture of Leases, 13.

9. Royalties-Terms of Leases-Net Profits, 13.

10. Limited Licenses, 13.

11. Reservations in Leases - Easements, 13.

12. Assignments, etc., of Leases, 14.

13. Adverse Claims, 14.

14. Breach of Terms of Lease - Forfeiture, 14.

15. Scope of Act-Pending Proceedings-No Lease of Lands Adversely Claimed, 14.

16. Statements, etc., under Oath - False Oaths, 15.

17. Authority of Secretary of Interior, 15.

18. Repeal of Conflicting Acts, 15.

Act of March 4, 1915, Ch. 181, 15.

Sec. 1. Public Lands Reservation for Educational Uses - Leases Mineral Lands, 15.

2. Lands in Fairbanks Section Reserved for Same Uses - Vested Rights of Persons Not Disturbed, 16.

CROSS-REFERENCE.

National banks in Alaska, see NATIONAL BANKS.

An Act To authorize the President of the United States to locate, construct, and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

[Act of March 12, 1914, Ch. 37.]

[SEC. 1.] [Railroads — construction and operation by government — leases -telegraphs and telephones - disposal of public domain.] That the President of the United States is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to adopt and use a name by which to designate the railroad or railroads and properties to be located, owned, acquired, or operated under the authority of this Act; to employ such officers, agents, or agencies, in his discretion, as may be necessary to enable him to carry out the purposes of this Act; to authorize and require such officers, agents, or agencies to perform any or all of the duties imposed upon him by the terms of this Act; to detail and require any officer or officers in the Engineer Corps in the Army or Navy to perform service under this Act; to fix the compensation of all officers, agents, or employees appointed or designated by him; to designate and cause to be located a route or routes for a line or lines of railroad in the Territory of Alaska not to exceed in the aggregate one thousand miles, to be so located as to connect one or more of the open Pacific Ocean harbors on the southern coast of Alaska with the navigable waters in the interior of Alaska, and with a coal field or fields so as best to aid in the development of the agricultural and mineral or other resources of Alaska, and the settlement of the public lands therein, and so as to provide transportation of coal for the Army and Navy, transportation of troops, arms, munitions of war, the mails, and for other governmental and public uses, and for the transportation of passengers and property; to construct and build a railroad or railroads along such route or routes as he may so designate and locate, with the necessary branch lines. feeders, sidings, switches, and spurs; to purchase or otherwise acquire all real and personal property necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act; to exercise the power of eminent domain in acquiring property for such use, which use is hereby declared to be a public use, by condemnation in the courts of Alaska in accordance with the laws now or hereafter in force there; to acquire rights of way, terminal grounds, and all other rights; to purchase or otherwise acquire all necessary equipment for the construction and operation of such railroad or railroads; to build or otherwise acquire docks, wharves, terminal facilities, and all structures needed for the equipment and operation of such railroad or railroads; to fix, change, or modify rates for the transportation of passengers and property, which rates shall be equal and uniform, but no free transportation or passes shall be permitted except that the provisions of the interstate commerce laws relating to the transportation of employees and their families shall be in force as to the lines constructed under this Act; to receive compensation for the transportation of passengers and property, and to perform generally all the usual duties of a common carrier by railroad; to make and establish rules and regulations for the control and op eration of said railroad or railroads; in his discretion, to lease the said railroad or railroads, or any portion thereof, including telegraph and telephone lines, after completion under such terms as he may deem proper, but no lease shall be for a longer period than twenty years, or in the event of failure to lease, to operate the same until the further action of Congress: Provided, That if said railroad or railroads, including telegraph and telephone lines, are leased under the authority herein given, then and in that event they shall be operated under the jurisdiction and control of the provisions of the interstate