SEC. 91. [Authorized agent for service of process.] That as a condition precedent to the exercise of any power or privilege herein granted or conferred the American Legion shall file in the office of the secretary of state of each State the name and post office address of an authorized agent in such State upon whom legal process or demands against the American Legion may be served. [41 Stat. L. 285.] SEC. 10. [Reservation of right to repeal or amend.] That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act at any time is hereby expressly reserved. [41 Stat. L. 285.] Act of Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178, 9. ANIMALS Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth and Other Contagious Diseases of Animals, 9. Act of Nov. 21, 1918, ch. 212, 10. Sec. 3. Tick-infested Cattle Admission for Immediate Slaughter 10. Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 11. Cattle Reacting to Tuberculin Test - Shipment in Interstate Commerce -Im- Cattle Reacting to Tuberculin Test After Shipment in Interstate Commerce - Interstate Shipments of Meats Equine Meats Tagging - Penalties, 11. CROSS-REFERENCES See GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS; INDIANS [Eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals.] In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens the live-stock industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000, which sum is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as he determines to be necessary, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future purchases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations: Provided, That the payment for animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, the payment by the United States Government for any animal shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisements. [40 Stat. L. 1006.] This is from the Agricultural Appropriation Act of Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178. J SEC. 3. [Tick-infested cattle — admission for immediate slaughter.] That the Act entitled "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural products," approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to strike out, in section nine, after the words "Caribbean Sea," the following: "into those parts of the United States below the southern cattle quarantine line at such ports of entry as may be designated by said joint regulations and also," so that the section as amended will read as follows: "SEC. 9. That the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled 'An Act providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes (Twenty-sixth Statutes at Large, page four hundred and fourteen), is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, within his discretion and under such joint regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury, to permit the admission into the United States for immediate slaughter at ports of entry to be designated in said joint regulations of tick-infested cattle which are otherwise free from disease and which have not been exposed to the infection of any other disease within sixty. days next before their exportation from Mexico, South and Central America, the islands of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, subject to the provisions of sections seven, eight, nine, and ten of said Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety: Provided, That the importation of tick-infested cattle from any country referred to in this section in which foot-and-mouth disease exists, which existence shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited: Provided further, That all cattle imported under the provisions of this section shall be slaughtered in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes. at Large, page six hundred and seventy-four), commonly called the meat-inspection amendment, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that their hides shall be disposed of under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture: And provided further, That the slaughter of all such cattle imported into the Territory of Porto Rico may be deferred for such time and under such restrictions as the Secretary of Agriculture may by regulation prescribe, and that the Secretary of Agriculture, within his discretion and under such joint regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury, may permit the exportation of tick-infested cattle from the Virgin Islands to Porto Rico when said cattle are otherwise free from disease." [40 Stat. L. 1048.] This is from the Act of Nov. 21, 1918, ch. 212, entitled "An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the purposes of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural products,' and for other purposes." For Act of Aug. 10, 1917, § 9, before the amendment here given in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 61. For Act of Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 839, mentioned in the text, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (1st ed.) 442; 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 374. The Act of June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, mentioned in the text, was superseded by the similar provisions of the Act of March 4, 1907, ch. 2907, given in 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 46; 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 397. * * * [Cattle reacting to tuberculin test shipment in interstate commerce — immediate slaughter.] That the Act approved May 29, 1884 (Twentythird Statutes at Large, page 31), be, and the same is hereby, amended to permit cattle which have reacted to the tuberculin test to be shipped, transported, or moved from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, for immediate slaughter, in accordance with such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. [41 Stat. L. 239.] This and the three following paragraphs are from the Agricultural Appropriation Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26. A like provision was contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Act of Oct. 1, 1918. For Act of May 29, 1884, here amended, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 406; 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (1st ed.) 451. * * * [Cattle reacting to tuberculin test after shipment in interstate commerce reshipment to owner.] That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, permit cattle which have been shipped for breeding or feeding purposes from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, and which have reacted to the tuberculin test subsequent to such shipment, to be reshipped in interstate commerce to the original owner. [41 Stat. L. 240.] This is from the Agricultural Appropriation Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26. A like provision was contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Act of Oct. 1, 1918. * [Interstate shipments of meats equine meats-taggingpenalties.] For additional expenses in carrying out the provisions of the meatinspection Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 674), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1907 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 1256), there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, $903,960, of which sum $100,000 may be used for the inspection of equine meat in the manner provided in said Act, as amended. And, hereafter, no person, firm, or corporation or officer, agent, or employee thereof shall transport or offer for transportation, and no carrier of interstate or foreign commerce, shall transport or receive for transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia or to any place under the jurisdiction of the United States or to any foreign country any of such meat or food products thereof unless plainly and conspicuously labeled, marked, branded or tagged "Horse-meat" or "Horsemeat Product" as the case may be, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. All the penalties, terms and provisions in said Act, as amended, except the exemption therein applying to animals slaughtered by any farmer on a farm, to retail butchers and retail dealers in meat food products supplying their customers are hereby made applicable to horses, their carcasses, parts of carcasses and meat food products thereof, and the establishments and other places where such animals are slaughtered or the meat or meat food products thereof are prepared or packed for the interstate or foreign commerce, and to all persons, firms, corporations and officers, agents and employees thereof who slaughter such animals or prepare or handle such meat or meat food products for interstate or foreign commerce. [41 Stat. L. 241.] This is from the Agricultural Appropriation Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26. For Act of March 4, 1907, mentioned in the text, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 397; 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Anno. 46. * * * [Bureau of Animal Industry employees-payment for overtime work.] That, hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to pay employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry employed in establishments subject to the provisions of the Meat Inspection Act of June 30, 1906, for all overtime work performed at such establishments, at such rates as he may determine, and to accept from such establishments wherein such overtime work is performed reimbursement for any sums paid out by him for such overtime work. [41 Stat. L. 241.] This is from the Agricultural Appropriation Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26. For Act of June 30, 1906, mentioned in the text, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 398; 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 4. ANTI-TRUST LAWS See TRADE COMBINATIONS AND TRUSTS ARMY See SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF; MILITIA; WAR DEPARTMENT AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT ARTICLES OF WAR See WAR DEPARTMENT AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT AUTOMOBILES See CRIMINAL LAW AVIATION See WAR DEPARTMENT AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT BANKS See CORPORATIONS; NATIONAL BANKS BIRDS See GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS BONDS See PUBLIC DEBT CABLES See TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES AND CABLES CANALS See RAILROADS; RIVERS, HARBORS AND CANALS CATTLE See ANIMALS; INDIANS CEMETERIES Act of July 19, 1919, ch. 24, 13. Sec. 1. National Cemetery - Railroads — Right of Way, 13. * [SEC. 1.] * * [National cemetery — railroads — right of way.] That no railroads shall be permitted upon the right of way which may have been acquired by the United States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained by the United States. [41 Stat. L. 183.] This and the paragraph following are from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of July 19, 1919, ch. 24. * [Approaches to national cemetery - maintenance.] No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of more than a single approach to any national cemetery. [41 Stat. L. 184.] |