FEDERAL STATUTES ANNOTATED 1919 SUPPLEMENT AGRICULTURE Act of Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178, 1. Traveling Expenses — Official Business, 1. Georgia Experiment Station, 2. Perishable Farm Products - Certificates as to Quality and Condition. Evidence, 2. Nitrate of Soda, 2. Act of Nov. 21, 1918, ch. 212, 3. Sec. 1. Department of Agriculture — Housing — Requisition of Buildings, etc. - Compensation, 3. Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 3. Distribution of Seeds, etc. - Congressional Supply, 3. Leave of Absence to Employees in Territorial Possessions, 4. Enforcement of Acts Oaths Witnesses Production of Books and Papers, 4. American Bison - Secretary of Agriculture to Supply, 5. Examination of Moneys Contributed from Outside Sources for Carrying on Departmental Activities Payment, 5. CROSS-REFERENCES See also ANIMALS; CENSUS; FOOD AND DRUGS; FOOD AND FUEL; WAREHOUSES An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen. [Act of Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178, 40 Stat. L. 973.] [Traveling expenses - official business.] Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the Secretary of Agriculture shall find that the expenses of travel can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual traveling expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 2 cents per mile for a motorcycle or 6 cents per mile for an automobile, used for necessary travel on official business: Provided, That there shall be no payment of mileage for the use or travel of motorcycle or automobile furnished or owned by or maintained by the Government of the United States. [40 Stat. L. 990.] [Georgia Experiment Station.] That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and all future appropriations, to the Georgia Experiment Station, as authorized by the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page four hundred and forty), commonly referred to as the Hatch Act, and the Act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page sixty-three), known as the Adams Act, and all amendments to said Acts, in accordance with. the act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, establishing the Georgia Experiment Station, and the act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and six, accepting the benefits of the Adams Act (Georgia laws, riineteen hundred and six, page eleven hundred and sixty-one). Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture over and respecting the supervision of the operation of the said Georgia Experiment Station as set forth in said Acts of Congress. [40 Stat. L. 998.] .For the Hatch Act, mentioned in the text, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 212; 1 Fed. Stat. Ann (1st ed.) 9. For the Adams Act, mentioned in the text, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 216; 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 3. [Perishable farm products-certificates as to quality and condition — evidence.] For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and certify to shippers and other interested parties the quality and condition of fruits, vegetables, and other perishable farm products when received at such important central markets as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time designate, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, including payment of such fees as will be reasonable and as nearly as may be to cover the cost for the service rendered: Provided, That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the department shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facia [e] evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained, $113,000. [40 Stat. L. 1002.] [Nitrate of soda.] That any moneys heretofore or hereafter received by the United States for or in connection with the disposition of nitrate of soda pursuant to section twenty-seven of the Act entitled "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel," approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen (Public, Numbered Forty-one, Sixty-fifth Congress), are hereby appropriated and made immediately available as a revolving fund to be used at the discretion of the President for further carrying out the purposes of said section and extending its operation throughout the period of the existing war as ascertained and proclaimed in accordance with section twenty-four of said Act: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the sale or disposal of any nitrates remaining on hand at the time of, or contracted for previous to, such termination. [40 Stat. L. 1007.] For Act of Aug. 10, 1917, sec. 27, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 46. [SEC. 1.] [Department of Agriculture — housing -requisition of buildings, etc.- compensation.] That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, for the official purposes of the Department of Agriculture, and within the limits of the appropriations for rent made by this or any other Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, to requisition the use of, and take possession of, any building or any space in any building, and the appurtenances thereof which are now or heretofore have been used for such purposes, in the District of Columbia, other than a dwelling house occupied as such or a building occupied by any other branch of the United States Government; and he shall ascertain and pay just compensation for such use. If the amount of compensation so ascertained be not satisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of such amount, and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation for such use in the manner provided by section twentyfour, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code. [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 Jud. Code, sec. 24, par. 20, see 4 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 1059; 1912 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 140. For Jud. Code, sec. 145, see 5 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 649; 1912 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 200. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. [Act of July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. L. 246.] [Distribution of seeds, etc.- congressional supply.] That the Secretary of Agriculture, after due advertisement and on competitive bids, is authorized to award the contract for the supplying of printed packets and envelopes and the packeting, assembling, and mailing of the seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, or any part thereof, for a period of not more than five years nor less than one year, if by such action he can best protect the interests of the United States. An equal proportion of five-sixths of all seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, shall upon their request, after due notification by the Secretary of Agriculture, that the allotment to their respective districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or mailed by the department upon the receipt of their addressed franks, in packages of such weight as the Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster General may jointly determine: Provided, however, That upon each envelope or wrapper containing packages of seeds the contents thereof shall be plainly indicated, and the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall distribute the same so that each Member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best adapted to the locality he represents: Provided also, That the seeds allotted to Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude shall be ready for delivery not later than the 10th day of January: Provided also, That |