Chapter 212. 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 agricult
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CHAP. 212.— 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. November 21, 1918.[[H. R. 11945](/us/bill/65/hr/11945).][[Public, No. 243](/us/pl/65/243).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House. of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That to enable the Secretary Agricultural food products, etc.Appropriations for stimulating agriculture, facilitating distribution of products thereof, etc.*Ante*, p. 273.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,” approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen (Fortieth Statutes, page two hundred and seventy-three), there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums for the purposes indicated: *Provided*, That no part of the money hereby *Proviso*.No pay therefrom to persons placed in deferred draft classification.appropriated shall be used in paying salary or expenses of any man who on account of employment in which he is or may be engaged under the provisions of this Act has been or shall hereafter be certified by the Secretary of Agriculture, or by any other official of the Department of Agriculture, for deferred classification, or by action of any other Federal official or authority has been or may Hereafter be placed in a deferred class under Act numbered twelve, Sixty-fifth Public Laws, 1st sess., p. 76.*Ante*, p. 955.Congress, entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or under any Act amendatory thereof that has been or shall hereafter be enacted:
First. For the prevention, control, and eradication of the diseases Animal diseases, products, etc.and pests of live stock; the enlargement of live-stock production, and the conservation and utilization of meat, poultry, dairy, and other animal products; for the following stated purposes and in amounts as follows: Eradication of cattle ticks, $61,610; eradication Subjects specified.of hog cholera, $202,965; eradication of abortion, influenza, strangles, and so forth, $175,000; production of beef cattle, $105,000; five-stock production in the Great Plains region, $100,000; production of pork, $150,000; production of poultry, $129,600; production of sheep, $60,000; making cottage cheese on the farm, $52,950; utilization of creamery by-products, $21,850; in all, $1,058,975.
Second. For procuring, storing, and furnishing seeds, as authorized Procuring, etc., seeds for seeding.Former appropriations available.*Ante*, pp. 274, 494.by section three of the Act, the appropriations for said purposes of $2,500,000 in section eight of the Act and $4,000,000 under the heading “Department of Agriculture,” in the Act approved March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes,” shall be available until the date when said Act of August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall cease to be in 1046Revolving fund continued.effect, and any moneys heretofore or hereafter received by the United States for furnishing such seeds may be used as a revolving fund until said date.
Third. Insects and plant diseases, etc.Eradication, etc., of.For the prevention, control, and eradication of insects and plant diseases injurious to agriculture, and the conservation and utilization of plant products; for the following stated purposes and Subjects specified.in amounts as follows: Cereal-smut eradication, $110,000; peanut conservation and utilization, $15,000; control of cotton, truck, and forage-crop diseases, $117,550; farm storage of sweet potatoes, $30,000; location of Irish-potato seed stock, $30,000; plant-disease survey, $23,000; castor-bean production and utilization, $20,000; maintenance of field-bean seed supply, $10,000; field supervision of war-garden work, $7,500; production of cereals and grain sorghums, $53,250; sugar-beet nematode work, $10,000; pathological inspection of fruits during processes of marketing, $18,000; control of a new sugar-cane disease, $20,000; production of rice, $5,000; control of cereal and forage insects, $55,000; control of stored-product insects, $22,000; control of vegetable and truck-crop insects, $35,000; control of sweet-potato weevil, $30,000; control of deciduous-fruit insects, $45,000; control of citrus-fruit insects, $10,000; control of insects injurious to live stock, $20,000; control of rice insects, $3,000; control of sugar-cane insects, $9,000; general supervision of emergency insect-control work, $3,000; prevention of plant-dust explosions and fires, $75,000; fruit and vegetable utilization, $35,000; in all, $811,300.
Fourth. Food production.Increasing, by demonstration work. For increasing food production and eliminating waste and promoting conservation of food, including eatable nuts, by educational and demonstrational methods, through county, district, and urban agents and others; for the following stated purposes and in Methods specified.amounts as follows: General administration of extension work, $35,000; Home-economics work, $25,000; extension work in the Northern and Western States, $134,200; county-agent work, $1,893,000; boys’ and girls’ club work, $382,900; home-demonstration work, $1,327,400; extension work in the Southern States, $90,000; county-agent work, $1,333,815; boys’ club work, $75,300; home demonstration work, $803,385; in all, $6,100,000.
Distilled spirits.Sales for beverages unlawful after June 30, 1919, until end of the war, etc.That after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, until the conclusion of the present war and thereafter until the termination of demobilization, the date of which shall be determined and proclaimed by the President of the United States, for the purpose of conserving the man power of the Nation, and to increase efficiency in the production of arms, munitions, ships, food, and clothing for the Army and Navy, it shall be unlawful to sell for beverage purposes any distilled Removal from bond forbidden except for export.Grains, fruits, etc., for making beverages prohibited after May 1, 1919, etc.spirits, and during said time no distilled spirits held in bond shall be removed therefrom for beverage purposes except for export.
After May first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, until the conclusion of the present war and thereafter until the termination of demobilization, the date of which shall be determined and proclaimed by the President of the United States, no grains, cereals, fruit, or other food product shall be used in the manufacture or production of beer, wine, or other Sale of malt or vinous beverages except for export not permitted after June 30, 1919, etc.intoxicating malt or vinous liquor for beverage purposes.
After June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, until the conclusion of the present war and thereafter until the termination of demobilization, the date of which shall be determined and proclaimed by the President of the United States, no beer, wine, or other intoxicating malt or vinous Rules, etc., directed for spirits other than beverages.liquor shall be sold for beverage purposes except for export. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to the manufacture and sale of distilled spirits and removal of distilled spirits held in bond after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, until this Act shall cease to operate, for other than beverage purposes; also in regard to the manu1047facture, sale, and distribution of wine for sacramental, medicinal, or Wines for sacramental, etc., uses.Importing intoxicants forbidden hereafter during the war, etc.*Proviso*.Shipments en route excepted.other than beverage uses.
After the approval of this Act no distilled, malt, vinous, or other intoxicating liquors shall be imported into the United States during the continuance of the present war and period of demobilization; *Provided*, That this provision against importation shall not apply to shipments en route to the United States at the time of the passage of this Act. Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions shall be Punishment for violations.punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both such imprisonment and fine: *Provided*, *Provisos*.Prohibitory zones about coal mines, etc., authorized.*Ante*, p. 958.That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, at any time after the passage of this Act, to establish zones of such size as ho may deem advisable about coal mines, munition factories, shipbuilding plants, and such other plants for war material as may seem to him to require such action whenever in his opinion the creation of such zones is necessary to, or advisable in, the proper prosecution of the war, and that he is hereby authorized and empowered to prohibit the sale, manufacture, or distribution of intoxicating liquors in such zones, and that any violation Punishment for violations.of the President’s regulations in this regard shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment: *Provided further*, That nothing Limiting use of foods, etc., for malt liquors, etc., not effected.*Ante*, p. 282.in this Act shall be construed to interfere with the power conferred upon the President by section fifteen of the food-control Act, approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen (Public Numbered Forty, Sixty-fifth Congress).
Fifth. For gathering authoritative information in connection with Food production, supply, etc.Gathering and distributing information as to markets, conservation, etc.the demand for, and the production, supply, distribution, and utilization of food, and otherwise carrying out the purposes of section two of the Act; extending and enlarging the market news service; and preventing waste of food in storage, in transit, or held for sale; advice concerning the market movement or distribution of perishable products; for enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and certify Inspection certificates.*Ante*, p. 1002.perishable agricultural products, as provided in the Agricultural appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen; for the following stated purposes and in amounts as follows:
Market Subjects specified.news service on fruits and vegetables, $500,000; market news service on live stock and meats, $300,000; market news service on butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry, $164,000; market news service on grain, hay, feeds, and seeds, $150,000; food and fertilizer surveys of the United States, $300,000; conservation of food products in transportation and storage, $229,937; market inspection of perishable foods, $51,000; city market service, $66,131; direct market activities, $85,100; special market activities, $109,440; in all, $1,955,608.
Sixth. For miscellaneous items, including the salaries of assistant Assistant Secretaries.*Ante*, p. 274.secretaries appointed under the Act approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen; special work in crop estimating; aiding Crop estimating, information work, etc.agencies in the various States in supplying farm labor; enlarging the informational work of the Department of Agriculture; and printing and distributing emergency leaflets, posters, and other publications requiring quick issue or large editions; for the following stated purposes and in amounts as follows:
Office of the Secretary, $76,420; Subjects specified.publication and informational work, $235,000; agricultural exhibits, $43,020; rent in the District of Columbia, $25,000; assistance in supplying farm labor, $162,000; poultry and egg demonstrations, $40,000; sirup demonstrations, $7,000; preparation of sweet sirups, including grape sirups, $5,000; handling, transportation, and storage of fish, $20,000, waterproofing leather for Government and farm use, $3,000; serviceability tests of leather and leather substitutes, $6,000; utilization of wool-scouring wastes, $9,000; extension work in bee1048Predatory animals, etc.keeping, $15,000; destruction of prairie dogs, gophers, and ground squirrels, $100,000; destruction of predatory animals, $125,000; special work in crop estimating, $234,540; in all, $1,105,980: *Proviso*.Requisitioning of buildings, etc., in District of Columbia for use of the Department.*Provided*, 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 Dwellings, etc., excepted.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 Payment for.Suit if amount unsatisfactory.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 Procedure.Vol. 36, pp. 1093, 1136.manner provided by section twenty-four, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code.
Sec. 2. Porto Rico.Distilled spirits produced prior to October 3, 1917, admitted for industrial uses. That under such rules, regulations, and bonds as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, distilled spirits or alcohol produced prior to October third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, from products the growth of the island of Porto Rico may be admitted from said island into the United States for industrial purposes in the Use for beverages forbidden.arts and sciences. Such alcohol or distilled spirits shall not be used for beverage purposes nor in the production of any article used as a beverage.
Punishment for violations.Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years. He shall, in Double tax for evasions.addition, be liable to double the tax evaded, together with the tax, to be collected by assessment or on any bond given. Sec. 3. Tick-infested cattle.Area allowing admission of, for immediate slaughter, extended.*Ante*, p. 275, amended.
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. Cattle quarantine regulations modified.Vol. 26, p. 414, amended. 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 Admission of tick-infested animals for immediate slaughter.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 Conditions.cattle which are otherwise free from disease and which have not been exposed to the infection of any other disease within sixty days next Vol. 26. pp. 416, 417.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 *Provisos*.Foot-and-mouth disease prohibition.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 1049shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited: *Provided further*, That all cattle imported under the provisions of Meat inspection required.this section shall be slaughtered in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Vol. 34, pp. 674, 1260.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 Disposal of hides.prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture: *And provided further*, That the slaughter of all such cattle imported into the Territory of Porto Rico imports restricted.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 Exports from Virgin Islands thereto.tick-infested cattle from the Virgin Islands to Porto Rico when said cattle are otherwise free from disease.
” " Sec. 4. The President is hereby authorized to extend invitations Farmers’ National Congress.Other nations invited.to other nations to appoint delegates or representatives to the Farmers’ National Congress to be held at Jacksonville, Florida, in connection with the Pan-American International Farm and Live-Stock Exposition: *Provided*, That no appropriation shall be granted or *Proviso*.No expense authorized.War Finance Corporation.Advances to banks on full amount of loans.used for the expenses of delegates.
Sec. 5. That the proviso to paragraph two, section seven, of the Act approved April fifth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, entitled “An Act to provide further for the national security and defense, and for the purpose of assisting in the prosecution of the war to provide credits for industries and enterprises in the United States necessary or contributory to the prosecution of the war, and to supervise the issuance of securities, and for other purposes,” be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “*Provided*, That every such advance shall be secured in the manner Additional collateral to be furnished.Agriculture and livestock exceptions.*Ante*, p. 508, amended.described in the preceding part of this section and (except in the case of an advance secured by a loan for agricultural purposes or a loan based on live stock) in addition thereto by collateral security, to be furnished by the bank, banker, or trust company of such character as shall be prescribed by the board of directors of a value at the time of such advance (as estimated and determined by the board of directors of the Corporation) equal to at least thirty-three per centum of the amount advanced by the Corporation.
The Corporation shall Further security.retain power to require additional security at any time.” " Sec. 6. No person employed under the provisions of this Act shall Salary restriction.receive any greater salary or compensation than that paid to other persons employed in the Agricultural Department for similar or like services. Approved, November 21, 1918. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, 1917. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 40 Stat. 1050 1050 JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [S.
J. Res. 17](/us/bill/65/sjres/17). Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), Amendment proposed to the Constitution. *Post*, p. 1041. That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of the several States as provided by the Constitution: " “Article —.
“Section 1. Prohibition of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. “Sec. 2. Enforcement. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
“Sec. 3. Ratification required in seven years. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.” " Champ Clark, *Speaker of the House of Representatives.* Thos. R. Marshall *Vice President of the United States and* *President of the Senate.* I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the Senate.
James M. Baker *Secretary.* Deposited in the Department of State December 19, 1917. PUBLIC LAWS PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, 1918, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the fourth day of March, 1919*. Woodrow Wilson, President; Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President; Willard Saulsbury, President of the Senate *pro tempore;* Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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