FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3913. 1906. 679 shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and shall be punished by a fine not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and by imprisonment not less than one year nor more than three years. That the provisions of this Act requiring inspection to be made by Exceptioust0farmthe Secretary of Agriculture shall not a ply to animals slaughtered by °"* "’°’“1°”· °“’· any farmer on the farm and sold and) transported as interstate or foreign commerce, nor to retail butchers and retail dealers in meat and meat food products, supplying their customers: Provided, That if any nwms. person shal sell or olfer for sale or transportation for interstate or €,f,’f"§“,Q‘§,¥*{,“(ff‘;’é°‘§,};’é oreign commerce any meat or meat food products which are diseased, i>¤><¥¤¤¤. unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unlit for human food, knowing that such meat food products are intended for human cousumptiou, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and ou conviction thereof shall be punished by a Hue not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not exceedin one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment: Provided also, That the Secretary of Maintenance of in- A riculture is authorized to maintain the inspection in this Act pro- s°°°d°” ”“°h°"°d‘ vided for at any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment notwithstanding this exception, and that the persons operating the same may be retail butchers and retail dealers or farmers; and where the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish such inspection then the provisions of this Act shall apply notwith— 4 standing this exception. ` That there is permanently appropriated, out of any money in the permanent appro- Treasury not otherwise appropriate , the sum of three million dollars, *’“"“°“’°’ °‘*’°“”"· for the expenses of the inspection of cattle, shee , swine, and goats and the meat and meat food products thereof which enter into interstate or foreign commerce and for all expenses necessary to carry into effect the rovisions of this Act relating to meat inspection, including ‘ rent and the em loyment of labor in l ashington and elsewhere, for each year. And) the Secretary of Agriculture shall, in his annual esti- mxnfgiiegdrewuwm mates made to Congress, submit a statement in detail, showing the ' number of persons employed in such inspections and the salary or per diem paid to each, together with the contingent expenses of such inspectors and where they have been and are employed. Total, Bureau of Animal Industry, three million nine hundred and forty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. d,,E{‘,‘,$°“°'Pl““’I“‘ SALARIES, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY: One plant physiologist 8e1MM- and pathologist, who shall be chief of bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one editor, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of gardens and grounds, one thousand eight hundred dollars: four clerks, class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars; seven clerks, class three, eleven thousand two hundred dollars; twelve clerks, class two, sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-seven clerks, class one, thirty-two thousand four hundred dollars; one seed clerk and superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk or artist, one thousand two hundred . dollars; one artist, eight hundred and forty dollars; sixteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, sixteen thousand dollars; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, five thousand four hundred dollars; eight clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; eleven clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, seven thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; three clerks, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars; two clerks, at six hundred dollars each, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk or
