or may be held, or to transfer or disburse any such money, promptly, upon the legal requirement of any authorized officer, shall be deemed, upon the trial of any indictment against such person for embezzlement, prima facie evidence of such embezzlement. § 3497. Account as evidence of embezzlement. -- Upon the trial of any indictment against any person for embezzling public money it shall be sufficient evidence, prima facie, for the purpose of showing a balance against such person, to produce a transcript from the books and proceedings of the General Accounting Office. Chapter 307.-EMPLOYMENT § 4124. Purchase of prison-made products by Federal departments. The several Federal departments and agencies and all other Government institutions of the United States shall purchase at not to exceed current market prices, such products of the industries authorized by this chapter as meet their requirements and may be available. Disputes as to the price, quality, character, or suitability of such products shall be arbitrated by a board consisting of the Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply, Department of the Treasury, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or their representatives. Their decision shall be final and binding upon all parties. § 4125. Public works; prison camps.- (a) The Attorney General may make available to the heads of the several departments the services of the United States prisoners under terms, conditions, and rates mutually agreed upon, for constructing or repairing roads, clearing, maintaining and reforesting public lands, building levees, and constructing or repairing any other public ways or works financed wholly or in major part by funds appropriated by Congress. (b) The Attorney General may establish, equip, and maintain camps upon sites selected by him elsewhere than upon Indian reservations, and designate such camps as places for confinement of persons convicted of an offense against the laws of the United States. (c) The expenses of transferring and maintaining prisoners at such camps and of operating such camps shall be paid from the appropriation "Support of United States prisoners", which may may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, be reimbursed for such expenses. (d) As part of the expense of operating such camps the Attorney General is authorized to provide for the payment to the inmates or their dependents such pecuniary earnings as he may deem proper, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. (e) All other laws of the United States relating to the imprisonment, transfer, control, discipline, escape, release of, or in any way affecting prisoners, shall apply to prisoners transferred to such camps. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683.) 1 1 1 Chapter 4.-TARIFF ACT OF 1930 § 1201. Par. 1606.- (a) Any animal imported by a citizen of the United States specially for breeding purposes, shall be admitted free, whether intended to be used by the importer himself or for sale for such purposes, except, black, silver, or platinum foxes, and any fox which is a mutation, or type developed, therefrom: Provided, That no such animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred of a recognized breed and duly registered in a book of record recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture for that breed: Provided further, That the certificate of such record and pedigree of such animal shall be produced and submitted to the Department of Agriculture, duly authenticated by the proper custodian of such book of record, together with an affidavit of the owner, agent, or importer that the animal imported is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and pedigree. The Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe such regulations as may be required for determining the purity of breeding and the identity of such animal: And provided further, That the collectors of customs shall require a certificate from the Department of Agriculture stating that such animal is pure bred of a recognized breed and duly registered in a book of record recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture for that breed. (As amended Apr. 5, 1948, ch. 173, § 2, 62 Stat. 161.) 1948 Amendment. -Subpar. (a) amended by Act Apr. 5, 1948, cited to text, which adds "platinum foxes, and any fox which is a mutation, or type developed, therefrom" following "except black, silver, or". Exemption Extension.-By proclamation No. 2262, executed Dec. 6, 1937, 51 Stat. 403, an emergency was declared to exist by reason of which the period of exemption under subsection (c) was extended to twelve months. Chapter 4.-TARIFF ACT OF 1930 § 1354. Notice of intention to negotiate agreement; opportunity to be heard; President to seek information and advice. Before any foreign trade agreement is concluded with any foreign government or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of Part III of this title, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement with such government or instrumentality shall be given in order that any interested person may have an opportunity to present his views to the President, or to such agency as the President may designate, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe; and before concluding such agreement the President shall request the Tariff Commission to make the investigation and report provided for by section 1357 of this title, and shall seek information and advice with respect to such agreement from the Department of State, Agriculture, and Commerce, from the National Military Establishment, and from such other sources as he may deem appropriate. (As amended July 5, 1945, ch. 269, § 4, 59 Stat. 411; June 26, 1948, ch. 678, § 3 (c), 62 Stat. 1054.) Amendments. -Act June 26, 1948, cited to text, amended section to eliminate the Tariff Commission as one of the agencies advising the President, and to limit its function to giving information. Act July 5, 1945, cited to text, amended section by inserting "War, Navy," following "Departments of State,". TITLE 21.-FOOD AND DRUGS Chapter 4.-ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS EXAMINATION OF ANIMALS, MEAT, AND MEAT PRODUCTS USED IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE Bureau of Animal Industry, see sections 391-394 of Title 7, Agriculture. § 71. Inspection of meat and meat food products; examination of cattle before slaughtering; diseased animals slaughtered separately and carcasses examined. Words "in sections 71-93 of this title," have been inserted after the words "provided for", and word "herein" immediately preceding the words "provider for" has been deleted. Intrastate inspection.--Act June 10, 1942, ch. 403, 56 Stat. 351, authorizing the inspection of meat-packing establishments engaged only in intrastate commerce until six months after World War II, was repealed by Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, § 1, 61 Stat. 449. § 88. Offenses; penalty. Reference "sections 71 to 94, inclusive" should read "sections 71-93."Offense punishable by imprisonment for term in excess of one year deemed a felony, see section 541 of Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure. § 97. Meat inspection fund. In order to carry out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and meat-food products, there is appropriated $5,000,000, for deposit in the Treasury of the United States as a working capital fund, without fiscal year limitation, to be designated as the "Meat inspection fund", which shall be available for all expenses necessary to furnish an adequate and efficient inspection or service, and hereafter every person, firm, public agency, or other organization furnished inspection or service under said laws, including inspection of meat and meat-food products offered for import or export and the inspection of horse meat and horse-meat products, shall pay the United States therefor in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture and at rates and fees to be fixed by him, which payments, to be deposited in the meat-inspection fund, shall provide full reimbursement for the estimated cost attributable to the furnishing of such inspection or service, including scientific and technical investigations and laboratory services; investigations relating to violations of, and authorized exemptions under, the laws relating to Federal meat inspection; supervisory, administrative, statistical, business management, and other costs; personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to section 947 of Title 5; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding, including the purchase of printed tags, labels, stamps, and certificates as authorized by section 431 of Title 7; and other necessary expenses. (July 30, 1947, ch. 356, Title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 531.) § 97a. Assurance requirements for payment of inspection charges. The Secretary of Agriculture may require advance payment, posting of bonds, or other assurance of payment, in order to protect the interests of the United States, and may withhold or withdraw such inspection or service for nonpayment of charges or fees, or failure to provide the required assurance of payment. (July 80, 1947, ch. 356, Title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 532.) § 97b. Inspection and technical services furnished Government and public agencies. - Inspection or other technical services may be rendered to Government and other public agencies, upon request, under the terms and condition provided in sections 97-97d of this title. (July 30, 1947, ch. 356, Title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 532.) § 97c. Schedule of obligations and reimbursements of fund included in Budget. - A schedule of obligations and reimbursements of the meat-inspection fund, as of the close of the last completed fiscal year, and as estimated for the current and ensuing fiscal years, shall be included in the Budget as submitted to Congress annually. (July 30, 1947, ch. 356, Title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 532.) § 97d. Commencement date for payment of inspection services.Payments shall be made for inspection or service rendered on and after July 1, 1947. (July 30, 1947, ch. 356, Title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 532.) § 98. Payment of cost of meat-inspection service; exception; efective date. The cost of inspection rendered on and after July 1, 1948, under the requirements of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and meat food products shall be borne by the United States except the cost of overtime pursuant to section 394 of Title 7. (June 5, 1948, ch. 423, 62 Stat. 344.) PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION § 113a. Establishment of research laboratories for foot-and-mouth disease and other animal diseases; research contracts; employment of technicians and scientists; appropriations. - The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish research laboratories, including the acquisition of necessary land, buildings, or facilities, and also the making of research contracts under the authority contained in section 427i(a) of Title 7, for research and study, in the United States or elsewhere, of foot-and-mouth disease and other animal diseases which in the opinion of the Secretary constitute a threat to the livestock industry of the United States: Provided, That no live virus of foot-andmouth disease may be introduced for any purpose into any part of the mainland of the United States except coastal islands separated therefrom by waters navigable for deep-water navigation and which shall not be connected with the mainland by any tunnel, and except further, that in the event of outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in this country, the Secretary of Agriculture may, at his discretion, permit said virus to be brought into the United States under adequate safeguards. To carry out the provisions of this section, the Secretary is authorized to employ technical experts or scientists without regard to the Classification Act: Provided, That the number so employed shall not exceed five and that the maximum compensation for each shall not exceed $15,000 per annum. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as Congress may deem necessary; in addition, the Secretary is authorized to utilize, in carrying out this section, funds otherwise available for the control or eradication of such diseases. (May 29, 1884, ch. 60, § 12, as added Apr. 24, 1948, ch. 229, 62 Stat. 198.) References in text. - The Classification Act referred to in text is set out as sections 661-663, 664-669, 670-672, 670-672, 673, and 674 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 114b. Cooperation with Mexico in control and eradication of footand-mouth disease and rinderpest. - The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the Government of Mexico in carrying out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress, or control, or to prevent or retard, foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest in Mexico where he deems such action necessary to protect the livestock and related industries of the United States. In performing the operations or measures authorized in sections 114a-114d of this title, the Government of Mexico shall be responsible for the authority necessary to carry out such operations or measures on all lands and properties in Mexico and for such other facilities and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are necessary. The measure and character of cooperation carried out under said sections on the part of the United States and on the part of the Government of Mexico, including the expenditure or use of funds appropriated pursuant to said sections, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Arrangements for the cooperation authorized by said sections shall be made through and in consultation with the Secretary of State. The authority contained in said sections is in addition to and not in substitution for the authority of exising law. (Feb. 28, 1947, ch. 8, § 1, 61 Stat. 7.) Appropriations. -Act Mar. 27, 1947, ch. 22, 61 Stat. 24, provided, "That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to control and eradicate foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest as authorized by the Act of February 28, 1947 (Public Law 8) [this section], and the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended by the Act of September 21, 1944 (21 U.S.C.114a), fiscal year 1947, $9,000,000, to be available for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of said Public Law 8 until June 30, 1948." Section 4 of Act Feb. 28, 1947, cited to text, provided: "There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act [sections 114b-114d of this title]." § 114c. Same; use of funds for purchase or hire of vehicles and airplanes, printing, and employment of personnel. For purposes of sections 114b-114d of this title, funds appropriated pursuant thereto may also be used for the purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, for printing and binding without regard to section 111 of Title 44, for personal1 services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the limitations contained in section 947(g) of Title 5, including the employment of civilian nationals of Mexico, and for the construction and operation of research laboratories, quarantine stations and other buildings and facilities. (Feb. 28, 1947, ch. 8, § 2, 61 Stat. 7.) 1 So in original. Probably should read "personnel" § 114d. Same; reports to Congress. - Thirty days after February 28, 1947, and every thirty days thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a report to the Congress with respect to the activities carried on under sections 114b and 114c of this title. (Feb. 28, 1947, ch. 8, § 3, 61 Stat. 8.) |