Additional office force for SEC. 10. The Chief of Engineers is authorized in case of emergencies during the preparation for and the con-emergencies. sideration of river and harbor estimates and bills to employ such additional office force as he may find necessary for that purpose, to be paid from the appropriation for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors. SEC. 11. For the construction at the Engineer School of Engineer D. C. a building with library accommodations and other facili-Appropriaties for the instruction of officers of the Corps of Engi- tlon for buildneers in duties pertaining to the improvement of rivers and harbor and harbors, one hundred thousand dollars. ing for river instruction. To provide power. SEC. 12. In order to make possible the economical fu- Dams. ture development of water power the Secretary of War, for developupon recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, is ment of water hereby authorized, in his discretion, to provide in the permanent parts of any dam authorized at any time by Congress for the improvement of navigation such foundations, sluices, and other works, as may be considered. desirable for the future development of its water power. CHAP. 259. An Act For the relief of Theodore Salus. July 30, 1912. [Private, No. 63.] 37 Stat. L., Salus. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is pt. 2, p. 1282. hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Theodore Salus, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Theodore appropriated, the sum of three thousand dollars for the Payment loss of his eyes and other physical injuries received by to, for inhim in an explosion at Agana, Island of Guam, on February twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, while he was in the employ of the Government of the United States and in the discharge of his duties as a foreman of labor at the town of Agana, Island of Guam, as aforesaid. juries. [S. 7027.] CHAP. 263.-An Act To prohibit the importation and the inter- July 31, 1912. state transportation of films or other pictorial representations of prize fights, and for other purposes. [Public, No. films. mail or ex press unlawful. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- pt. 1, p. 240.' tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person to deposit Prize-fight or cause to be deposited in the United States mails for "Sending by mailing or delivery, or to deposit or cause to be deposited with any express company or other common carrier for carriage, or to send or carry from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or to bring or to cause to be brought into the United States from abroad, any film or other Receiving, etc., unlawful. Punishment for violations. pictorial representation of any prize fight or encounter of pugilists, under whatever name, which is designed to be used or may be used for purposes of public exhibition. SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to take or receive from the mails, or any express company or other common carrier, with intent to sell, distribute, circulate, or exhibit any matter or thing herein forbidden to be deposited for mailing, delivery, or carriage in interstate commerce. SEC. 3. That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall for each offense, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Aug. 1, 1912. 249.] 37 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 242. CHAP. 268.-An Act To harmonize the national law of salvage with the provisions of the international convention for the unification of certain rules with respect to assistance and salvage at sea, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right to remuneration for assistance or salvage services shall not be affected by common ownerfected by own- ship of the vessels rendering and receiving such assistance or salvage services. Salvage. Remuneration not af ership of vessel. Assistance to be rendered by master. SEC. 2. That the master or person in charge of a vessel shall, so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, or passengers, render assistance to every person who is found at sea in danger of being lost; Punishment and if he fails to do so, he shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both. for failure. SEC. 3. That the salvors of human life, who have taken part in the services rendered on the occasion of the accident giving rise to salvage, are entitled to a fair share of the remuneration awarded to the salvors of the vessel, her cargo, and accessories. SEC. 4. That a suit for the recovery of remuneration for rendering assistance or salvage services shall not be maintainable if brought later than two years from the date when such assistance or salvage was rendered, unless the court in which the suit is brought shall be satisfied that during such period there had not been any reasonable opportunity of arresting the assisted or salved vessel within the jurisdiction of the court or within the territorial waters of the country in which the libelant resides or has his principal place of business. SEC. 5. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as applying to ships of war or to Government ships appropriated exclusively to a public service. SEC. 6. That this Act shall take effect and be in force on and after July first, nineteen hundred and twelve. CHAP. 273.—An Act To establish a standard barrel and stand- Aug. 3, 1912. ard grades for apples when packed in barrels, and for other [H. R. 21480.] purposes. [Public, No. 252.] 37 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 250. barrel estab Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- Apples. sembled, That the standard barrel for apples shall be Standard of the following dimensions when measured without dis- lished for. tention of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and oneeighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, Proviso. That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions rels. provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith. Steel bar lished for terstate, etc., SEC. 2. That the standard grades for apples when Grades estabpacked in barrels which shall be shipped or delivered for apples in inshipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or which commerce. shall be sold or offered for sale within the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States shall be as follows: Apples of one variety, which are wellgrown specimens. hand picked, of good color for the variety, normal shape, practically free from insect and fungous injury, bruises, and other defects, except such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing, or apples of one variety which are not more than ten per centum below the foregoing specifications shall be "Standard grade minimum size two and one-half inches.” if the minimum size of the apples is two and one-half inches in transverse diameter; Standard grade minimum size two and one-fourth inches." if the minimum size of the apples is two and one-fourth inches in transverse diameter: or "Standard grade minimum size two inches.” if the minimum size of the apples is two inches in transverse diameter. barrels. SEC. 3. That the barrels in which apples are packed in Branding of accordance with the provisions of this Act may be branded in accordance with section two of this Act. Requiremerts for SEC. 4. That all barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be below standard if the barrel bears any barrels. statement, design, or device indicating that the barrel is a standard barrel of apples, as herein defined, and the capacity of the barrel is less than the capacity prescribed by section one of this Act, unless the barrel shall be plainly marked on end and side with words or figures showing the fractional relation which the actual capacity of the barrel bears to the capacity prescribed by section one of this Act. The marking required by this paragraph shall be in block letters of size not less than seventy-two point one-inch gothie. Marking. Additional expenditures to construct roads and trails. shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries or from our possessions for experiments with reference to their introduction into and cultivation in this country, and same shall not be distributed generally, but shall be used for experimental tests, to be carried on with the cooperation of the agricultural experiment stations. FOREST SERVICE. That an additional ten per centum of all moneys refrom receipts ceived from the national forests during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of highways. of which such roads may be made a part. General ex penses. Investigation of insects, etc. Mediterranean fly. * GENERAL EXPENSES, BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY: For the promotion of economic entomology; for investigating the history and the habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, horticulture, and arboriculture, and ascertaining the best means of destroying those found to be injurious; for salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, freight, express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and electric current, in connection with the following investigations: For investigations of the Mediterranean fly in the United States, its territories and possessions, thirty-five thousand dollars, which sum shall be immediately available; General expenses. * OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. GENERAL EXPENSES, OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS: Support of To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to establish agricultural experiment sta agricultural experiment stations. with other tenance of meteorological observation stations, including cooperation with other bureaus of the Government and Cooperation societies and institutions of learning for the dissemina- bureaus, etc. tion of meteorological information, as follows: * BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VALUABLE SEEDS: Seeds, purchase, distriCongres Indication on wrappers. Early distrisouthern sec bution for * An equal proportion of five-sixths of all seeds, bution, etc. bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their sional distri request, after due notification by the Secretary of Agri-bution. culture that the allotment to their respective districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates to 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 tenth day of January: Provided, also, That any portion of the allotments to Senators, Rep- of uncalled for resentatives, and Delegates in Congress remaining un- allotment. called for on the first day of April shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress, and who have not before during the same season been supplied by the department: And provided also, That the purchases, etc. Secretary shall report, as provided in this Act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from send tion. Distribution Report of appropriation ing seeds to those who apply for the same. And the Diversion of amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used forbidden. for any other purpose but for the purchase, testing, propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, mulberry and other rare and valuable trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants: Provided further, That fifty-eight Rare seeds, thousand seven hundred and forty dollars of which sum, perimental or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall tests. direct, may be used to collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, etc., for ex |