164 RECENTS' EXAMINATIONS IN NEW YORK STATE IN 1915. REGENTS' EXAMINATIONS under the control of the University of the State of New York (office, Albany, N. Y.) will be held in 1915 at the following times and places: Jan. 18-22, inclusive, at New York, and about 900 academies and high schools; June 14-18, inclusive, at New York, and about 900 academies and high schools. Examinations for teachers' certificates are held on the same dates as the Regents', and August 9-13, Sept. 13-15, inclusive, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo; 33 subjects. September examinations are for professional and technical students only. Morning session begins 9.15 o'clock. Afternoon session begins 1.15 o'clock. For conditions governing examinations, see WORLD ALMANAC for 1913, page 161. UNIVERSITY CREDENTIALS-Preliminary (preacademic) certificate-Reading, writing, spelling, elementary English, arithmetic, geography, and elementary United States history with civics. Students from countries where English is not the mother tongue must pass an examination in second year English for any one of the professional certificates. LAW, MEDICINE, DENTISTRY, KTC.-Sixty counts qualifying certificate. All candidates taking Regents' examinations for qualifying certificates in law, dentistry, veterinary science, for admission to examination for certified public accountant, and for certified shorthand reporter, must earn counts upon examination as follows: English, three years, 10 counts; elementary algebra, 5 counts; plane geometry, 5 counts; physics and chemistry, 10 counts, or physics and biology, 10 counts, or chemistry and biology, 10 counts, (for a medical student certificate, physics,chemistry and biology, 15 counts); any second year foreign language, 10 counts; American history with civics, 5 counts; electives, 15 counts, (for a medical student certificate, 10 counts). The electives shall be: English fourth year, 3 counts; Latin second year, or Greek second year, or French second year, or German second year, or Spanish second year, or Italian second year, or Hebrew second year, 10 counts; advanced algebra, 5 counts; advanced arithmetic, 2 counts; physical geography, 5 counts; ancient history, 5 counts; "history of Great Britain and Ireland, 5 counts; *modern history 1, 3 counts; modern history 2, 3 counts; economics, 2 counts; elementary book keeping and business practice, 3 counts; advanced bookkeeping and office practice, 5 counts; shorthand 1, 5 counts; shorthand 2, 5 counts; telementary representation, 2 counts; fadvanced design, 2 counts, fadvanced representation, 2 counts. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES WITHOUT EXAMINATION-Candidates having credentials which can be accepted in place of examinations should send them to the University of the State of New York. MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS-Examinations for license to practise medicine in this State will be held as follows: Jan. 26-29, May 25-28, June 29-July 9, October 5-8 at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.) PHARMACY AND DRUGGIST EXAMINATIONS-Jan. 27-28, May 26-27, June 30-July 1, October 6-7. CHIROPODY EXAMINATIONS-Dates and places of examinations same as Medical Examinations. DENTAL EXAMINATIONS-Dates and places of examinations same as Medical Examinations shown above, except that no examination is given in May. The practical examination is held on the Saturday morning following the regular examinations. VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS-Dates and places of examinations same as Medical Examinations shown above. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS-Dates of examinations: Jan. 26-28, June 29-July 1, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS.-Examinations on the first two days of the other regular professional examinations, when there are applicants, in January and June of each year. REGISTRATION OF NURSES Two examinations will be held annually in January and June respectively. Applications should be made at least ten days in advance to the University of the State of New York, Examination Division, Albany, N. Y. Dates: Jan. 26-28, June 29-July 1, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.) OPTOMETRY EXAMINATIONS-Examinations Jan. 26-29, June 29-July 2, October 5-8. (Each candidate is notified as to place.) Application should be made at least one week in advance to the University of the State of New York, Examination Division, Albany, N. Y. Candidates who have credit in history of Great Britain and Ireland (3 or 5) may receive credit for modern history ? but not for modern history 1. Candidates who have credit in European history may not have credit in modern history 1 or 2. +Candidates who have credit in elementary drawing based on the 1905 syllabus will receive no additional counts for passing elementary representation, but will receive two counts for passing advanced design and two counts for passing advanced representation. Candidates who have credit for advanced drawing general based on the 1905 syllabus can obtain no additional counts in drawing. NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. WORKS of art in the Capitol Building, Washington, have been acquired by gift from private Individuals interested in the preservation of the historical, biographical, or pictorial art of the nation; A general supervision of the art works of by the gift from States, as instanced by the statues of distinguished citizens forming the collection in Statuary Hall, and by purchase by the Government. the Capitol is exercised by the Joint Committee on the Library. This committee also has charge of accessions to the art works of the Capitol Building, except as otherwise provided by law. Statuary Hall, formerly the hall of the House of Representatives, was established as Statuary Hall by act of Congress of July 2, 1864. By this legislation a National Hall of Statuary was created, and the President was authorized to invite each State to contribute to the collection to be formed; two statues, in either marble or bronze, of deceased citizens of the State whom "for historic renown or from civil or military services" the State should consider as worthy of commemoration in this National Hall of Statuary. The following is a list of statues presented by the States and the dates of the works: Name. STATE. Date. STATE. Name. Date. 1906 New Hampshire.. John Stark. 1894 Daniel Webster 1894 Richard Stockton.. 1886 Florida. Philip Kearny. 1875 Idaho.. 1909 New York. Robert R. Livingston. 1874 Illinois. George Clinton. 1873 James A. Garfield. 1885 Indiana. Oliver P. Morton.. William Allen.. 1887 Lew Wallace.. 1909 J. P. G. Muhlenberg.. 1881 Iowa.. James Harlan. 1909 Robert Fulton 1881 Samuel J. Kirkwood Kansas. John J. Ingalls 1913 Rhode Island. Nathanael Greene. 1869 1904 Roger Williams.. 1870 George W. Glick. 1914 William King. 1877 Charles Carroll.. 1901 John Hanson.. 1901 Samuel Adams. 1873 Thomas H. Benton. Maine. Massachusetts. Michigan.. John Winthrop.. Zachariah Chandler. Ethan Allen.... R. E. Lee. AMERICAN SCENIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY. The society was founded by Andrew H. Green, Incorporated in 1895, and is a National society for the protection of natural scenery, the preservation of historic landmarks and the improvement of cities. President-Geo. F. Kunz. Secretary-Edw. H. Hall, 154 Nassau St., New York. Treasurer-N. T. Phillips. South Carolina. John C. Calhoun 1909 Stephen F. Austin. 1904 Samuel Houston.. 1904 Vermont. 1875 1879 1872 Virginia. John E. Kenna. 1901 Francis H. Pierpont.. 1903 1895 PROSECUTION OF TRUSTS BY THE UNITED STATES. THE following is the status on October 1, 1914, of the cases brought by the United States under the terms of the Sherman Anti-Trust act: United States vs. Great Lakes Towing Company et al.-Petition filed June 19, 1910, in the Circult Court, Northern District of Ohio, against an alleged combination of towing facilities on the Great Lakes. A decision in favor of the Government was handed down February 11, 1913. The plan of dissolution is now under consideration by the court. United States vs. Chicago Butter and Egg Board-Petition filed June 13, 1910, In Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois. A demurrer to the petition was sustained with leave to amend, and an amended petition was filed. Upon hearing on master's report the Court held that the Government was entitled to a decree as prayed for. Form of decree to be entered is now under consideration. United States vs. American Sugar Refining Company et al.-Petition filed November 28, 1910, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, alleging a combination in restraint of trade and praying for its dissolution. Demurrer was overruled December 11, 1911. Issues joined and taking of testimony in chief on behalf of Government has been concluded. Taking of testimony on behalf of defendants now in progress. United States vs. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft and others-Petition filed January 4, 1911, in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, to dissolve a combination of steamship lines regulating steerage traffic on the Atlantic Ocean. Demurrers were overruled December 20, 1911. Taking of testimony completed and case was argued on April 17, 1914. Decision of Court is awaited. United States vs. William C. Geer, President Albia Box and Paper Company et al.-Indictment returned April 28, 1911, in the Southern District of New York, alleging a combination and conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce in paper board. Demurrer overruled May 9, 1913. Case being prepared for trial. United States vs. Isaac Whiting et al.-Indictment returned May 26, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a combination to restrain trade in milk throughout the New England States. Demurrer argued in November, 1912. Opinion handed down March 23, 1914. Demurrers overruled as to counts charging combination, and sustained as to counts charging conspiracy and monopoly. United States vs. Isaac Whiting et al.-Indictment returned May 26, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a conspiracy to restrain trade in milk throughout the New England States. Demurrer argued in November, 1912. Opinion handed down March 23, 1914. Demurrers overruled as to counts charging combination, and sustained as to counts charging conspiracy and monopoly. United States vs. Edward E. Hartwick et al.-Petition filed August 31, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Eastern District of Michigan, alleging conspiracy and unlawful restraint of trade on the part of members of the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, The Scout Publishing Company and the Lumber Secretaries' Bureau of Information. Issues joined and taking of testimony com pleted. Pending. United States vs. S. W. Winslow et al. Two indictments (113 and 114) returned September 19, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts charging combination, conspiracy and monopoly in trade in shoe machinery. Demurrer to indictment 113 was sustained, and demurrer to indictment 114 was overruled as to first count and sustained as to second count. An appeal was taken by the United States from decision in No. 113, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court. Pending. United States vs. The Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Dealers' Association and The Lumber Secretaries' Bureau of Information-Petition filed September 25, 1911, in the Circuit Court, District of Colorado, for injunction against defendants for conspiracy to restrain trade in lumber and Its products. The taking of testimony has been completed and further action is being deferred, awafting decision by Supreme Court. United States vs. Willard G. Hollis et al.-Petition in equity filed October, 1911, in the Circuit Court, District of Minnesota, against the Lumber Secretaries' Bureau of Information, the Lumberman Publishing Company and certain individuals, alleging conspiracy and combination in the lumber trade. The taking of testimony has been completed and further action is being deferred pending decision of Supreme Court. United States vs. United States Steel Corporation and others-Petition filed October 27, 1911, in District Court for District of New Jersey, alleging a combination in restraint of interstate commerce in iron and steel and their products and an attempt to monopolize the same. Issues joined. Taking of testimony completed. United States vs. National Cash Register Company et al.-Petition filed December 4, 1911, in Circuit Court, Southern District of Ohio, alleging conspiracy and monopoly in the manufacture, sale and shipment of cash registers and other registering devices. Issue joined and taking of testimony pending. United States vs. United Shoe Machinery Company et al.-Petition in equity filed December 12, 1911, in Circuit Court, District of Massachusetts, alleging combinations and conspiracies in restraint of Interstate and foreign trade in shoe machinery, and praying for perpetual restraining order, dissolution of company and restoration of normal conditions. Taking of testimony completed. Case argued in June, 1914, and decision of Court is awaited. United States vs. The Keystone Watch Case Company et al.-Petition filed December 20, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging unlawful contracts, combinations, and conspiracies to monopolize trade in filled watch cases and watches, and praying for a permanent decree ordering the dissolution of the company and enjoining defendants from further committing the unlawful acts complained of. Argued in June, 1914, and decision of Court is awaited. United States vs. The North Pacific Wharves and Trading Co. et al.-Indictment (836-B) returned February 12, 1912, in the First Division, District of Alaska, charging defendants (1) with engaging in a conspiracy and combination in restraint of trade and commerce by way of combining the four wharves at Skagway under one management, and (2) with monopolizing the wharfinger business at Skagway, Demurrer overruled on May 3, 1912. First trial resulted in disagreement of jury on January 27, 1913. Corporation defendants entered pleas of guilty, and fines aggregating $19,500 were imposed in February, 1914. United States vs. Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Co. et al.-Indictment (837-B) returned February 13, 1912, in the First Division, District of Alaska, charging defendants with engaging in a conspiracy to monopolize and monopolizing the steamship transportation between Puget Sound and British Columbia ports in the south and Skagway in the north. Demurrer sustained, except as to corporation defendants to count No. 6. Upon appeal to the Supreme Court the judgment was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings. Corporation defendants entered pleas of guilty, and fines aggregating $8,500 were imposed in February, 1914. United States vs. John H. Patterson et al.-Indictment returned February 22, 1912, in the Southern District of Ohio, against John H. Patterson, President, and 29 other offcials and employés of the National Cash Register Company, alleging a conspiracy in restraint of interstate trade and commerce in cash registers, resulting in an unlawful monopoly of the industry. Demurrer over ruled June 26, 1912. Trial resulted in a verdict of guilty as to 29 of the 30 defendants and fines aggregating $135,000 and jail sentences ranging from nine months to one year were imposed. Pending on appeal. Set for trial October 6, 1914. United States vs. American-Asiatic Steamship Company et al.-Petition in equity filed March 30, 1912, in Southern District of New York, charging defendants with combining and conspiring, entering into unlawful contracts and pooling agreements, and allowing rebates, for the purpose of securing a monopoly of the business of transporting freight between ports on the Atlantic coast of the United States and ports in the Philippine Islands, Japan, China, and the Far East. Issue Joined. Taking of testimony on behalf of Government completed and case being prepared for trial. United States vs. International Harvester Company et al.-Petition filed April 30, 1912, in the District Court, District of Minnesota, alleging the acquisition and maintenance of a monopoly in barvesting and agricultural machinery and implements and twine. Testimony taken, expediting certificate filed, and case argued before three Circuit Judges at St. Paul during November, 1913. Decision favorable to Government filed August 12. 1914. United States vs. Prince Line (Limited) et al.-Petition filed June 5, 1912, In the District Court, Southern District of New York, charging defendants, as common carriers of freight and passengers, between ports of the United States and ports in the Republic of Brazil, with acquiring and maintaining a substantial monopoly by means of contracts, rebates, and other unlawful acts, and praying for an annulment of said contracts and agreements. Taking of testimony completed and case is being prepared for trial. United States vs. Associated Billposters and Distributors of the United States and Canada et al.-Petition filed August 3, 1912, in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging defendants with engaging in a combination and conspiracy to place unlawful restraints upon interstate and foreign trade and commerce in posters. Pending on demurrer. United States vs. Motion Picture Patents Company et al.-Petition filed August 15, 1912, in the District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to remove the restraints which defendants have imposed upon Interstate and foreign trade and commerce in machines, appliances, and apparatus relating to the motion-picture art, and upon persons engaged in such trade and commerce. The taking of testimony completed. Case set for trial in November, 1914. United States vs. The Master Horseshoers' National Protective Association of America and others-Petition filed December 12, 1912, in the Eastern District of Michigan, charging defendants with engaging in a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce in drilled horseshoes, adjustable calks, and rubber hoof pads. Demurrers overruled. Pending. United States vs. Elgin Board of Trade et al.-Petition filed December 14, 1912, in the Northern District of Illinois, charging defendants with combining and conspiring in the interest of a number of large centralizing concerns to restrain interstate commerce in butter and butter fat, and arbltrarily fixing the price thereof to obtain throughout the United States. Issue joined and taking of testimony completed. Decree granting relief sought by Government was entered on April 27, 1914. United States vs. Charles S. Mellen, Edson J. Chamberlin, and Alfred W. Smithers-Indictment returned December 23, 1912, in the Southern District of New York, charging a combination and conspiracy to restrain interstate commerce by preventing the construction of subsidiary lines of the Central Vermont Railway Company (itself a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway Company) from Palmer, Mass., to Providence, R. I.: from White River Junction, Vermont, to Boston; and from Boston to Blackstone, connecting there with the Palmer-Providence line. Case at issue awaiting trial. United States vs. Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company et al.-Petition filed December 26, 1912, in the Eastern District of Michigan, alleging that the business policy of the defendant company in fixing and enforcing resale prices on Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes is unlawful and tends to restrain and monopolize interstate commerce in said product. Motion by defendants to dismiss was argued in July, 1914, and the decision of the Court is awaited. United States vs. United Shoe Machinery Company of New Jersey et al.-Petition filed February 8, 1913, in the District Court at Trenton, N. J., seeking to have annulled an alleged unlawful contract involving "inseam trimming machines." Pending. United States vs. Board of Trade of the city of Chicago et al.-Petition filed February 11, 1913, In the District Court at Chicago, Ill., attacking rule 33 of the Chicago Board of Trade, by virtue of which it is alleged the price of all corn, oats, wheat, and rye arriving in Chicago at times when the Board of Trade is not in session is arbitrarily determined. Motion to strike out certain portions of defendants' answer has been granted and case will be prepared for trial. United States vs. The Cleveland Stone Company et al.-Petition filed February 12, 1913, in the District Court at Cleveland, Northern District of Ohio, charging defendants with establishing and maintaining a practical monopoly of the stone business. Being prepared for trial. United States vs. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company and The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company-Petition filed February 13, 1913, in the District Court at Trenton, N. J., charging defendants with transporting coal in which it had an interest in violation of the commodities clause of the Interstate Commerce act, and with entering into an unlawful contract whereby the coal company acquired a monopoly of the sale of anthracite coal produced along the line of the railroad company, in violation of the Anti-Trust act. Trial resulted in a decision adverse to Government, and an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court. United States vs. The McCaskey Register Company et al.-Petition filed February 20, 1913, in the District Court at Cleveland, Northern District of Ohio, charging defendants with conspiring to restrain and monopolize the manufacture and sale of account registers and appliances. Pending. United States vs. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Unions Nos. 9 and 134 et al.-Petition filed February 24, 1913, in the District Court at Chicago, Northern District of Illinois, seeking to enjoin defendants from interfering with the Interstate business of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. A temporary injunction was granted. Decree making temporary injunction permanent was entered February 27, 1914. United States vs. Corn Products Refining Company et al.-Petition filed March 1, 1913, In the District Court at New York City, charging defendants with monopolizing interstate trade and commerce in corn products, and praying for the dissolution of the combination. Issue joined, and taking of testimony is in progress. United States vs. The American Thread Company et al.-Petition filed March 3, 1913, in the District Court at Trenton, N. J., charging defendants with monopolizing the thread industry. Answers of defendants filed September 10, 1913. Issue joined. Decree granting relief sought by Government entered June 2, 1914. United States vs. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis et al.-Petition filed March 4, 1913, in the District Court at St. Louis, Eastern District of Missouri, alleging a conspiracy on the part of the members of the St. Louis Coal Tramic Bureau to suppress and eliminate competition in various rates for the transportation of soft coal from the State of Illinois to the city of St. Louis, Mo. Pending. PRESIDENT WILSON'S ADMINISTRATION, MARCH 4, 1913. United States vs. Eastman Kodak Company et al.-Petition filed June 9, 1913, in the District Court at Buffalo, Western District of New York, alleging that defendants have acquired a monopoly of the business of manufacturing, selling, and distributing photographic supplies. Issue joined. United States vs. American Can Company et al.-Petition filed November 29, 1913, in the United States vs. John P. White et al.-Indictment returned December 1, 1913, in the District Court of Colorado, charging officials and members of the United Mine Workers of America with monopolizing all diggers of coal and mine laborers and with restraining interstate commerce in coal. Pending.. United States vs. Frank J. Hayes et al.-Indictment returned December 1, 1913, in the District Court of Colorado, charging a combination and conspiracy by mine workers to interfere with the mining of coal in Colorado and its transportation to and sale in other States. Pending. United States vs. Southern Pacific Company, Central Pacific Railway Company et al.-Petition in equity filed February 11, 1914, in the District Court at Salt Lake City, Utah, to compel the Southern Pacific to relinquish its control of the Central Pacific. Issue joined, and taking of testimony is in progress. United States vs. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company et al.-Petition filed March 18, 1914, in the District Court at New York City, charging the defendants with having monopolized the production, transportation, and sale of anthracite coal from mines tributary to Lehigh Valley Railroad. Company in violation of the Anti-Trust act, and charging the said railroad company with transporting in interstate commerce coal in which it has an interest, in violation of the commodity clause of the act to regulate commerce. Taking of testimony completed and case being prepared for trial. United States vs. Knauer et al.-Indictment returned June 4, 1914, at Des Moines, Southern District of Iowa, charging defendants with having entered into a combination in restraint of trade Case being prepared for trial. in plumbing supplies. United States vs. The American Wringer Company et al.-Indictment returned May 22, 1914, in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, charging defendants with unlawfully engaging in a combination in restraint of interstate trade and commerce in clotheswringers. Pending. United States vs. Booth Fisheries Company et al.-Indictment returned July 20, 1914, in the Pending. District Court at Seattle, Wash., charging defendants with entering into a combination and conspiracy in restraint of interstate trade and commerce in fresh fish. United States vs. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company et al.-Petition Aled July 23, 1914, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging monopolization of transportation facilities in New England and praying for a dissolution thereof. Pending. Do United States vs. Western Cantaloupe Exchange et al.-Indictment returned August 7, 1914, in the District Court at Chicago, Northern District of Illinois, charging defendants with having entered into a combination to restrain and monopolize interstate trade in cantaloupes. Datin THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. The head The work of THE United States Public Health Service is a bureau of the Treasury Department. of the bureau is a commissioned medical officer, with the title of Surgeon-General. the service is administered, under the direction of the Surgeon-General, by seven bureau divisionsPersonnel and Accounts, Scientific Research, Foreign and Insular Quarantine, Domestic (Interstate) Quarantine, Sanitary Reports and Statistics, Marine Hospitals and Relief and Miscellaneous. The commissioned corps of the service consists of medical officers of the following grades: Appointments in the corps are made Qualifications for examination Surgeon-General, Assistant Surgeons-General (chiefs of divisions of the bureau), Senior Surgeons, Surgeons, Passed Assistant Surgeons, and Assistant Surgeons. to the grade of Assistant Surgeon, after successful examination. are graduation from a reputable medical college, one year's hospital experience or two years' professional work after graduation, and testimonials from responsible persons as to professional and Applicants for examination must be between the ages of 23 and 32 years. moral character. The Public Health Service maintains twenty-three marine hospitals and 120 other rellef stations throughout the country. Fifty-one quarantine stations in the United States and twenty-five stations in its insular possessions are also operated, and eighty-five stations for the medical inspection of Immigrants. Eighteen officers are stationed at American consulates abroad to assist in the administration of quarantine and the inspection of immigrants. At the Hygienic Laboratory, located in the city of Washington, research work in connection with Investigations of disease, sanitation and water pollution is carried on, and tests are made of the purity and potency of viruses, serums and toxins, with the supervision of the manufacture and sale of which the Public Health Service is charged by law. The Public Health Service co-operates with State and local Boards of Health in the eradication of epidemic diseases, such as plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, smallpox and leprosy. Detalls of officers are also made, on request from State and municipal health authorities, to assist In the suppression of typhoid fever, infantile paralysis, cerebro-spinal meningitis, and other diseases. The Public Health Service has supervision of measures for the prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious diseases in interstate traffic; the administration of matters in relation to Among the signal the Interstate Quarantine Regulations regarding the prevention of the use of the common towel and commom drinking cup on vehicles or vessels operating in interstate traffic and the certification of water and ice furnished by common carriers for passengers in interstate traffic. achievements of the service in recent years in the field of public health work have been the eradication of bubonic plague in California and Porto Rico, and the suppression of yellow fever in the South.box During the fiscal The personnel of the Public Health Service consists of 167 commissioned medical officers, 239 acting assistant surgeons (physicians appointed locally and not subject to change of station) 46 pharmacists, 1,064 attendants, and 111 other employés, a total of 1,645 persons. year, 1914, 53,415 patients were treated-14,469 in hospitals and 38,814 as dispensary or outpatients. At quarantine stations 14,128 vessels, carrying 1,549,570 passengers and crews, were inspected, of which 2,731 were fumigated. Immigrants to the number of 1,485,957 were inspected, and 41,250 certified for rejection on account of physical or mental defeet. THE SHERMAN LAW. THE following is the text of the Sherman law concerning Trusts: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: SEC. 1. Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract, or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments in the discretion of the Court. SEC. 2. Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof. shall be punished by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the Court. SEC. 3. Every contract, combination in form or trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce in any Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory or Territories and State or States or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any State or States or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract, or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments in the discretion of the Court. SEC. 4. The several Circuit Courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction Such proceedto prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several DistrictAttorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the AttorneyGeneral, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations. ings may be by way of petition setting forth the case and praying that such violation shall be When the parties complained of shall have been duly notified of enjoined or otherwise prohibited. such petition the Court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing and determination of the case; and pending such petition and before final decree, the Court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises. SEC. 5. Whenever it shall appear to the Court before which any proceeding under sec. 4 of this act may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the Court, the Court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the Court is held or not; and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal SEC. 6. Any property owned under any contract or by any combination, or pursuant to any conspiracy (and being the subject thereof) mentioned in sec. 1 of this act, and being in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law. SEC. 7. Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act may sue therefor in any Circuit Court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him susstained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. SEC. 8. That the word "person" or "persons" wherever used in this act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State or the laws of any foreign country. Approved July 2, 1890. NOTE-TWO or more sections of the Clayton Trust bill (of 1914) amend the Sherman law; the other sections of the bill, as well as sec. 5 of the Federal Trade Commission law, are supplemental to the Sherman act. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. The first THE Federal Trade Commission is composed of five Commissioners appointed by the President. Not more than three of the Commissioners can be members of the same political party. Commissioners appointed continue in office for terms of three, four, five, six, and seven years respectively, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors will be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed, and no Commissioner shall engage A vacancy in the commission does not impair in any other business, vocation, or employment. the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. The Commissioners receive a salary of $10,000 a year, and the secretary $5,000. SEC. 3 provides: That upon the organization of the commission and election of its Chairman, the Bureau of Corporations and the offices of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Corporations cease to exist; and all pending investigations and proceedings of the Bureau of Corporations are continued by the commission. The principal office of the commission is in Washington, but it may meet and exercise all its The commission may, by one or more of its members, or by such powers at any other place. examiners as it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties in any part of the United States. That unfair methods of competition in commerce are declared unlawful. SEC. 5 provides: The commission is empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations, except banks, and common carriers subject to the acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce. Whenever the commission shall have reason to believe that any such person, partnership, or corporation has been or is using any unfair method of competition in commerce, and if it shall appear to the commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public, it shall issue and serve upon such person, partnership, or corporation a complaint stating its charges in that respect, and containing a notice of a hearing upon a day and at a place therein fixed at least The person, partnership, or corporation so comthirty days after the service of said complaint. plained of shall have the right to appear at the place and time so fixed and show eause why an order Any person, partnership, should not be entered by the commission requiring such person, partnership, or corporation to cease and desist from the violation of the law so charged in said complaint. The testimony in any such or corporation may make application, and upon good cause shown may be allowed by the commis sion, to intervene and appear in said proceeding by counsel or in person. |