Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-07-11

foods and drugs for the purpose of
determining whether such articles
are adulterated or misbranded.
Whenever the Secretary of Agricul-
ture shall find that the law is being
violated he has authority under the
act to certify the facts to the United
States attorney for the district in
which the violation occurred.
Under the naturalization law
passed an alien cannot be admitted
to citizenship unless he is capable of
speaking English. A bureau is es.
tablished which shall register per-
sonal description of each alien ar
irving in the United States. The
law forbids the naturalization of any
person who is an anarchist or coun-
sells lawlessness, or who believes in
polygamy. 1t confers jurisdiction to
admit to naturalization upon the
Federal courts of the United States
in all the States and Territories, in
Guiding Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico, and upon the courts of record
of the various States. The name of
the immigration bureau is changed
to bureau of immigration and natu-
ralization.
The quarantine law places all
qua ontine stations under the con-
troll o. the Secretary of the Treas
ury; au Norizes him to designate
public or 'ivate lands and anchor
ages to be used as quarantine sta
tions, and prov for the transfer
of title by condemnation or other
wise; provides penalty for viola
tion of quarantine station regula-
tions and for false reports as to the
sanitary condition of crews and pas
sengers; provides for the transfer of
State or loyal quarantine stations to
the United States, and appropriates
100000 to carry the act into effect.
An important piece of Legislation
during the session was the removal
of the tax upon denatured alcohol.
Although the charge was made that
the measure would be bitterly op-
posed by corporate influences in the
Senate, it went through that body
with scarcely murmur of objection.
After long years of waiting Okla
homa, tied to the Indian Territory,
will be admitted to the union under
the name OF Oklahoma. This State
hood bill was fought out in both
houses, and at one time it looked as
if it would fail. New Mexico and
Arizona have been put on the wait
ing list. The people of these two
territories will decide at an election
to be held in the fall whether they
approve of jointure.
After persistent effort on the part
of the commercial interests and ex-
porters generally Congress consented
to reorganize the consular service.
The consuls general and consuls are
grouped by classes, and provision is
made for an inspection service con-
sisting of five consuls general, each
to receive $4,000 year. No officer
in the consular service receiving
more than $1,000 year is permitted
to engage in business or practice law.
The fee system is abolished. All
fees are to be turned into the trea-
sury.
After what looked like certain de-
feat for it in the Senate President
Roosevelt won ont on his PROPOSE
tion to have a lock canal built at
Panama. The house first declared
in favor of the lock canal by voting
that no portion of the money appro-
priated in the sundry civil bill should
be expended on sea level project.
The Senate then specifically agreed
to this type Of waterway and the
House followed suit.
A joint resolution was passed re-
quiring the purchase of supplies and
materials for the canal in the Ameri-
can market, unless the President
should deinrmina that tho hids Of