10093.?Adulteration of milk. IT. S. * * * v. William C. Bates. Collat? eral of $25 forfeited. (F. & D. No. 626-c.) On December 6,1920, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,? acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Police Court? of the District aforesaid an information against William C. Bates, Washington,? D. C, alleging that on November 24, 1920, the said defendant did offer for sale? and sell in the District of Columbia, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, a? quantity of milk which was adulterated. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that? a certain valuable constituent thereof, to wit, butter fat, had been wholly or in? part abstracted therefrom. On December 6, 1920, the defendant having failed to enter an appearance, the? $25 collateral which had been deposited by him to insure his appearance was? declared forfeited by the court. C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 50 BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. [Supplement 132,