15314. Adulteration of cottonseed bulls. U. S. v. 40,260 Pounds and 
182,380 Pounds of Cottonseed Hulls. Consent decrees of con- 
denxnation and forfeiture.     Product released under bond.     (F. & D.
Nos. 21422, 21423.     I. S. Nos. 8441-x, 8442-x.    S. Nos   C-5252, C-5253.)
On October 15, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district libels, and subsequently, amendments to 
the said libels, praying seizure and condemnation of 222,640 pounds of cotton- 
seed hulls, remaining in the original freight car at Maple Hill, Kans., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Choctaw Cotton Oil Co., of Ada, Okla., 
in part on or about October 2, 1926, and in part on or about October 9, 1926, 
and had been transported in interstate commerce from Muskogee, Okla., into 
the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated, in that it was 
composed in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance, and was infested with bugs.
On October 25, 1926, the Choctaw Cotton Oil Co., Ada, Okla., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of decrees, 
judgments of condemnation were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs 
of the proceedings and the execution of bonds totaling $500, conditioned in 
part that it not be sold or offered for sale in violation of law.
W.  M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.
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