In this purefood law the provision was that any article misbranded or adulterated. within the provisions of the law. when shipped in violation of the act. might be libeled. confiscated. taken away. and destroyed. Thirtysixth Statutes at Large. page 825. the Mann Act. prohibits the transportation of women for immoral purposes and provides for the prosecution in any court in any jurisdiction through which the woman passed. and provides a penalty for the keeper of a prostitute who does not report that fact to the Commissioner of Immigration. which was the farthest stretch of the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution that had ever been enacted. and yet it was held to be constitutional. Twentyeighth Statutes at Large. page 963. prohibited the deposit of lottery tickets in the mail. and that act put an end to the lottery business in the United States. In the case of Hoke v.
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