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§ 70c. Federal regulations. — The commissioner of agriculture 

 may accept, in behalf of the state, the rules and regulations pre- 

 pared and adopted by the commissioner of agriculture or the 

 secretary or department of agriculture of the United States, 

 under any act of congress for the establishment of a bureau of 

 animal industry or to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle 

 or to provide means for the extirpation and suppression of 

 pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among do- 

 mestic animals and shall co-operate with the authorities of the 

 United States in the enforcement of the provisions of any such 

 act. 



§70d. Rights of federal inspectors. — The inspectors of the bureau 

 of animal industry of the United States shall have the right of 

 inspection, quarantine and condemnation of animals affected 

 with any contagious, infectious or communicable disease, or sus- 

 pected to be so affected or that may have been exposed to any 

 such disease, and for such purposes they may enter upon any 

 ground or premises; they may call the sheriffs, constables and 

 peace officers to assist them in discharge of their duties in carry- 

 ing out the provisions of any such act; and all sheriffs, con- 

 stables and peace officers shall assist such inspectors when so 

 requested, and such inspectors shall have the same powers and 

 protection as peace officers, while engaged in the discharge of 

 their duties. All animals entering the state, which pass inspec- 

 tion by the federal authorities, shall be permitted to proceed to 

 place of destination without further inspection under this act. 

 This state shall not be liable for any damages or expenses 

 caused or made by such inspectors. 



§ 70-e. Slaughtering and selling veal for food. — No person shall 

 slaughter, for the purpose of selling the same for food, 

 or expose for sale or sell within this state, or bring or cause 

 to be brought into any city, town or village within this state 

 for food any calf or carcass of the same, or any part thereof 

 except the hide, unless it is in good healthy condition and was 

 at least four weeks of age at the time of killing. Any person 



