1932 



Agricultural Law 



[Art. 5. 



Calves for 



fertilizer 



purposes. 



Seizure of 

 calves 

 and veal. 



Penalties. 



calf is under four weeks of age, shall ship it in a crate, unless 

 said calf is accompanied by its dam. Any person shipping calves 

 under four weeks of age for fertilizer purposes must slaughter 

 the said calves before so ship])ing. Any person or persons duly 

 authorized hj the commissioner of agriculture may examine any 

 calf or veal oifered or exposed for sale or kept with any stock of 

 goods apparently exposed for sale, and if such calf is under four 

 weeks of age, or the veal is from a calf killed under four weeks of 

 age, or from a calf in an unhealthy condition when killed, he may 

 seize the same and cause it to be destroyed and disposed of in such 

 manner as to make it impossible to be thereafter used for food. 

 Tli(» jienalties and fines provided in section iifty-two of the agricul- 

 tural law shall apjily to violations of this section except that the 

 minimum penalty for violations of this section shall be, for the 

 first violation, one dollar for each calf, and, for the second viola- 

 tion, ten dollars for each calf, and the minimum fine for first 

 offense shall be one dollar and for second offense ten dollars. 

 (As amended by chapter 561 of the Laws of 1910.) 



People V. Bishopp, 106 App. Div. 26fi, 94 X. Y. Supp. 773. 128 X. Y. St. 

 Rep. 773; People v. Dennis, 114 X. Y. Supp. 7: People v. Sayre (not re- 

 ported) ; People V. \Vri<;lit. 103 App. Div. 21S. statute presumptively con- 

 stitutional; Williams v. Rivenburg, 129 X. Y'. Supp. 473. 



§ 107. Shipping veal. It shall be unlawful for any corpora- 

 tion, partnersliip, person or persons to ship to or from any part 

 of this state any carcass or carcasses of a calf or calves or any part 

 of such carcass except the hide, unless they shall attach to every 

 carcass or part thereof so shipped, in a conspicuous place, a tag, 

 that shall stay thereon during such transportation, stating the 

 name or names of the person or persons who raised the calf, the 

 name of the shipper, the points of shipping and the destination 

 and the age of the calf. 



§ 108. Receiving veal for shipment by common carriers. ]^o 

 railroad company, express company, steamboat company or other 

 common carrier, shall carry or receive for transportation any car- 

 cass or carcasses of calves, or any part of the same excejit the 

 hide, unless the said carcass or carcasses or parts thereof shall be 

 tagged as herein provided. 



