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liable to be spread by dogs lliat have been exi»osed, the said Board 

 may order tlie (jiiarantine, restraint, confinement, or mnzzlinj; of any 

 or all do<xs, within the limits of the locality in which the danger of 

 infection is deemed to exist. The authority hereby conferred is not 

 to annul or restrict tlu^ authority now possessed by cities or bor- 

 oughs to quarantine, restrain, confine, or muzzle dogs, within the 

 limits of their respective jurisdictions. 



Section 2. A quarantine, or order to restrain, confine or muzzle 

 dogs, shall be operative when it is ai^proved bj' a majority of the 

 members of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, and when a copy 

 of it has been left at the usual place of residence of the owner 

 of the dog that it is believed to have been exposed to rabies, or 

 hydrophul)ia; or when the notice or order to quarantine, restrain, 

 confine or muzzle dogs, has been published in each of two papers in 

 each of the counties within which the regulation is established, and 

 when printed notices, giving the text of the regulation or order, 

 have been posted in public places, in the locality in which the regu- 

 lation or ordiM' applies. 



Section 3. Should dogs be permitted to run at large, or to escape 

 from restraint or confinement, or to go without muzzle, in violation 

 of the quarantine, or regulation, or order, established by the State 

 Live Stock Sanitary Board to restrict the spread of rabies, or hydro- 

 phobia, as provided by this act, such dogs may be secured and con- 

 fined, or they may be shot or otherwise destroyed, and the owner 

 or owners thereof shall have no claim against the person so doing. 



Section 4. Any person violating the provisions of this act, or of 

 a quarantine, or of a regulation or order to restrain, confine or 

 muzzle dogs, duly established by the State Live Stock Sanitary 

 Board, for the purpose of restricting the spread of rabies, or hydro- 

 phobia, in the manner provid(^d in the other sections of this act, 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction shall 

 forfeit and pay a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than 

 one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court. 



Approved— The 27th day of March, A. D. 1903. 



SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. 



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Reference has already been made to the development of the dairy 

 industry of Pennsvlvania. This industrv now ranks as the most im- 

 portant part of the agriculture of the State. The steadily increas- 

 ing demand for milk denotes that the dairy industry must continue 

 to grow. It is, hovt'ever, to be observed that milk consumers are 

 becoming more particular as to the quality of the milk they con- 

 sume. This is shown by the increased attention given to milk in 

 spection by boards of health and by the State Dairy and Food Com- 

 missioner, as well as by the growth of milk businesses that are con- 



