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purchase such supplies and materials as may be necessary in carry- 

 ing out the proyisions of this act, and the Board and the members 

 thereof are hereby empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to 

 the appraisers appointed under this act, that they may order and con- 

 duct such examinations into the condition of the live stock of the 

 State in relation to contagious diseases, including the milk supplies 

 of cities, to>vns, boroughs and yillages, as may seem necessary, and 

 to take proper measures to protect such milk su[)plies from contami- 

 nation. 



Section 7. That all necessary expenses under the proyisions of 

 this act shall, after approyal in writing by the Goyernor and the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, be paid by the State Treasurer upon the 

 warrant of the Auditor General in the manner now provided by law. 



Section 8. That this act ^hall take effect June first, one thousand 

 eight hundred and ninety-fiye, and all acts or parts of acts inconsist- 

 ent herewith are hereby repealed. 



Approved — May 21st, 1895. 



AN ACT TO TKOTECT THE HEALTH OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



AN ACT 



To protect the health of the domestic animals of the Commonwealth 



of Pennsylvania. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the importation of dairy cov,-s 

 and neat cattle for breeding purposes into the Commonwealth of 

 Pennsylvania is hereby prohibited, excepting when such cows and 

 neat cattle are accompanied by a certificate from an inspector, whose 

 competency and reliability are certified to bj' the authorities charged 

 with the control of the diseases of domestic animals in the State 

 from whence the cattle came, certifying that they have been exam- 

 ined and subjected to the tuberculin te.st and are free from disease. 



Section 2. That in lieu of an inspection certificate as above re- 

 quired, the cattle may be detained at suitable stock-yards nearest to 

 the State line on the railroad over which they are ship])ed, and 

 there examined at the expense of the owner, or cattle as above 

 specified from points outside of the State may, under such restric- 

 tions as may be provided by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, 

 be shipj>ed in quarantine to their destination in Pennsylvania, there 

 to remain in qiiarantine until properly examined at the expense of 

 the owner, and released by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. 



