No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 69 



Section :{. The State }Ave Stock Sanitary Board is hereby author- 

 ized and (iii|)(i\\c'red to proliibit the iuiporlation of domestic ani- 

 mals into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whenever in thcii- 

 judiinient such measures may be necessary for the proper protection 

 of (he health of the domestic animals of the Commonwealth, and to 

 make and enforce rule® and re<j;ulations governing such trattic as 

 may from time to time be required. 



Section 4. That any ])erson, firm, or corporate body violating the 

 provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction shall, in the proper court of the county in which such 

 cattle are sold, olTered for sale, delivered to a purchaser, or in which 

 such cattle may be detained in transit, for each offense, forfeit and 

 pay a tine of not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred 

 dollars ,or be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten days, 

 and not exceeding thirty days, either or both, at the discretion of 

 court. Such person, firm or corporate body shall be liable for the 

 full amount of the damages that may result from the violation of 

 this act. 



Section 5. The State Live Stock Sanitarv Board is lierebv charged 

 with the enforcement of this act, and is authorized to see that its 

 provisions tire obeyed, and to make, from time to time, such rules 

 and regulations as may be necessary and proper for its enforcement. 



Section G. That this act shall go into effect January first, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and ninety-eight. 



Approved May 2G, 1897. 



RL'LES FOK THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT OF MAY 26, 



1897. 



Dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding purposes may be brought 

 into Pennsylvauia from other States only in accordance with one of 

 the three following provisions: 



1. The cattle may be examined and tested with tuberculin in the 

 State from whence they come by an inspector whose competency and 

 reliability are certified to by the authorities charged with the con- 

 trol of the disease® of animals in that State. Special blanks for re- 

 porting upon such examinations will be furnished by the State Live 

 Stock Sanitary Board upon application. Cattle thus examined, found 

 to be free from disease and brought into Pennsylvania, shall remain 

 in the possession of the person or persons who own them when 



