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

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

 thereof are hereby empowered to administer oati/.s 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, towns, boroughs and villages, as may seem necessary, and 

 to take proper measures to protect such milk supplies from contami- 

 nation. 



Section 7. That all necessary expenses under the provisions of 

 this act shall, after approval in writing by the Governor 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 shall take effect June first, one thousand 

 eight hundred and ninety-five, and all acts or parts of acts inconsis- 

 tent herewith are hereby repealed. 



Approved — May 21st, 1895. 



AN ACT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



AN ACT 



To protect the health of the domestic animals of the Commonwealth 



of Pennsvlvania. 



(Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That the importation of dairy cows 

 and neat cattle for breeding purposes into the Commonwealth of 

 Pennsylvania is hereby prohibited, excepting w^hen such cows and 

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

 competency and reliability are certified to by 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 test 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 shipped, 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 shipped in quarantine to their destination in Pennsylvania, there 

 to remain in quarantine until properly examined at the expense of 

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

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