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Section 3. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby author- 

 ized and empowered to prohibit the importation of domestic ani- 

 mals into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whenever in their 

 judgment such measures may be necessary for the proper protection 

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

 maJvC and enforce rules and regulations governing such traffic as 

 may from time to time be re(]uired. 



(Section 4. That any person, tirui, or corporate body violating the 

 I>rovisions of this act, shall be deemed guiky of a misdemeanor, and 

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

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

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

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

 dollar's, 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 ;j. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby charged 

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

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

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



Section. 6. That this act shall go into effect January first, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and ninety-eight. 



Approved — May 26, 1897. 



RULES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT OF MAY 26, 



1897. 



Dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding purposes may be brought 

 into Pennsjlvauia 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 diseases of animals in that State. Special blanks for re- 

 porting u])on 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 



