1918.] 



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found upon such examination to be diseased, to be killed as provided 

 by section 2095 of the general statutes. The cost of such testing or 

 examination shall, before such cattle are released from quarantine, be 

 paid by the owner of .such cattle, but the cost of keeping .such cattle in 

 quarantine, for a period not exceeding six weeks, shall, subject to the 

 approval of yuch expense by said commissioner, be paid by the state. 

 The commissioner may, in his discretion, issue to any person a Vv'ritten 

 permit authori::ing .such person to bring cattle into this state for the 

 purpose of exhibiting the same at any agricultural fair or other public 

 exhibition or to bring into the state cattle which such person has taken 

 or intends to take out of the state for the jiurpose of such exhibition. 

 Xo railroad, steamship or other transportation company or carrier shall 

 transport any neat cattle into this state unless the same be accom- 

 panied by a certificate of good health or by a permit as provided for in 

 this section. Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions of 

 this section or any officer or agent of any corporation directing or 

 causing the violation by such corporation of any . of said provisions 

 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not 

 more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. Any 

 person who shall intentionally interfere with the performance of any 

 examination provided for by this section, or who shall attempt to de- 

 feat the objects of the tuberculin test applied to cattle by a previous 

 injection of tuberculin known as "plugging" or shall in any way at- 

 tempt to prevent an accurate result of any such test, shall be fined 

 not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty 

 days. 



Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



CHAPTER 169.* 



An Act Concerning the Sale of Tuberculin and Prohibiting 



the Sale of Cows Which Have Reacted to the Tuberculin 



Test. 



Section 1. Xo tuberculin shall be kept, sold or offered for sale after 

 January 1, 1920, except by written permit obtained from the commis- 

 sioner on domestic animals. Reports of all sales shall be made to the 

 commissioner on domestic animals on forms provided by said com- 

 missioner. All persons using such tuberculin shall report to the com- 

 missioner on domestic animals the result of such tests, including test 

 charts and identification of all cattle so tested. 



Sec. 2. Xo person shall sell, trade or otherwise dispone of, except 

 for immediate slaughter, any cow that has been known to have reacted 

 to the tuberculin test, unless such sale shall be into a herd quarantined 

 by the commissioner on domestic animals, which quarantine provides 

 that no dairy product from said herd shall be sold or used unless prop- 

 erly pasteurized. 



Sec. 3. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be fined 

 not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty 

 days. 



CHAPTER 203. 

 An Act Concerning Estimates of Damages Done By Dogs. 



Section 3403 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: 

 Any selectman who has received notice pursuant to the provisions of 



*Sections 2 and 3 go into effect July 1st, 1919. 



