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the proper medical attention to prevent tlie development of the disease in the 

 person or persons so bitten, which medical attention may include the treat- 

 ment known as the Pasteur treatment," be altered and amended so as to read 

 as follows: 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That in each and every county of this Com- 

 monwealth it shall be the duty of the proper officers of the several poor dis- 

 tricts, in such counties, at the expense of such poor districts, respectively, to 

 pnnmU all persoit:^ who may apply for aid in their said several districts 

 who may be bitten by dogs or uthcr animals suffering from hydrophobia, or 

 rabies, with the proper medical attention to prevent the development of the 

 disease in the person or persons so bitten, which medical attention may in- 

 clude the treatment known as the Pasteur treatment. 



Approved the seventh day of May, A. D., 1907. 



EDWIN S. STUART. 



No. 1S6. 

 AN ACT 



To require the thorough cleansing of the inside of cans, and other vessels, 

 used in the shipment of milk or cream on railroads. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That all cans or other vessels, used in the 

 shipment of milk or cream on railroads, shall be thoroughly cleansed of the 

 refuse of milk or cream, and other foreign matter, in, or adhering to the 

 inside of, such can or other vessel, before shipment, and re-shipment of same 

 back to the original shipper thereof. 



Section 2. Any person or persons who shall fail to neglect to cleanse the 

 cans or other vessels as provided for in Section 1 of this act shall be liable to 

 'a penalty, not exceeding fifty dollars, for each and every violation of this 

 act, to be- reported in the name of the Commonwealth, as debts of equal 

 amount are by law recoveiable, Ijy any person or persons w'ho may sue 

 for the same. All moitiee or fines shall be paid into the county treasury of 

 tile respective counties of the Commonwealth where suit is brought; to be paid 

 to the treasurer of the county where such suit shall have been brought. 



Section 3. In default of the payment of the penalty recovered as provided 

 for in section 2 of this act, the person or persons against whom such penalty 

 is recovered shall be committed to the jail of the proper county, for as many 

 days as the penalty recovered is in dollars. 



Approved the 25th day of May, A. D. , 1907. 



EDWIN S. STUART. 



No. 187. 



AN ACT 

 To protect the public health by providing for the prevention of the prepara- 

 tion and sale of meat and food products which are unsound, unhealthful, 

 unwholesome, and otherwise unfit for human food; defining what shall be 

 regarded as meat and meat food products; authorizing the appointment and 

 compensation of local meat inspectors; authorizing the State Livestock San- 

 itary Board to enforce the provisions of this act, to make rules and reg- 

 ulations for its enforcement, and to appoint agents to assist in its enforce- 

 ment; and to provide penalties for the violation or perversion hereof. 

 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That the State Livestock Sanitary Board is 

 hereby authorized to organize and to administer, in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of this act, a service for the purpose of protecting the consumers of 

 meats from injury by diseased, contaminated, putrid, or otherwise unsound 

 unhealthful, or unwholesome meats or meat food products, unfit for human 

 consumption. The State Livestock Sanitary Board shall formulate and pro- 

 mulgate rules and regulations for the disposal of tlie carcasses of diseased 

 animals. So far as they are applicable and are approved, the meat inspection 

 regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture may be adopted 

 and promulgated by the State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



Section 2. No person, firm, or corporation, or any officer or agent of such 

 person, firm or corporation, shall sell, offer for sale, expose with intent to 

 sell, or prepare for use as human food, any meat or meat product from an 

 animal that is in such condition that its flesh is unsound, unhealtliful, un- 

 wholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food. Nor shall any unsound, un- 

 healthful, or unwholesome meat or meat product be sold, or offered for sale, or 

 exposed with intent to sell, for use as human food, or be manufactured or 

 prepared for use as human food. 



TJie terms meats and meat food products, wherever used in this act, shall 

 include and apply to all carcasses, or parts of carcasses, of cattle, sheep, 

 swine and goats, and the meat or meat food products thereof. 



Section 3. The ow-ners, lessees, occupiers, or managers of all abattoirs, 

 slaughtering, packing, butcbering, meat-canning, meat manufacturing or 

 rendering establishm-cnts, and of places or vehicles where meat is prepared, 

 stored, sold, or transported, shall keep such establishments, places, and ve- 

 hicles in a wholesome, clean and sanitary condition. 



