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similar establishments, and to affix an approved stamp or mark to the meats 

 and meat food products that are found to be sound, healthful, wholesome, and 

 fit for human food.* The meats and meat food products that are found to be 

 unsound, unhealthfui, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, shall 

 be rejected or condemned, and disposed of as provided in these regulations. 

 Such agents shall report to and they may be transferred or dismissed by 

 the State Livestock Sanitary Board. They shall be subject to the regulations 

 governing, and for the guidance of agents of the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Board, and to the law under which they are made. 



The funds for the compensation of such local agents shall be furnished by the 

 owner or manager of the establishment that such agent is appointed to oversee, 

 and upon whose request this form of inspection is established. The funds for 

 the payment of such local agents shall be deposited by the owner or manager of 

 such establishment to his own credit, in some bank or trust company to be 

 designated by the State Livestock Sanitary Board, and shall be paid out upon 

 the cheque of such owner or manager, payable to the order of the local agent en- 

 titled to compensation, after the bill of such local agent for services has been 

 approved by authority of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, and the cheque 

 so drawn for said compensation has been approved by authority of said Board. 

 Employes of the United States Department of Agriculture, engaged in the in- 

 spection of animals, meats and meat food products, may be appointed agents 

 of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, and be clothed with the powers of such 

 agents: Provided, however, that such employes of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture shall receive no pay or compensation for such services as agents 

 of the State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



MISUSE OF STAMPS OR MARKS. 



22. No person shall make, duplicate, reproduce, forge or counterfeit any 

 stamp, certificate, mark, or emblem, used or authorized to be used by the 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board for marking or designating animals, carcasses, 

 meats, or meat food products that have been approved or condemned; and no 

 such stamp, certificate, mark, or emblem, used or authorized to be used by the 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board, shall be used or employed without specific au- 

 thority so to do from the State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS. 



23. Agents of the State Livestock Sanitary Board and authorized local 

 meat inspectors shall forward specimens from any case of any unusual or pe- 

 culiar disease that may be encountered in the course of their work to the 

 laboratory of the Board in order that such disease may be scientifically stu*died 

 and accurately diagnosed for the benefit of the meat hygiene service. 



BRIBERY. 



24. Any agent of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, or any local meat in- 

 Bpector appointed by authority of the said Board, or any local meat inspector 

 appointed by any city, borough, or township of the first class, who shall pass 

 or approve any meat food product that is unsound, unhealthfui, unwholesome or 

 otherwise unfit for human food, or who shall fail to perform his duties as 

 prescribed by the law relating to the same, or who shall accept any money, 

 gift, or other thing of value from any person, firm, or corporation, or officers, 

 agents or employes thereof, with intent to influence his official action, shall 

 be summarily discharged from office, and shall be prosecuted as provided by 

 law. 



25. Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employe of any person, 

 firm or corporation, who shall give, pay or offer, directly or indirectly, to any 

 agent, officer or inspector authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed 

 by the rules and regulations of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, or the law 

 under which they are made, any money or other thing of value, with intent 

 to influence said agent, officer or inspector in the discharge of any duty therein 

 provided for, shall be prosecuted as provided by law. 



SALE OR TRANSPORTATION OF UNSOUND OR UNWHOLESOME MEAT. 



26. If any person shall sell or offer for sale, or offer for transportation to 

 market, any meat or meat food product which is diseased, unsound, unhealth- 

 fui, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human food, knowing that such meat 

 or meat food product is intended for human consumption, he shall be prosecuted 

 as provided by law. 



27. Any person, firm or corporation, or any officer or agent of sucli firm or 

 corporation, who shall violate any of the rules and regulations of the State 

 Livestock Sanitary Board, or any of the provisions of the law under which they 

 are made, shall be prosecuted as provided by law. 



•With the limited staff at its disposal, the State Livestock Sanitary Board will be unable to 

 arrange for the continuous supervision of individual establishments and for the complete 

 examination or marking of all the meats or meat food products prepared therein ejfcept as 

 provided In this rule. 



